Teaching Assistant Apprentice Review

I work as a classroom TA at a community special needs school, supporting pupils primarily in Computing, Media and ASDAN lessons. I assist the class teacher by helping to create and adapt learning resources, performing various administrative tasks, and support pupils in lessons on an individual and group basis, as well as more generally during the lesson.
I supervise and interact with pupils during mornings, break-times and lunchtimes, which helps to get to know them on a more personal level and build a relationship with them.
While there are many great opportunities available with a lot of support, I think there could be more opportunities to shadow experienced members of staff performing the different tasks that would be expected of a permanent member of staff, as well as gaining a broader insight into how the school works with external agencies.

The programme is extremely organised and structured, whilst at the same time being incredibly flexible. I have had no concerns about the Covid-19 situation in terms of continuing my apprenticeship, as Inspire ATA have been very reassuring that we would continue to be supported as far as this is possible.
Their communication to us has been transparent and grounding. Even though I am 24 years old, which is possibly a little old to be doing an apprenticeship, hearing some of the advice given in their training sessions and calls has helped me greatly. I feel we are treated with a lot of compassion and care, whilst still being respected as responsible adults with valid concerns and opinions.

See previous answers. Any concerns or issues are dealt with immediately, and there are rarely concerns and issues that need to be raised. They were very supportive and informative during the on-boarding process and offer a realistic and highly effective level of support during term-time.
Support takes the form of well-being support sessions via Zoom, check-up calls from the employer during school holidays (and panic situations such as Covid19!) and around-the-clock support for any question you may have. There are also networking opportunities through planned social events and LinkedIn.

Support takes the form of remote training sessions via Zoom, regular meetings with an assigned tutor for support with coursework and placement work and around-the-clock support for any question you may have. The assignment work is explained clearly and the tutors are very down-to-earth and approachable people, who at the same time have high (yet realistic) expectations. I have often heard about SMART targets in other training I have undertaken, but I have never truly understood how to apply these and work towards meeting these goals until I did this apprenticeship.

At other schools I have worked at before, much of the knowledge around areas such as safeguarding were often explained in a brief or rushed way, whereas here I was given a lot of space and time to develop an extensive understanding of many relevant topics, and more control over the pace at which I work. As I mentioned before, the assignment work is purposeful and extremely relevant to all areas of working as a TA.

Yes

If I knew someone who was interested in following a similar career path to me, I would definitely recommend this apprenticeship to them for all the reasons above.