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HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT

Craneswater Junior School, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 0PX

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• Start date details

  Spring Term 2024

• Closing date

  8 January 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  8 December 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 35 hours per week, term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £26,757 and £29,777
• Actual salary: Between £22,536 and £25,080
• Pay scale: Band 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a High Level Teaching Assistant to support children across the school.

The successful applicant will need:

To be responsible for planning and preparing lessons/learning activities and delivering these in a key stage of the national teaching and learning curriculum (e.g. KS2) to a whole class.

To be responsible for recording and reporting on development progress and attainment.

To manage and supervise pupil behaviour, and contribute to the maintenance of effective school administration.

What the school offers its staff

• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• Free on-site car park
• Enrolment in Hampshire County Council’s public sector pension scheme
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice and other benefits via Portsmouth City Council’s ‘Vivup’ – employee benefits and wellbeing portal

Further details about the role

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

To follow all school safeguarding procedures and policies ensuring effective safeguarding provision

To actively promote the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy and observe the standard of conduct which prevents discrimination taking place

To maintain awareness of and commitment to the School’s Equal Opportunity Policies in relation to both employment and service delivery

To fully comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 etc, the School’s Health and Safety Policy and all locally agreed safe methods of work

At the discretion of the Head Teacher, such other activities as may from time to time be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above

To work with colleagues to achieve service plan objectives and targets

To participate in Employee Development schemes and Performance Management and contribute to the identification of own team development needs

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES

Teaching and Learning

Under the professional oversight and with the supervision of a suitably qualified and experienced teacher.

• To plan, organise and manage structured learning activities that reflect specific expertise, knowledge of the national curriculum.
• To assess pupil needs using detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupil learning, evaluating and adjusting lesson plans as necessary.
• Supervise pupils delivering learning activities to small groups/whole classes of pupils, adjusting activities within the scope of the Curriculum in response to pupils’ learning.
• Create a structured positive learning environment.
• Support the Curriculum Plan with learning programmes.
• Monitor pupil responses to learning through observation and structured assessment against pre-determined learning objectives, evaluating these with recommendations to improve and advance learning for pupils.
• Development of Individual Education Plans or targeted learning objectives.
• Systematically record achievements in lessons, collecting evidence of attainment.
• Provide objective and accurate feedback sensitively for pupils, parent etc and produce evidence based reports for a wide variety of audiences.
• Ensure the milestones for achievement are challenging and demanding, adjusting activities as required.
• Providing unobtrusive guidance and support to enable pupils to find answers to questions and tasks set, using knowledge of each pupil’s differing levels of development and ability to ensure progression and continuity.
• Implement local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, KS3, early years and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of relevant skills.
• Conducting research to broaden and enrich pupil learning.
• Support the use of IT as a learning aid (including the use of specialist curriculum software), assisting pupils to develop IT competence and independent use of systems.
• Develop and determine the need for specialist equipment, to prepare and maintain these as associated with the specific subject area or curriculum key stage and to take the lead in learning activities associated with the equipment.
• Mark pupil work, recording progress and achievement.
• Administer and mark tests, invigilate exams.
• Prepare and design teaching materials (e.g. lesson sheets, handouts).
• Supporting pupils, including those with SEN, individually or in small groups, implementing Individual Education Plans, using either specialist knowledge or skills in providing such support (e.g. behaviour management).
• Classroom cover supervision - including responding to pupils’ questions and generally help pupils undertake activities and achieve learning outcomes (may plan prepare / learning activity for cover lesson).
• Supervise pupils using a variety of specialist materials/equipment on or off school premises.
• Establish a clear framework for classroom discipline, anticipating and managing behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence.
• Develop and implement strategies for behaviour management.
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing with conflicts and incidents.
• Manage pupils who are showing socially unacceptable or challenging behaviour.
• Establishing productive working relationships with pupils using methods to encourage pupil engagement and participation in activities.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom.

General School Support

• Be involved in extra curricular activities, (e.g. clubs, activities, trips, open days, presentation evenings).
• Provide clerical and administrative support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collation of pupil reports.
• Report student and school issues in line with the School’s policies for health and safety, child protection, behaviour management etc.
• Attend meetings and training sessions as required.

Commitment to safeguarding

Craneswater Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced Level will be required prior to any offer of employment.

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About Craneswater Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 507 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Craneswater Junior School website
• Email address: admin@craneswater.portsmouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 02392734787
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/craneswater-junior-school

We are a diverse, four form entry infant school in the heart of Southsea, committed to delivering excellent outcomes for all.

Arranging a visit to Craneswater Junior School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@craneswater.portsmouth.sch.uk.

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