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Formalise your classroom experience with advanced specialist training in SEND, curriculum, or social, emotional and wellbeing pathways. This higher-level qualification prepares experienced TAs for HLTA roles or progression into Initial Teacher Training and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Qualified, experienced or specialist Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTA).
Unsure if Teaching Assistant L3 or Specialist Teaching Assistant (ELSA+HLTA) L5 is right for you? Click here for our guide
Apprenticeship assessment consisting of:
I've already signed up with Derby University to do the Level 6 top-up in September. I then plan to get a PGCE. Within three years, hopefully, I will be a qualified teacher.
The whole point of these programmes is to develop really amazing, high-level Specialist TAs... I’m proud to be part of a community that feels more like a family, and I look forward to many more years of helping our young people move forward with hope.
5
12-18
months
+ End-Point Assessment
Blended learning
£12,000 (100% fully funded via the apprenticeship levy)
Start your career in early childhood education by developing practical skills in child development, play, and safeguarding for children aged 5 and under. This foundational course prepares you for early years support roles and offers a fast-track pathway onto the Level 3 Early Years Educator programme.
Transform your early years career by mastering leadership, pedagogy, and inclusive provision management. Perfect for room leaders and senior practitioners, this course prepares you for management responsibilities and progression toward Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS).
Gain your full licence to practise with children aged 0 to 5 by combining academic theory with hands-on early literacy, maths, and SEND experience. Designed to boost practitioner confidence, it opens doors to early years leadership or progression into Level 5 specialist pathways.
Develop the skills to successfully manage projects and programmes with a course co-designed and co-delivered by senior leaders at Lift Schools. Choose from three specialist pathways: Estates, IT, or Education.
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