Apprentice Teaching Assistant

**Employer: Unity Academy**

**Location: Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool**

Our motto is that “In Unity, we succeed” and this encompasses our desire to achieve success in all aspects of school life. At Unity we strive to define, desire, demand and deliver success for all our students. As such, we have high expectations and work tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcomes for our young people. Unity Academy is also about much more than this alone; we provide exciting learning opportunities for all our students both inside and outside the classroom, with a commitment to enriching our student’s lives with as many varied and exciting opportunities as possible. We offer a rich extra-curricular programme and a full entitlement curriculum with opportunities to engage in sport, music and drama amongst many other areas. Our entitlement curriculum has a range of activities which we offer children the opportunity to complete during their time at Unity including learning to cook and ride on donkeys Our school has grown in recent years and we now have over 1000 students. Despite this size we are able to get to know our young people very well, focussing on their individual needs and working in partnership with parents and carers.

We are sponsored by the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT) and have been since 2013. With the support of FCAT we have already rapidly improved outcomes for young people aswell as developing a curriculum that is broad, balanced and most importantly meets the needs of our children. Ofsted recognised the significant improvements we had made when we were judged to be good in all areas in October 2017. Since then, we have not rested and continued to improve the academy and look for ways to improve the life chances of our young people, including our Forest School provision and Unity Academy Scout Group.

We are incredibly proud of the progress the academy has made over the last few years. It really is an honour to lead such a vibrant and dynamic school community as we continue to work together to strive for greater success because “In Unity, we succeed.”

**About the role**:
This is a fantastic opportunity for two teaching assistant apprentices to work alongside our teachers to support teaching and learning, providing general and specific assistance to pupils and staff under the direction, guidance and direct supervision of the classroom teacher.

**Key duties will include**:

- Work with individuals or groups of pupils in the classroom under the direct supervision of teaching staff and provide feedback to the teacher
- Support pupils to understand instructions support independent learning and inclusion of all pupils
- Support the teacher in behaviour management and keeping pupils on task
- Support pupils in social, health and emotional well-being, reporting problems to the teacher as appropriate
- Prepare and clear up learning environment and resources, including photocopying, filing and the display and presentation of pupils work and contribute to maintaining a safe environment
- Responsible for the careful and safe use equipment, such as play and standard ICT equipment
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to safeguarding procedure
- Demonstrate and adhere to the schools health and safety policies and procedure
- Record basic pupil data
- Support children’s learning through play
- Assist with break-time supervision including facilitating games and activities
- Assist with escorting pupils on educational visits
- Support pupils in using basic ICT
- Invigilate exams and tests

**What we are looking for in our apprentice**:

- An individual who uses their initiative, upholds the academy core values and strives to ensure the best outcome of students
- GCSE Maths and English at grade 4/C or above is a requirement for this role

**Training provided**:

- Working towards gaining the Teaching Assistant level 3 qualification
- Training will take place at the setting on a weekly/monthly basis with mandatory and ongoing training ie: safeguarding, first aid

**Other information**:
Working hours are 37 per week Monday to Friday (Term time only +5 days agreed by mutual consent but must include the two FCAT inset days, September and February). Requirements will be to work during term times and holidays cannot be taken during these periods. In line with the school day (approximately 8:00am start) - flexibility around start and end times can be discussed and adjusted in line with completion of duties.

**Future Prospects**:
Students who complete their course will have learnt skills to support students within an all through academy and will have been exposed to several training opportunities. On completion of the apprenticeship programme, depending on performance and availability, you may be offered a full time role at the school.

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £4.81 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Blackpool, FY2 0TS: reliably commute or plan to rel