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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    10 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    7 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 36 hours a week, Mon - Fri

Contract type

Fixed term - Immediate for remainder of AY - to be reviewed

Full-time equivalent salary

£27,483-£28,686

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will have

  • A belief that every child really does matter.
  • A proven track record of success in the classroom.
  • The capacity to raise attainment through motivating and inspiring students and staff.
  • Dedication to a team approach underpinned by an ongoing desire to ‘Continuously Aspire towards finding New ways to Develop and Outdo previous best’.

Candidates are encouraged to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact Daniel Cain-Reed, Assistant Headteacher / SENDCo, at dcr@hws.haringey.sch.ukfor further information or a visit or alternatively the school HR department for more information at hr@hws.haringey.sch.uk

Closing date for applications:Sunday 10 November 2024 - 12:00pm

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note we do not offer employment visa sponsorship for this role.

Interview date:w/c 11 November 2024 (please note that we may interview prospective applicants as applications are received).

What the school offers its staff

Highgate Wood School wishes to appoint an adaptable and resourceful Learning Support Assistant for an immediate start.

The successful candidate will have the energy, dedication and enthusiasm to make a real difference to the lives of our students and the success of the work of the Learning Support Department. The role is fixed term and will be reviewed with the successful candidate for further extension/permanent offer if the opportunity arises.

The role requires excellent communication, organisational and ICT skills and the ability to learn new skills where required.

Experience and knowledge of autism, special educational needs and disabilities is desirable but not essential.

We can offer you

  • The opportunity to work in a continuously improving school.
  • The chance to join a talented and highly committed staff team.
  • Excellent students who are keen to excel and operate in an ethos underpinned by the principles of courtesy, consideration, cooperation & contribution.
  • Our commitment to provide CPD opportunities to ensure all staff continue to develop.
  • A learning environment where imagination and commitment are encouraged and valued.

Commitment to safeguarding

Highgate Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. The successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with safer recruitment practices, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. This is part of our safeguarding checks and seeks publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.

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About Highgate Wood Secondary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1554 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
02083427970

Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education. We want everyone to feel welcome, safe and secure in the school and believe that each of us has a valuable contribution to make to our community and its continued success. We firmly believe that Everyone Matters. Our core values are embodied in the 4Cs - Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation, and Contribution, the principles of Respect and Honesty and the commitment to encouraging Perseverance and Hard Work within a Growth Mind-set.

It is through these values that we bring to life our mission statement: "Making a positive difference to students' achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self-belief”.

Ethos and values

Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together with our Growth Mind-set focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect underpin the school’s behaviour ethos.

Our school motto is Everyone Matters and this ensures that we take an approach that values every student as an individual, with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enabling talent and creativity to be identified and nurtured.

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