Higher Level Teaching Assistant
The Cooper School, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RSThis job expired on 28 September 2021 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 September 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 33.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only plus INSET days).
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,493
Actual salary
- The starting salary is Grade 6 for candidates without HLTA status (currently £16,032.78) rising to Grade 8 (£19,737.60) once HLTA status is awarded.
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
The Cooper School is seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant/Academic Co-Ordinator. Based within the Achieving and Creating Excellence (ACE) Centre, the post is to work 33.75 hours per week for 39 weeks per year (term-time only plus INSET days). This role has a specialist focus on working with students with a physical disability. The successful candidate will either have HLTA status, or be willing to train towards this.
The starting salary is Grade 6 for candidates without HLTA status (currently £16,032.78) rising to Grade 8 (£19,737.60) once HLTA status is awarded.
In this role you will work with AEN students in the ACE Centre as their Academic Co-Ordinator (key worker) in order to support individual students in addressing gaps in their learning. The aim is that, through the support of their Academic Co-Ordinator, students will be able to access the curriculum to the best of their ability, developing self-confidence and resilience.
We can offer you:
competitive salary;
an excellent pension scheme;
regular training opportunities;
friendly and supportive colleagues;
a vibrant and diverse environment where everyone is valued.
We are looking for an individual who has:
HLTA standards (level 4) or the equivalent foundation degree (level 5) or be willing to work towards them;
experience of supporting students with Special Educational Needs;
experience of supporting individuals with a physical disability
a willingness to attend training which is relevant to the post;
excellent interpersonal skills both in relation to students as well as other adults (including outside agencies) and effective oral and written communication skills;
good organisation and time management skills;
sound ICT skills to support learning and to maintain electronic information systems;
the ability to remain calm in challenging situations and to empathise with students’ primary carers;
an awareness of responsibilities for health and safety of themselves and others;
a commitment to safeguarding children.
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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About The Cooper School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1296 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Cooper School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@bernwodeschoolstrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01869 242121
At The Cooper School, we pride ourselves on being forward thinking in terms of curriculum decisions which support our students; focused on improving learning through the use of new technologies and determined to continuously refine our approaches to teaching and learning. Investing in the Media Suite reflects a small part of our approach to making learning engaging, relevant and active for our students.
Joining us as a member of staff at The Cooper School means being able to see the big picture for the students here. It means that whilst we always strive for academic excellence, we also place great value upon students becoming adaptable, resourceful and enquiring. These are the sort of skills that will enable them to become effective citizens, just as much as their academic results will. As such, we encourage independent learning, enrichment initiatives and House-based teamwork and co-operation.
Working here is an opportunity to flourish as a professional. We ‘grow our own’ leaders. Many new staff have taken on additional responsibilities which is a mark of their quality and commitment to making progress in their own careers as well as their desire to become part of a successful and positive organisation.
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