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Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8PG

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Job start date
4 November 2024
Closing date
23 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time, part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £29,903.00 - £31,568.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy

35 per week, Monday to Friday to be worked during term time

£29,903 - £31,568

Actual salary £24,478 - £25,841

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role

Sherburn CE Primary Academy are looking to recruit a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join their dedicated team. Primarily in this role you will be providing support and cover across all classrooms throughout school ranging from Nursery to Year 2. The hours for this position are 35 hours per week working Monday to Friday. This is on a fixed term basis initially until 20th December 2024 with the possibility of this role continuing until 31st August 2025.

As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils.

The job requirements

You will have the ability to step in and cover in the absence of the Class Teacher in a range of classrooms and ages. Using your skills and knowledge to ensure you are able to adapt your teaching methods depending on the ages of the children whether this be whole class teaching or working with smaller groups of children.

You will be a key team player, showing resilience and flexibility in your approach.

Good, clear and effective communication will play a key role in this position as you will need to work with and alongside the child, their family and other members of staff within the school.

You will have positive behaviour management skills, and be flexible and able to work on your own initiative.

Working with us

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.

Closing date for applications: Monday 23rd September 2024 at 12.00noon

Interview date: To be confirmed

For further information please contact, Melanie Warren, School Business Partner m.warren@ebor.academy

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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