PE/School Sports Apprentice
Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough, TS3 8REThis job expired on 12 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
12 September 2024 at 2:21pm
Date listed
15 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Up to £6.72 per hour
PE/School Sports Apprentice job summary
Salary: £6.72 per hour within the first year of apprenticeship, national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices + Lift Schools Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Lift Schools Benefits
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start: September 2024
Kickstart Your Career with Us!
Earn while you learn and make a difference.
Are you ready to gain valuable skills and jumpstart your career? Join our PE team at Unity City Academy!
You will:
* Gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment
* Earn a salary while working towards a Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard level 3 qualification
* Be part of a team making a positive impact to our school and community
* We're committed to your professional growth and offer excellent training opportunities through our apprenticeship program.
The role:
We are seeking a PE Apprentice who will be required to support Physical Education lessons and provide administrative service to the Head of PE. The post holder will work under the direction of the Head of PE. All duties are carried out within recognised procedures or guidelines. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of PE and be able to set up and use equipment within the department as well as provide support by organising PE fixtures and preparing resources for lessons as required. The ability to communicate effectively with students, colleagues and staff is essential, along with good time management skills.
You will complete a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard. You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).
As a Sport Apprentice you will:
* Provide learning support to the PE department.
* To take ownership of your apprenticeship training.
* Promote and adhere to the Trust's values to be unusually brave, discover what's possible, push the limits and be big hearted.
* Complete the Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard.
* You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).
* Attend tripartite reviews with your employer and apprenticeship Trainer every 10 weeks to review your progress on the Level 3 programme
Your Trainer will meet with you in the workplace or online every 2-4 weeks. In between these meetings you will have dedicated time away from your job to work on the apprenticeship and collate evidence for your apprenticeship e-portfolio with ongoing support from your Manager and Trainer.
This is an exciting opportunity to be in a real job, with real variety, from day one whilst working towards a qualification. The successful candidate will have excellent people and communication skills and will be flexible to adapt to changing situations.
To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, applicants must have resided in the UK or EEA for 3 years prior to the start of the Apprenticeship. Please note: applicants must not have already completed a Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship.
This will be a fixed-term position and the duration of the apprenticeship will be determined by the job role and current skills. The typical duration of the apprenticeship is 21 months, however, can be longer or shorter depending on existing knowledge, skills and experience, up to a maximum
About Unity City Academy
Unity City Academy is a thriving school in Middlesbrough with a strong focus on student success. We've recently achieved an Ofsted 'Good' rating and are proud of our supportive community.
Closing date: 14th Sep 2024
Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's.
Lift Schools and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Commitment to safeguarding
Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
About Unity City Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 996 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Unity City Academy website (opens in new tab)
Thank you for visiting our website to find out more about Unity City Academy. As Principal, it is a genuine pleasure to serve the local community and the students of the school.
We passionately believe that every student should achieve the best they can. We call this “choosing a remarkable life”. There are six core areas which can be found across Unity City Academy:
Excellence is a habit where high expectations and high performance are the norm;
All students aim high, achieving results without excuses;
Individuals matter where equality, diversity and difference and celebrated and understood;
We are a community and a family at UCA and we always put people first;
We are worldwise citizens of tomorrow but also fiercely proud of our Teesside roots and our place within the north-east;
Culture is really important to us - it’s important to have fun.
We are on a journey to adopt the High Performance Learning (HPL) philosophy and framework. This is a well-researched approach that sees all students as potential high performers who are not limited by ability. As Principal, I am determined to ensure that your child gets the best education possible and that they can achieve their dreams without limit.
Students are invited to take part in a range of extracurricular activities and enrichment. We ensure that as well as academic success, our young people develop really positive characteristics that are needed in future life. These include curiosity, enthusiasm, empathy, resilience and self-belief.
I would strongly encourage you to visit the school, be it as a potential student with their parent or carer, a business looking to get more involved in the school’s curriculum or as anyone in the community that has an interest in the learning of young people.
We look forward to welcoming you to Unity City Academy in the future.
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