Teaching Assistant Review
at Inspire ATA Ltd.
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Teaching, Healthcare
Sheffield
Review Submitted: February 2022
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
5/5
As an apprentice teaching assistant I help, assist and work with student at my setting. This is through their work, wellbeing and any issues should they have. I have assignments that I complete that work towards my end goal of qualifying as a level 3 teaching assistant and undertake as much training as possible that fits my role.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I absolutely love my programme. Everyone I have met or had to communicate with has been incredibly helpful and are easy to get in touch with. This has been a completely new job role for myself and I have been able to grow and achieve so much through the programme I am in right now.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
I have been able to grow my confidence incredibly and portray this within my role. I have learnt about flexibility and the importance of this, especially within an education setting. I have been able to learn a lot about SEN and how I can deal and understand students who have additional needs and the best ways to communicate and work with them.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
I believe my programme is very well organised and structured. I am given enough time to complete assignments and if I need assistance someone is always there to help and are very easy to reach. I have regular meetings and reviews to track progress and to see where I am with my programme which is very helpful.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
I receive so much support from my employer. They are incredibly helpful and are very easy to communicate with. Nothing is ever a big issue for them and all information they give us apprentices are very concise, clear and easy to understand, they have been very helpful throughout the programme so far.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
I have been incredibly lucky to have such an amazing training provider, no task is ever too big for them to help out with and the regular meetings and reviews are a great way to track progress and to see where I can work more towards. I am able to easy communicate with my training provider and they are very quick to respond.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
I am able to learn so much about what a teaching assistant is and how I can learn and progress to my full potential. Assignments have been a great way to write about what I have learnt and developed so far in my job role and they are great way to reflect upon this.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
5/5
At my setting there are a lot of extra-curricular activities that I can get involved in. I currently do homework club for Y7-9 students who are SEN and I am involved in my settings LGBTQ+ support group which has been very interesting as we are helping with lesson planning for Ethics.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Inspire ATA Ltd. to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Everyone I have spoken to or had to communicate with has been incredibly helpful and approachable. I find that there is always someone there to help and they are very inspiring with us apprentices to achieve the best out of the programme. They have been a great provider and offer a lot of extra training in areas I would like to work more within.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Inspire ATA Ltd.?
I would advice anyone who would like to apply to Inspure ATA Ltd. to go ahead and do it, they would have no regrets with it at all. They have really been the best employer and are so genuine and caring towards their apprentices and they really want us to do well and achieve the best outcome we can.
