Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Primary)

Purpose of role:

You will be responsible for supporting pupils within the Academy. The successful candidate will bring our innovative curriculum to life, as you maintain good order and discipline, engage pupils of all abilities to reach their full potential.

To work with primary aged children:

• To build strong relationships with pupils, staff and parents


• To implement SEND Plans, under the guidance of the SENCo


• To liaise with class teachers in order to support children’s learning within the classroom


• To liaise with the families of children


• To work 1 to 1 and with small groups of children


• To supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning


• To promote the inclusion of all children ensuring that all staff and volunteers observe relevant policies to keep children safe from harm


• Liaise with the wider team and SLT members to ensure that particular needs of children are met


• To embrace our trust/school vision

Principle Accountabilities:

Support for Pupils:

• Attend to pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters, as appropriate


• Supervise and support pupils’ ensuring their safety and access to learning


• Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support pupils


• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model by being aware of and responding appropriately to needs


• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils


• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs


• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate


• Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities


• Employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement

Support for Teacher:

• Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment


• Assist with working walls and display work of pupils


• Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards


• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop


• Undertake pupil record keeping as required


• Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour


• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents with, or as directed


• Administer and assess routine tests


• Provide general administrative support e.g. produce or adapt worksheets and resources for agreed activities etc.

Support for the School:

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work / aims of the school


• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals


• Attend relevant meetings as required, within normal contractual hours


• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required


• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times


• Promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity


• Recognise health and safety id a responsibility of every employee by taking reasonability for the care of self and others by complying with the academy’s H&S policy and any academy specific procedures/ rules that apply to this role


• Other adhoc duties as required