HLTA (Higher Level Teaching Assistant)
St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8BT2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
31 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, term time only plus 5 inset days.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £27,711.00 and £30,060.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Thank you for your interest in the HLTA role at St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School. St Kentigern’s is a happy and successful school with a strong, caring Catholic ethos in the Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the Diocese of Lancaster. The whole school team is dedicated to achieving the full potential of all its children.
We are seeking to appoint an excellent, highly motivated and hardworking member of the
team who will work with teachers to organise and support teaching and learning activities for
classes. The primary focus is to cover PPA time, and to carry out specified work with
individuals, groups and whole classes under the direction and supervision of a qualified
teacher.
We are a one form entry Catholic Primary school. The successful candidate will contribute fully
to the life of the school and will be an integral part of the St Kentigern’s team.
The post available is for 30 hours per week, on a term time only basis plus 5 inset days, and is
offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months from the start date with the potential to be made
permanent.
St Kentigern’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children. The post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced disclosure from DBS.
You do not need to be Catholic to apply for this role, we welcome applicants from every
background.
Please refer to the application pack for further details.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 27th November 2024 - midday
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Post Details:
Grade: E – NJC scale point range 12 to 17
Salary: £27,711.00 to £30,060.00 (paid pro-rata)
Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months from start date with the potential to be made
permanent
Hours: 30 per week
Weeks worked: Term Time only, plus 5 inset days
Required: As soon as possible
What the school offers its staff
As a Catholic school, we offer our children the opportunity to grow as young people and encourage them to develop a closer relationship with God in an atmosphere of mutual love and respect. We seek to live out the values of Jesus Christ daily, promoting them by our words and deeds. Jesus told us to “Treat others as you would like to be treated”, our school motto, and this reminds us every day to go the extra mile for the children within our care.
At St. Kentigern’s, we always put children first. We have a safe, happy environment in which children can strive to do their best at everything they are given the opportunity to do. We listen carefully to our children and allow them to influence our curriculum and their learning as much as possible. We do our best to foster within each child a desire for learning and a desire to make the right choices.
We actively encourage a high level of support from our parents, local and parish community. Children get on well at school when parents feel able to support school. At St. Kentigern’s, we try to achieve this by welcoming parents into school as much as possible to things like assemblies, progress meetings, volunteering on trips, ‘stay and play’ times and PTFA events.
Finally, we are blessed with an extremely dedicated, hardworking staff team who go above and beyond, which is required so that children are treated as individuals who matter; receive the best possible education; enjoy learning at school with a creative, exciting, challenging curriculum; and have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of sporting and extra-curricular activities.
Commitment to safeguarding
BEBCMAT is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, staff and visitors.
All posts are subject to:
● DBS
● Medical clearance
● Verification of qualifications and National Insurance number.
● Two references including a judgement about suitability to work with children.
● A member of the interview panel will be trained in implementing Child Protection procedures.
● In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, online search be carried out.
For teaching positions, barred list checks and prohibition from teaching checks will be carried out.
For leadership positions, section 128 checks will be performed.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to christine.murray@st-kentigern.blackpool.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- christine.murray@st-kentigern.blackpool.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01253 393302
St Kentigern’s is a one-form entry school close to the centre of Blackpool. We have inclusive practice and staff work hard to ensure that all pupils achieve their very best. We are a happy and hard-working school with families drawn from many ethnic backgrounds and many of our children enter the school with English as their second language. We pride ourselves on the progress made by all children after they enter our school.
In September 2022 we became an Academy and joined the Blessed Edward Bamber Multi Academy Trust. Our new Headteacher will join us close to the beginning of this exciting journey. We are already seeing the benefits to staff and pupils of being part of the MAT and look forward to even more advances as the MAT grows in the future.
We have extremely close ties with our parish. Catechists and parishioners work with the children in many ways encouraging the links to St Kentigern’s parish. The Local Governing Body is made up mainly of parishioners and parents with a wide range of skills, continuing the strong ties to the parish and local community.
Arranging a visit to St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email christine.murray@st-kentigern.blackpool.sch.uk.
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