Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Bruton Primary School

Person Specification:

• Candidates must show patience and good listening skills when working with pupils.


• Candidates must be organised and punctual to ensure they are in class on time each day.


• Candidates must be able to use their own initiative to support children and the class teacher

General Tasks

• Under the guidance and direction of the teacher:


• Develop, maintain and apply knowledge and understanding of pupils’ general and specific learning needs to ensure that support is given to them at an appropriate level.


• Learning support is delivered individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly:


• Supporting and directing literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions. 


• Focus support in areas needing improvement, both academic and social.


• Work with and support pupils to allow them to use ICT and other specialist equipment to enhance their learning.


• Motivate and encourage pupils to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set.


• Undertake learning activities with pupils of varying abilities to ensure differentiation and access to the curriculum.


• Seek to ensure the promotion and reinforcement of pupils self esteem, appropriate levels of effort and behaviour and to guide pupils to become independent learners.


• Contribute to the assessment of pupils’ learning, in particular with regard to Literacy, Numeracy, Science and ICT skills.


• Contribute to the implementation of the National and/or Foundation Curriculum and specific individual pupil targets.


• Assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of work. 


• Contribute to and assist in the development and monitoring of systems for review and recording of pupils progress.


• Assist in the preparation, organisation and maintenance of classrooms and their equipment, including assistance with and creation of displays, make basic visual aids, art and craft materials, mount and display pupils work. 


• Assist teachers in timetabling of lessons and curriculum as required.


• Assist in the preparation for educational visits, and where appropriate accompany students.  


• Attend and contribute to school staff meetings and in-service training events, within contracted hours or outside normal hours by agreement.


• To provide care and supervision of pupils within the classroom, within the school and outside of the school.


• Supporting Pupils with curriculum learning


• Assisting with lunch duties.


• Working alongside PE coach during PE sessions and alongside teacher during swimming lessons.


• Working with pupils in small groups.

Typically the job will include all, or most of the following elements: 

• Supervise pupils using cloakrooms, and toilet facilities. Supervise pupils in playgrounds and when entering and leaving using school transport as required.


• Assist in the supervision of Standard Assessment Tasks and tests / assessments as directed.


• Escort pupils to school or parental transport, home or to hospital as necessary.


• Assist pupils eating, in a controlled environment.


•  Develop an understanding of and provide for pupils’ specific personal needs to ensure a safe learning environment. This may include providing some direct personal care, support and assistance to the pupil in respect of toileting, eating, and mobility.


• To assume sole supervision of whole classes for short periods in the absence of the teacher, but only when it is essential for the teacher to leave a class, such as in emergency-type situations. This would not be expected in the case of inexperienced LSAs.