Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Early Years

D'Eyncourt Primary School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1DD

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,089.39 - £25,210.25 Annually (Actual)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Early Years job summary

To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.

The postholder is required to: Support the pupil

1. To create and maintain a purposeful and supportive environment, in accordance to lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.

2. To monitor pupil responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.

3. Provide regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement/progress/ problems etc.

4. Promote good behaviour, dealing promptly with incidents in line with the established behaviour policy

5. Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.

6. Undertake marking of groups of pupils’ work, where directed.

7. Provide clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, typing etc.

Support the curriculum

1. Undertake structured and agreed learning activities and interventions, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.

2. Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy/numeracy, recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.

3. Where appropriate, plan lessons for small groups of identified pupils e.g. RWI

Support the school

1. Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

2. Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.

3. Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.

4. Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.

5. Participate in training and other learning activities and professional development as required.

6. Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before or after school and playtimes.

7. Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and other activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

Additionally, be responsible for

1. Planning and preparing lessons for pupils.

2. Delivering lessons to pupils.

3. Assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

4. Reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils to appropriate staff.

5. Undertake a range of more specialized tasks to support learning.

6. Support for pupils and the teacher as detailed in The Education Regulations 2003, carry out specified work in order to release a teacher with whom you work regularly.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About D'Eyncourt Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 315 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: D'Eyncourt Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/deyncourt-primary-school-wolverhampton (opens in new tab)

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