Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Tidemill Academy, London, SE8 4RJ3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,780.00 - £34,779.00 Annually (FTE) Lewisham NJC Pay Scale 5, SCP 13-15, Monday - Friday, 35 hours a week, 39 weeks a year (term time plus 5 INSET days)
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary
Tidemill Academy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed HLTA who:
- Enjoys working with children, seeing them succeed
- Has high expectations of all children
- Makes learning fun and engaging
- Demonstrates initiative and works flexibly as part of a team to the benefit of all children
- Is keen to continuously learn, take on feedback and improve
- Is an excellent, engaging communicator who will develop strong relationships with children, staff, parents and the wider community
The successful candidates will:
- Have a Level 2, or above, in English and Maths
- Have previous experience of working effectively within a school setting
- Have a good standard of written and spoken English and a good understanding of Maths
For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office on 0208 692 3470. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
Why Work with REAch2 Academy Trust?
Join REAch2 Academy Trust, one of the UK's largest primary academy trusts, with a mission to unlock the potential of every child, regardless of their background. Here’s why joining our team can be an exciting and fulfilling career choice:
- Excellence & Development: We prioritise high standards and offer extensive professional development and career growth opportunities.
- Supportive & Collaborative: Be part of a strong, collaborative community of over 60 schools where every voice is valued, and best practices are shared.
- Well-being Focus: We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer robust well-being support for all staff.
- Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and believe that varied perspectives strengthen our schools.
- Innovation & Impact: Bring creativity to the classroom and make a real difference in children’s lives.
- Making a difference: Working with REAch2 means contributing to something bigger than yourself. You’ll be helping to shape the lives of young learners, making a meaningful impact on communities and future generations.
Join us to grow your career, collaborate with passionate educators, and make a lasting impact on future generations.
Benefits
- We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well-being:
- Professional Development: Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
- Flexible & Family-Friendly: We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.
- Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
- Well-being Support: Receive comprehensive well-being and employee assistance for you and your family.
Join REAch2 for a rewarding career with great benefits!
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
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.
About Tidemill Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 449 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Tidemill Academy website (opens in new tab)
Tidemill Academy is an outstanding, two-form entry primary school situated next to the busy and diverse Deptford High Street. Our school is co-located with the golden Deptford Lounge building, we have great sports facilities, professional stage lighting and state of the art technology, classrooms & learning environments. We are now a key feature of the Deptford landscape and are symbolic of the wider regeneration sweeping through the area. Deptford is well-located, only 6 minutes from London Bridge and 11 minutes from Cannon Street by train, as well as being accessible by DLR (walking distance from Deptford, Deptford Bridge and New Cross stations). Deptford is also served by many buses.
Tidemill has an excellent reputation for being a creative and innovative school at the leading edge of educational reform. An overwhelmingly positive culture exists within our happy and successful school community. We believe Tidemill is a haven where children from all backgrounds can flourish and we achieve all this in a buzzing, multicultural area of South East London. Our vision for Tidemill is clear - we believe that children must have the best possible education to improve their life chances.
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