Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Upwell Academy, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9EW5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 September 2024 at 8am
Date listed
12 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,593.00 - £23,512.00 Annually (FTE) April 2024 support staff pay award pending
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary
Permanent Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) - Upwell Academy - Upwell
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HLTA to join our team or alternatively for a Teaching Assistant with relevant experience looking for their next challenge.
Grade F, £21,593 - £23,512 per annum prorated (Full FTE £26,421 - £28,770 April 2024 pay award pending)
35 hours per week Term-time plus one week (39 weeks per year)
Position closes: Friday 06 September 2024 8pm
Interview date: TBC
If we receive sufficient applicants of a high calibre, we may bring the closing date forward.
Visits to the Academy are encouraged. Please contact the office from 02 September on 01945 773225
Role Purpose
Upwell Academy require a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to provide extra support to our students and staff.
The HLTA will be required to manage classes and to appropriately deliver the work set by the teacher to a high standard, answering any questions to the best of their ability and keeping the pupils on task while maintaining good order.
When not covering whole classes, the HLTA will be required to provide in class support during other colleague’s lessons, under the direction of the Senior Leadership Team. This could include supporting individual pupils, small groups or pupils with specific learning needs.
Skills & Experience
The successful applicant will have Level 2 qualifications in both English and Maths of grade A*- C.
Essential: Experiencing of leading small group work or classes
Essential: Strong mathematical and grammatical knowledge
You will have a good knowledge of safeguarding regulations and experience of classroom management.
Please ensure that you tailor your application to meet the minimum essential criteria of the Person Specification attached to this advert.
For further details of this role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Eastern Multi Academy Trust (EMAT) is an equal opportunities employer and employs suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Any appointments will be subject to satisfactory medical checks, references and an enhanced DBS check including the Children's Barred List.
EMAT is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, employee support services to welcome and support staff from different backgrounds. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment and signal our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity and welcome part time or flexible working applicants.
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 Upwell Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 211 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Upwell Academy website (opens in new tab)
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