Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistants play a vital role in classrooms across primary, secondary, and special education settings. Working closely with teachers, they support individual and group learning, helping pupils stay focused, understand their goals, and achieve progress.
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This apprenticeship prepares individuals to support teaching and learning across all phases of education, including pupils with special educational needs or emotional vulnerabilities.
Apprentices develop the skills to help pupils progress academically, socially, and emotionally, while promoting a positive, inclusive learning environment.
What will you learn?
Duty 1
Contribute to the overall ethos and aims of the organisation and promote diversity, inclusion, equality and acceptance of all learners in line with school policies, including by challenging stereotyped views, bullying or harassment.
Duty 2
Implement safeguarding polices and safe practice, including online safety, in line with legislation, policies, and procedures including maintaining confidentiality.
Duty 3
Work in partnership and liaise with other professionals (such as the teaching staff, SENDCo, or external advisors) and parents/carers to support all learners’ learning.
Duty 4
Reflect on their own practice and identify appropriate professional development opportunities with the support of colleagues.
Duty 5
Understand the specific needs of learners and use strategies to support all learners to achieve their learning goals.
Duty 6
Promote engagement and teach learning behaviours to support the development of independent learners.
Duty 7
Establish positive relationships with learners and promote positive behaviours, consistently applying the school’s behaviour policy.
Duty 8
Support the social, emotional, mental health, wellbeing and personal care of all learners in line with organisational policy and procedures.
Duty 9
Deliver individual and small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters in partnership with the teacher and other professionals.
Duty 10
Contribute to assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording, and reporting of learner outcomes and participation as agreed with the teacher.
Duty 11
Support the development of a stimulating and safe learning environment by contributing to the selection and preparation of teaching resources that meet the diverse needs and interests of learners
Duty 12
Support or lead enrichment activities for example visits, out of school activities and in school clubs.
Can I apply
for this course?
Minimum GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
Progression
Opportunities
All of the courses we offer at SNE are aimed to help progress your continuous professional development.
Progression opportunities include the Specialist Teaching Assistant Level 5 and career progression within the sector.
Register your interest
Get in touch with one of our experts now. They live and breathe SNE and will be able to advise you the best route for you or your business.
Apply nowLooking to empower your current staff?
Hiring an Teaching Assistant Apprentice to support your business’s needs.
We can work with you to source a suitable applicant for your business or you can up-skill your existing employees. If the Apprentice is under 19 and your business has less than 50 employees, there will be no cost for the training. If they are over 19 and/or your business has over 50 employees then you will contribute 10% towards the cost of the training.
Learner testimonial
"I had an amazing experience training SNE. I gained completely new skills which gave me the confidence to pursue something I’ve wanted to do since leaving school. I’ve always worked in jobs that I was never fully happy in but always stayed put as I felt ‘comfortable’."
Laura - Level 3 Learner
