Higher level teaching assistant
Avanti Court Primary School, Barkingside, Essex, IG6 1LZThis job expired on 27 September 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 November 2023
Closing date
27 September 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 September 2023
Job details
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Ends 31st July 2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5, £26,420 per annum Approximate pro rata £18,312 per annum (0.69309 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a highly motivated, skilled individual to take on the role of HLTA. The successful candidate will have a passion for helping children achieve their full potential in a team which values creativity, innovation and commitment, focusing on enabling children to learn well in engaging ways.
What will you do?
- To support working relationship with the pupils, acting as role model and setting high expectations.
- To support pupils with special educational needs through the delivery of specific learning programmes to contribute to setting individual education plan (IEHCP) targets and to reviews.
- To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities and note their progress towards targets.
- To advance learning when working with individuals, small groups and whole classes without the presence of the assigned Teacher.
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals in liaison with the teacher to support the achievement and progress of pupils.
For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description
What are we looking for?
- HLTA status or equivalent qualification or experience
- Experience of working with children with additional learning needs
- Able to work collaboratively and cooperatively with colleagues
- An understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities.
- Ability to relate well to children and adults to build and maintain effective relationships.
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
If you are an excellent practitioner with the ability to inspire and motivate students and the dedication to providing the best for each young person we would like to hear from you.
Avanti Court Primary School is a faith designated (Hindu) state school. Staff and students at the school do not originate from any specific faith background and applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none.
The staff at Avanti Court Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our pupils. All staff that work at our school subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our children. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both children and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- a strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight
- great opportunities for professional development
- LGPS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts
- NUS Card
- Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Access to multiple well-being programmes
- Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
- plus many more
Further details about the role
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
*Interviews set to be held between the 3rd-5th October*
Commitment to safeguarding
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About Avanti Court Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Hindu, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 657 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Avanti Court Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Court Primary School is an Academy for children aged 3–11. The school is a three-form entry, mixed primary school with an attached nursery with over 600 children on roll. Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight. Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
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