Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Manor Court Community Primary School - Chard

As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will be working in Foundation stage supported by a highly staffed and very supportive team of two teachers and five LSAs. You will promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion, plus more.

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

The Learning Support Assistant will:

• Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
• Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
• Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the

curriculum, take part in learning, and experience a sense of achievement

Teaching and learning:

• Demonstrate an informed and efficient approach to teaching and learning by

• Promote, support and facilitate inclusion by encouraging participation of all pupils

• Support the teaching of a broad and ambitious curriculum aimed at pupils

• Use effective behaviour management strategies consistently in line with the

• Support class teachers with maintaining good order and discipline among pupils,

• Organise and manage teaching space and resources to help maintain a

• Observe pupil performance and pass observations on to the class teacher
• Supervise a class if the teacher is temporarily unavailable
• Use ICT skills to support pupils’ learning
• Undertake any other relevant duties given by the class teacher

Planning:

• Contribute to recording and reporting of pupil performance and progress as

• Read and understand lesson plans shared prior to lessons, if available
• Prepare the classroom for lessons

Working with staff, parents/carers and relevant professionals:

• Communicate effectively with other staff members and pupils, and with parents

• Communicate their knowledge and understanding of pupils to other school staff

• Contribute to meetings with parents and carers by providing feedback on pupil

• With the class teacher, keep other professionals accurately informed of

• Understand their role in order to be able to work collaboratively with classroom

• Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and

• Develop effective professional effective assessment and planning by supporting

the monitoring, relationships with colleagues

Health and safety:

• Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils, and help to safeguard pupils’

• Look after children who are upset or have had accidents
• Report any Health and Safety concerns to the appropriate person in school