Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Southtown Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0HJ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
March/April 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,933.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £27,711
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Southtown Primary School is a welcoming school who aim to nurture, encourage and develop our students throughout their primary education. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum designed to provide our pupils with sufficient knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life. Our children are encouraged to value not only themselves and their independence, but also to respect and celebrate the opinions, achievements and cultures of others.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible HLTA to join our warm and welcoming team. This is a temporary role (until August 2026) for 32.5 hours per week, term-time plus one week (39 weeks) per year.
You will be responsible for instructing groups and classes of pupils to provide PPA and CPD cover to teaching colleagues, as well as providing short-term cover for absent colleagues. Flexibility, adaptability and a willingness to approach change with a positive attitude are therefore essential in this role.
Experience in a similar role and flexibility to work across the school would be a distinct advantage.
You will:
- have the ability and enthusiasm to motivate pupils;
- have experience of teaching or instructing within the primary phase and/or Early Years;
- possess excellent behaviour management skills and be able to form positive professional relationships with pupils;
- have patience, empathy and the ability to think on your feet;
- demonstrate flexibility and the ability to adapt to meet the needs of the school.
What we offer:
- A supportive leadership team
- A welcoming team of colleagues
- Wonderful pupils who make everyday a pleasure
As part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:
- Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
- Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
- Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
- Shopping and leisure discounts
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Southtown Primary School is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for all posts. Our application form must be fully completed, CV's alone cannot be accepted.
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 Southtown Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 196 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Southtown Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Southtown Primary School, based in the popular historic seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, is a mixed comprehensive primary school with an on-site Speech and Language Specialist Resource Base.
We promote a culture where pupils are happy, believe that they can succeed, take responsibility for their learning, set targets for their own achievement and develop as independent learners.
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