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Teaching Assistants

About this career

£15,158

Median salary

New workers start around £7,818.54. Normal pay is £15,158 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £21,498.16.

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Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

About this career

  • Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
  • Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
  • Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
  • Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
  • Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
  • Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.

Skills Employers Are Looking For

The number of unique job postings in your area that have listed this skill in the last year.

Skills

Job postings

Learning Strategies
64
Critical Thinking
60
Monitoring
60
Reading Comprehension
59
Writing
57
Active Listening
54
Speaking
54
Active Learning
50
Mathematics
35
Science
21

Childhood Education (T-Prep Foundation Programme)

  • Course code: TPEDC
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: College Certificate
  • Awarding body: City College Plymouth
  • Duration: One year
  • Course type: Full-time

Occupational Studies for the Workplace

  • Course code: DOSW
  • Level: 1
  • Qualification: Diploma
  • Awarding body: Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE)
  • Duration: One year
  • Course type: Full-time

Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

  • Course code: APP0550
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Apprenticeship
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Course type: Full-time
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