Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Oatlands Community Junior School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QP27 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,263.00 - £23,735.00 Annually (Actual)
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Contract: Permanent, Term times plus training days (39 weeks)
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
FTE salary: £25,992 - £27,711 per annum
Actual salary: £22,263 - £23,735 per annum
Please visit our website for everything you need to know about our school.
Eligible for our RKLT Friends and Family Referral Scheme
We are delighted to offer all our valued colleagues a benefits package including an excellent local government contributory pension scheme with an employer rate of 19.5%. £5k cycle to work scheme, discounted gym, family health, private medical insurance and dental care plans, discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers and our employee assistance programme accessible by you and your family.
About the role
Oatlands Junior is a busy and friendly school with three classes per year group. You will be joining a high performing team which delivers an exciting, creative and inclusive curriculum both inside and outside the classroom. We create a community where children are empowered to unlock their full potential and one which celebrates independence, tolerance, success and excellence. Keeping our children safe and happy is essential and this is your opportunity to join our dedicated school team in the important role of Higher-Level Teaching Assistant. We are looking for a someone who:
- is friendly, kind and caring, forging positive relationships with children, their families and the OJS team.
- is flexible working either supporting a pupil 1:1, leading small groups delivering interventions or covering whole class lessons.
As a colleague within Red Kite Learning Trust, you will benefit from:
- being part of a truly collaborative trust, working with professional generosity and towards a shared mission of nurturing ambition, delivering excellence and enriching children’s lives.
- our Trust commitment to continued invest in our people, supporting every member of staff throughout their career to be the best they can be.
- a clear set of RKLT values and a celebration of equality and diversity.
As a Flexible Working Ambassador, we recognise the huge benefits of offering alternative working options for our colleagues and champion this innovative approach across our Trust. Whatever your preferences are, we are open to a conversation to explore how we can accommodate your needs within this role – just ask!
Next steps
If you would like to chat with us or visit our school before applying, we encourage you to do so. Calls and visits can be arranged for during the school day or after working hours for your convenience. Please contact Gaynor Murtagh (HR Officer – Recruitment Lead) on 07704 003110 or email murtaghg@rklt.co.uk to arrange.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews may commence whilst this advert is open. If this role is of interest to you, we encourage you to speak to us and/or apply asap.
To start your application form, please click the APPLY NOW button.
Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email recruitment@rklt.co.uk
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 Oatlands Community Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 352 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
We are part of the Red Kite Learning Trust family of schools. Thank you for visiting our website which provides a window into our busy world of learning: full of discovery, creativity, friendship and fun.
We are a friendly, welcoming school and enjoy the strong relationships we have with parents, relatives, governors and the PTA, who regularly support learning in the classroom, extra-curricular clubs, trips and fundraising events.
Every child is important to us at Oatlands Junior School. We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, positive and stimulating learning environment, where excellence thrives through high standards of learning, attitudes and behaviour. Our collective aim is to ensure that all children strive to achieve and exceed their goals, whilst nurturing a life-long love of learning.
At Oatlands Juniors, children play an active role in the life of the school, through the many Pupil Voice groups and even running their own extra-curricular clubs. We are proud of our rich, broad and creative curriculum that encourages our children to be inquisitive, enterprising and independent learners.
Oatlands Junior School is surrounded by spacious, beautiful grounds with fantastic outdoor facilities. We have recently expanded into a full three-form entry Junior school, with two new additional classrooms and Arts Studio. Our running track, is popular with all our children, especially the ‘Daily Mile’ challenge. We work closely with our friends in the local community who support various projects in school. The local allotment group work in partnership with our Eco-Committee to maintain and develop our nature area, which includes a sensory and wildlife garden and Reading Retreat. Our sculpture garden, at the entrance to our school, displays works of art throughout the year in collaboration with local artists. We have been recognised for our high quality curriculum provision through the many awards that we have achieved, including: Arts Mark Gold; Sports Games Gold; Eco Schools Bronze; Healthy School Award Bronze and we are working to achieve the Carnegie Mental Health Award.
Our dedicated staff, parents and governors all work together to make Oatlands Junior School a place where we are all ‘Caring About Today, Creating Successful Tomorrows’.
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