Vacancy Teaching Assistant Apprentice

We are looking for a teaching assistant apprentice who has a strong passion for supporting children to progress and achieve their full potential, alongside a willingness to learn and develop new skills. You will be energetic, motivated, flexible, and able to use your own initiative while working effectively as part of a team.

• To assist with the planning, delivery and evaluation of whole class learning activities, including identifying how the pupils can best be supported. 
• To work under the supervision of a teacher to plan, deliver and evaluate learning activities for small groups or individual pupils, providing feedback on pupil engagement and their achievement of the desired learning objectives.
• To help prepare, monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the teacher’s lesson plans. 
• To promote the development of pupil's self-reliance, self-esteem and emotional resilience. 
• To promote, observe and report on pupil performance and development, using assessment strategies to improve learning. 
• To support the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of pupils, facilitating children and young people's learning and development. 
• To promote the development of positive relationships and acceptable behaviour in accordance with school policy.
• To develop positive relationships with colleagues, providing consistent and effective support and working constructively as a member of the school staff team. 
• To support pupils to improve their numeracy and literacy skills through focussed learning activities and more generally across the curriculum. 
• To prepare and utilise ICT resources to support pupils learning. 
• To prepare and support the use of learning materials, monitor and maintain curriculum resources, and create visual displays in order to ensure a relevant physical learning environment. 
• To provide care and encouragement to children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs, supporting them to participate in activities and liaising, if required, with parents / carers / other professionals as appropriate. 
• To provide support for bilingual / multilingual pupils if required. 
• To invigilate or provide authorised SEN support for internal and external tests and examinations under formal conditions. 
• To assist with the maintenance of pupil record keeping systems, including recording agreed updates to individual records. 
• To communicate as appropriate with parents and carers about the care and education of their children, as directed by the school. 
• To assist volunteers based in your work area, as appropriate. 
• To encourage participation in structured and unstructured learning activities, including play (timetabled and during breaks if required) (Primary and Special Schools).
• To support, as appropriate, in instances where pupils are unwell whilst at the school.
• To provide toileting support to pupils as necessary.