Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Greengate Lane Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 3GT

22 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2025

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: £29,093.00 - £31,067.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Main Duties and Responsibilities

-To undertake work and responsibilities in line with the Standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistants.

To contribute to planning, preparing and delivery of agreed work and support programmes to individual or groups of pupils.

To advance pupils learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with whole classes where the assigned Teacher is not present.

Under an agreed system of direction and supervision carry out timetabled PPA cover for Teachers.

To use behaviour management strategies in line with the schools’ policy and procedures, which contribute to a purposeful learning environment.

To be responsible for the allocation of duties and the training of other Teaching Assistants.

To promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop.

To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.

Supporting Pupils

To - Support working relationship with the pupils, acting as role model and setting high expectations.

To deliver and support pupils learning in the most effective way.

To meet the personal needs of pupils whilst encouraging their independence.

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 encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively, ensuring all pupils are engaged in activities

To provide support in the delivery of the curriculum and national strategies.

To undertake monitoring and assessment of pupils’ work.

To provide feedback to pupils in relation to their progress and achievement.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

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 Greengate Lane Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greengate Lane Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greengate-lane-academy

We are very proud of our school, and I am sure you will agree that we have much to be proud of with the excellent work that is undertaken here. We have superb school grounds and facilities for our children and local community.

To apply please see the Admissions Information in the menu bar above.

We are delighted to now be a part of the Astrea Academy Trust. The Astrea vision enables individual academies to flourish with real autonomy, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support and collaboration.

If you would like to visit the school, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will make an appointment for you. Telephone 0114 284 8322. We look forward to meeting you!

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