23 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    6 January 2025

  • Closing date

    8 November 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,012.00 - £25,245.00 Annually (FTE) H4

HLTA for PPA cover job summary

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic person who would love to join our team of dedicated staff as a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to cover teachers' Planning, Preparation and Assessment time. The post involves delivering and supervising pre-planned learning activities to whole classes.

Mount Pleasant Lane is part of the Spiral Partnership Trust which actively promotes a culture of high rewards, high standards and high expectations for all. We are a lively and successful school with a dedicated, supportive and hardworking team. Our committed team create a positive and exciting learning environment for our children. We are a happy and ambitious school with learning for all at our core.

We support our children to develop a deep love of learning and achieve the very best outcomes from their own unique starting points.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting children across the curriculum and you will need to have GCSEs in English, Maths and Science at grade C or above.

The role is 32.5 hours per week, term time (38 weeks) plus five inset days and a minimum of 2 days to be worked during the school holidays (pro-rata). This is a maternity cover contract for 1 year or when the the member of staff returns whichever is sooner.

As an Academy, we are able to offer generous new terms and conditions of employment to our support staff. This includes flexible leave options and excellent CPD opportunities. We recognise that our staff are our greatest asset and reflect that in the way we reward and invest in our staff.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applications may be considered while the post is being advertised.

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

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About Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
229 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Mount Pleasant Lane is a 1 ½ form entry primary, set in spacious grounds in Bricket Wood near St Albans. We are part of the Spiral Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust which specialises in developing excellent primary schools. We collaborate with the other schools in the Trust to ensure that teaching and learning is of the highest standard possible.

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