Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Bradford Forster Academy, Bradford, BD4 8RG4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary Band: NJC 11-17 £23,669 – £26,092 Actual Annual Salary Term time plus 5 days
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Main Duties
Supporting teachers in the classroom by taking responsibility for the planning, preparation, and delivery of specific learning activities for identified individuals/groups under an agreed system of supervision. For instance, working with children 1:1 or delivering sessions with small groups of students
Managing classroom resources - prepare resources and materials in advance of the lesson
Taking children on trips and visits and support with the running and organising lunchtime or afterschool activities
To build and maintain successful relationships with students, treat them consistently, with respect and consideration. Such as luncheoning, playing board games with students who struggle socially to help build the students’ confidence and enhance self-esteem, inspiring them to learn
Managing heightened behaviours and keeping children safe by supporting students with identifying the reasons for their behaviour and providing strategies for both staff and students that can help manage any negative behaviour
To run, support and log in class and afterschool interventions as required
To be involved in keeping records and evaluating identified students’ progress and carry out structured classroom assessment/observation and feedback outcomes to staff
Have formal and informal meetings with teachers and parents to communicate progress, positive and negative behaviours
Provide targeted support to pupils across different year groups.
Other Duties:
To model good practice to both students and staff as an educational professional, demonstrating excellent punctuality, attendance and integrity.
To deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the academy’s policies and procedures
Ensuring GDPR compliance for all handling of sensitive documents
To respect confidential issues linked to home/students/teacher/academy work
Safeguarding duties in case of fire and/or emergency evacuation where applicable
To comply with the academy’s Child Safeguarding Procedures, including regular liaison with the academy’s Designated Child Safeguarding Person over any safeguarding issues or concerns
To comply with the academy policies and procedures at all times
To undertake other reasonable duties (with competence and experience) as requested, in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.
This job description may be subject to change, following consultation between the post holder and the academy.
Commitment to safeguarding
‘Everyone working in or for our school service shares an objective to help keep
children and young people safe and promote each child’s welfare by
contributing to:
• providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn
and develop in our school setting, and
• identifying children and young people who are suffering or likely to
suffer significant harm, and taking appropriate action with the aim of
making sure they are kept safe both at home and in our school setting’
BFA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its students.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bradford Forster Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 974 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bradford Forster Academy website
Bradford Forster Academy, which opened in September 2015 as a new 11-16 Church of England Academy, as part of the new Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust. We currently have 1033 students on roll from years 7 to 11 and Summer 2020 saw our first cohort of students successfully completing their time with us and going on to take up a wide range of local and national Post-16 courses and positions.
Bradford Forster Academy is an exceptional school with high aspirations and ambition for our young people.
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