Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Wansdyke School, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 5EFThis job expired on 9 December 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 December 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 18.75 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - until end of school year (August 2023) in first instance (potential to become permanent)
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,948 pro rata per annum
Actual salary
- £12.93 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
- are enthusiastic and self-motivated
- are able to work effectively within our hardworking, talented and friendly team on whole school issues
- enjoy working with children and can develop good working relationships with them
- understand and are sympathetic to the needs of young children
- have experience of supporting children’s learning
- have experience of or are willing to learn about the Key Stage 2 curriculum
- have a current First Aid or be prepared to undertake training
- experience of planning and delivering whole class teaching
- hold a relevant HLTA qualification or degree level qualification (desirable)
- are willing to provide regular staff cover and PPA for teachers as a HLTA
What the school offers its staff
- a happy and exciting place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff
- an organised and supportive team of people
- opportunities to work collaboratively with other TAs, teachers and staff across the Trust
- opportunities for training
- commitment to your professional development
- a clearly established induction process
- term-time working
Further details about the role
Wansdyke School are seeking to recruit a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), starting as soon as possible, for this successful and popular school.
Wansdyke School is a vibrant primary school which is committed to continually raising standards and achieving excellence through providing exciting and memorable learning opportunities for every child. In our most recent Ofsted inspection, we retained our ‘Good’ rating. We have fantastic children and an engaged school community. Located on the outskirts of the delightful market town of Devizes, Wansdyke School is a thriving academy, within the Acorn Education Trust. Situated in the heart of beautiful, rural Wiltshire, Devizes has excellent access to routes to Chippenham, Swindon and the M4 to the north, and the A303/M3 to the south.
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.
About Wansdyke School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 233 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wansdyke School website
- Email address
- admin@wansdyke.wilts.sch.uk
School location
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