NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning

This NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning qualification is ideal for those looking to pursue a career as a teaching assistant. On successful completion of your course, you will become a qualified teaching assistant. The course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to support pupils in primary, secondary, or SEN schools with their learning. You'll learn more about how your role can ensure the safety and protection of children and young people in the learning environment; how to monitor the development of children and young people; and how to provide an environment that supports the health and safety of children and young people.

The Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning nested qualification

OSC's range of Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning qualifications sit within NCFE CACHE’s nested suite of courses. Students can top up their studies to achieve the full nested qualification if they desire, or study one qualification type alone. The nested qualification starts with the award, then the certificate, and finally the diploma.

Each of the courses in this nested qualification will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to work with children and young people in primary, secondary, or SEN schools, allowing you to become a fully qualified teaching assistant on completion of the course.

Course Content

Qualification Number: 603/2495/8

Unit 1 Schools and colleges as organisations (T/616/5878, unit level: 3; GLH: 15 hours; credits: 2)

• Learn the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
• Understand how schools and colleges are organised regarding roles and responsibilities
• Know the importance of teamwork in schools and colleges
• Understand the ethos, mission, aims and values of education
• Learn the importance of policies and procedures in education

Unit 2 Support health and safety in a learning environment (A/616/5879, unit level: 3; GLH: 20 hours; credits: 3)

• Understand how to provide environments that support children and young people's health and safety
• Learn how to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a learning environment or during off-site visits
• Know how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves
• Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness in the learning environment
• Know the responsibilities of your own role is assisting the administration of medication

Unit 3 Understand how to safeguard children and young people (M/616/5880, unit level: 3; GLH: 25 hours; credits: 4)

• Know the legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
• Understand how to work in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
• Learn the importance of ensuring the safety and protection of children and young people in the learning environment
• Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
• Learn how to support wellbeing when working with children and young people

Unit 4 Understand how children and young people develop (A/616/5882, unit level: 3; GLH: 25 hours; credits: 3)

• Understand the pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years
• Understand the factors that influence children and young people's development and how these affect practice
• Understand how to monitor children and young people's development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern