What is the Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship?
Teaching Assistants work in Primary, Special and Secondary education across all age ranges encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities. The primary role of the Teaching Assistant is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the work set, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress.
Promoting self-belief, social inclusion and a high self-esteem play an integral part to pupils’ well-being; ensuring pupils thrive in a positive, nurturing, safe environment. It is an active role supporting the learner to access the curriculum. They are good role models, act with honesty and integrity, take part in team meetings; contribute to planning and class activities.
What will they gain?
While completing the apprenticeship the learner will become a good role model, acting with honesty and integrity, taking part in team meetings and contributing to planning and class activities. You will also be promoting Fundamental British Values through spiritual, moral, social and cultural development to ensure you are contributing to improving pupil progress and development.
What are the requirements?
- Must be 16 or over and working at least 30 hours per week including all training and study time.
- Must be in an occupation relevant to the apprenticeship and hold a contract of employment.
- Must be allowed to use 6 hours a week of their working time to complete off-the-job-training.