Apprentice Teaching Assistant – Pebble Brook School

Buckinghamshire Council
Overview

Pebble Brook School in central Aylesbury is looking for 2 Apprentice Teaching Assistants to commence in September.

Term time only, 39 Weeks per annum.

Salary details: Apprentice Wage £195.36 Per week

Contract type: Apprenticeship

Hours: 37 hours per week. 08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 to 15:30 on a Friday

Closing date: 31/08/2023

Interviews to be held: To be confirmed on application

Possible Start Date: 1st September 2023

2 posts available – September 2023

Annual Holiday Entitlement: 5.1 weeks annual leave (included in Annual Pay)

About us

Pebble Brook School is a community special school that believes everyone can succeed. We want our pupils to be safe and happy in school. We want our pupils to be proud of their school and feel respected.

We aim to support the development of children (aged 11 – 19) with communication and interaction needs including speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder and moderate learning difficulties.

For more information please visit our website:

About the role

As an Apprentice TA, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching and senior staff to undertake education support duties and assist the class teacher in the day to day needs of the pupils in their care, to enable the teacher to implement the curriculum and respond to the pupils’ needs. To maintain complete confidentiality on all school matters.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to start your career as a Teaching Assistant, gaining experience in supporting our teachers and in supporting our pupils with a range of learning needs to achieve their goals and targets, whilst working towards your Level 3 qualification. This is also a great stepping-stone into other careers. You will be part of our friendly and dedicated team from day one. We have been recruiting apprentices for many years – a lot of our staff are former apprentices – and we value the skills, ideas and energy new apprentices bring to our school. You will be well supported by teaching and senior staff throughout your apprenticeship.

Main role and responsibilities will include:

• Provide support to teaching staff
• Support secondary age children with a range of learning needs to achieve goals and targets
• Ensure the welfare and safety of the children at all times
• Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits and trips as negotiated
• Assist in the planning and preparation of lessons and activities
• Provide clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, money, administer coursework etc.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
• Assist in the general efficient operation of the school in accordance with its policies and procedures
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

About you

Experience of working with children is not essential but you should have a calm and patient nature with a mature outlook and the ability to maintain complete confidentiality on all school matters.

Good communication skills with adults, children and young adults are required, as are good literacy and numeracy skills – passes in English and Maths GCSE at A -C / 4 and above or a Level 2 qualification are desirable and a good working knowledge of ICT is helpful.

Qualifications Required – Grade A-C / 4 or above Maths, English GCSE or Level 2 qualifications are desirable along with a good level of ICT would be helpful.

Keeping Children Safe in Education – KCSIE

You will achieve the full Teaching Assistant framework during your Apprenticeship to cover all aspects of this role. Training is delivered by Bucks Adult Learning over approximately 18 months to 2 years at NVQ Level 3

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No:

Email:

Pebble Brook School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Data & Barring Service and Social Media check will be required from the successful candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.