Level 3 Teaching Assistant

This apprenticeship is suitable for new or current Teaching Assistants; this course develops the knowledge, skills and behaviours identified through the apprenticeship in line with your current experience. It typically takes 18 months plus the 12 week End Point Assessment period (EPA). The course is 50% assignments and professional discussions with your tutor and 50% practical observations in your role.

You can choose the general Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship. However following feedback from previous cohorts we have also developed two specialisms which you can also choose if you prefer: Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with SEN Pathway or Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with EAL Pathway.

Our end goal is for you to achieve your qualification and feel confident in your ability. We’ll be with you every step of the way!

Examples of Off the Job Training

working in a different key stage (a swap for two weeks would provide approximately 50 weeks of OTJ hours)
Inset / staff development offered through the schools
observing / shadowing others
planning, delivery and evaluation of activities
inputting data onto Scholarpack
taking an intervention group weekly
working with external professionals to support children

All activities are designed to develop apprentices in a way that is mutually beneficial to the school

Portfolio

This is 10 to 15 pieces of evidence that demonstrate the qualification standards. We support you to find the best bits of evidence according to your context but generally include:

Maths activity / observation
Literacy activity / observation
Professional discussion recordings with tutor
Safeguarding certificate (from course)
Intervention planning
data to demonstrate progress of intervention group
children’s observations and assessment
evidence of using Scholarpack or Tapestry

End Point Assessment

This is pretty much the same as what you have experienced throughout the programme; you will have an observation and a professional discussion supported by your portfolio of evidence.

CACHE Level 3 Diploma Supporting Teaching and Learning

Within the Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship we have embedded CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning. We will use the assignments, professional discussions and observations to assess you against the CACHE qualification as well as the apprenticeship standard in order to provide you with two qualifications, for free!

SEN Pathway

Our SEN Pathway has been written in conjunction with Teaching Assistants to cover the knowledge and skills to support your work with children with additional needs, at no additional cost - still free!

EAL Pathway

Our EAL Pathway has been written alongside an EAL specialist in order to support the English language acquisition at all levels of fluency, all still free!

What if I don't have English and Maths GCSE grade C or above 4/5 or above)?

No problem for us - we’ll help you complete the relevant Functional Skills so you can achieve those too!