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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,048.00 - £30,958.00 Annually (Actual) NJC salary scale 20-22

Primary - Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of a welcoming, talented and highly motivated team at Wren Academy Finchley. We are looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to provide support for pupils, the teachers and the school in order to raise standards of achievement for all pupils (e.g. SEN, EAL, GT, all underachieving groups), by utilising advanced levels of knowledge and skills when assisting with planning, monitoring, assessing and managing classes, and to encourage pupils to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of school life. To have an impact on children’s learning and progress.

The Primary Higher Level Teaching Assistant works under the instruction and guidance of both class teachers and subject specialists. They support the delivery of quality learning and teaching helping to raise standards of achievement and provide pastoral care for pupils. At Wren Academy we value our teaching assistants and give them support and assistance in order that they may effectively and happily perform their duties. Our teaching assistants may be asked to support the whole class or work 1:1 with a SEN pupil directed by the SENDCo.

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 Wren Academy Finchley

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
Education phase
Through
School size
1614 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 18
Ofsted report
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Wren Academy Finchley is located in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the founder of the Wren Academies Trust, a MAT which is sponsored by the Church of England and Berkhamsted School. The Academy has developed a strong reputation for outstanding teaching and learning, as demonstrated by our Progress 8 figure, which places us in the top 65 schools nationally. We are an all-through school with a thriving sixth form and a primary phase which opened in September 2015. The engaging curriculum and state of the art buildings have contributed to the Academy’s notable success. There is also a strong focus on student well-being so that every individual is happy and secure to learn and thrive within a caring community.

Wren is a MAT and plans are well advanced to create a new school in a neighbouring borough which will provide exciting professional development opportunities for all staff.

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