Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Silverdale School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 9QHThis job expired on 23 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024 or ASAP
Closing date
23 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 33 hours / 39 weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 5 SCP 15-20 (27,803 to 30,296)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a passionate and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to deliver and coordinate literacy provision, including provision for learners with English as an additional language (EAL).
The successful candidate will require detailed understanding of the ways in which children learn to read, including expertise in phonics, spelling and comprehension strategies. Alongside this, a love of reading, an understanding of the secondary English curriculum, excellent interpersonal skills and an appreciation of different cultures are essential characteristics of the successful candidate.
Recent experience of planning and delivering literacy interventions is also essential.
Applicants should be keen to:
- Work with colleagues to establish a broad and effective literacy offer as part of the school’s reading strategy
- Play a key role in the delivery of literacy interventions and the integration of students with English as an additional language
- Develop teachers’ understanding of literacy, and in particular of phonics
What the school offers its staff
Benefits include:
- CPD support from one of the largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teacher Training Alliance, throughout your career.
- Opportunities to develop skills and experience as part of a growing, local Trust.
Chorus Education Trust is proud to support flexible working arrangements.
Further information about the job
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.
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About Silverdale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1451 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Silverdale School website
- Email address
- recruitment@silverdale.chorustrust.org
- Phone number
- 0114 2369991
Silverdale School is an extremely popular and high-achieving 11-18 comprehensive in the south west of Sheffield and is now the founding school of Chorus Education Trust. The school achieved the best GCSE results in 2018 of any state school in Sheffield. At Post 16 the progress students make places Silverdale in the top 10% of schools nationally. At its heart is one of the country’s largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teaching School Alliance. Silverdale moved into a brand new building in January 2009 with a full complement of facilities. Silverdale School is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future.
Arranging a visit to Silverdale School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@silverdale.chorustrust.org.
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