Summary
To support the classroom teacher in providing high-quality, personalised learning and care for young people aged 11-19 with complex learning difficulties. The role involves helping pupils overcome learning, physical, communication, and emotional challenges through patient, encouraging, and inclusive support.
What you will do at work
- Support children’s learning, development, confidence, and independence across the classroom and wider school environment
- Provide tailored support to individuals and small groups, including pupils with SEN, physical, emotional, and additional learning needs
- Assist teachers with lessons, literacy and numeracy activities, assessments, and individual learning programmes
- Encourage pupils through positive reinforcement, praise, and patient guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their potential
- Monitor and record pupils’ progress, identifying concerns and sharing observations with teachers and relevant professionals
- Support positive behaviour and help children develop their social, emotional, communication, and self-help skills
- Adapt and prepare learning activities and resources to meet individual abilities and needs
- Support children with personal care, mobility, feeding, and other welfare needs where required and in accordance with school procedures
- Help implement programmes recommended by professionals such as educational psychologists and speech and language therapists
- Promote a safe, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment while supporting safeguarding and health and safety procedures
- Work closely with teachers, parents, colleagues, and external professionals to provide consistent support for pupils
- Assist with PE, swimming, educational visits, group activities, and everyday classroom routines
- Maintain a positive classroom environment that encourages independence, self-esteem, curiosity, and a love of learning
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A team player with a positive and empathetic attitude
- Organised, proactive, and eager to learn
- A role model who values confidentiality and professionalism
- Passionate about working in a SEND environment
Training
The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship standard qualification.
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Passionate
- Hard-working
- Friendly
- A positive attitude
About this employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
After this apprenticeship
Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Things to consider
Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider – ‘Matrix Screening’. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.