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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    23 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,559.00 - £33,366.00 Annually (FTE) Support Staff NJC Grade 8. 30 Hours per week, term time. Actual salary in the region of £21,003 - £22,933

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Enhanced Provision job summary

Shrivenham C of E Primary School is a growing and successful school with happy, well-motivated and hardworking children and staff. We are proud to be part of the Cambrian Learning Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to primarily work in our enhanced provision. The HLTA role complements the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.

What we are looking for:

  • HLTA (or higher) qualification or qualification in progress (not essential)
  • Experience of teaching whole classes, planning and assessing
  • Experience of working with children with high-level SEN needs
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Someone with a positive outlook and the resilience to cope with regular day to day challenges of working in a school
  • Ability to deliver pastoral support within the school to address the needs of pupils who need help to overcome barriers to learning
  • High expectations of all pupils
  • A team player – someone who shares our ethos of all things are possible for one who believes

Applicants should be innovative and inspirational and approach all children with consistency and kindness. They should be committed to working with parents, carers and the wider community and have excellent communication skills.

If you would like a tour of the school, please contact the school on 01793 782406 or email office@shr.cambrianlt.org

Shrivenham CE Primary School and Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

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.

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About Shrivenham Church of England School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
202 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11

Primary School

School location

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