Senior LSA / Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Horndean Church of England Junior School, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 9NW11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 per week 8:30am to 12pm and 1pm to 3:30pm, plus a weekly team meeting
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,628 to £28,326
Actual salary
- £18,229 to £20,413
Pay scale
- D Grade
Hourly rate
- £13.28 to £14.68 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you would like to join our supportive staff team as we strive for excellence for our children, please email us to arrange a visit and for an application pack which includes the Person Specification which will be used for shortlisting - recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk.
You may also wish to contact our Headteacher Maria Ackland to talk more about this important role in our staff structure.
You may
also like to visit our website at www.horndeanjuniorschool.co.uk
Applicants must have:
- Minimum of 2 years previous experience of working in a school or supporting children’s learning and development
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, or qualified by experience
- English and maths to GCSE level
- Effective IT skills that can support learning
Salary will be based on experience and will start within the D grade FTE salary range of £25,628 to £28,326. This equates to an actual salary of £18,229 to £20,413 (£13.28 to £14.68 per hour).
Closing date: 12 noon Monday 21st October 2024
Interview date: On receipt of application
Job start date: ASAP
Application Pack:
- Letter to Senior LSA HLTA applicants
- HJS Staff Structure
- HCC LSA3 Role Profile
- HJS HLTA Job Description
- HJS HLTA Person Specification
- HCC Support Staff Application Form
- HJS Equalities Monitoring Form
What the school offers its staff
Job/Person Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with strong learning support skills to join our dedicated staff team in the role of Senior LSA (HLTA) to support the learning and development of children in our large Church of England junior school.
We would like to recruit a new HLTA to join our successful junior school team as a permanent member of staff. At our school, an LSA supports English and maths learning in each class every morning and we have one ‘Senior LSA’ in each year group to lead this team in the mornings and provide class cover or intervention support each afternoon. Each Senior LSA works alongside the Year Leader, supporting their class learning each morning. They then provide support across all four classes in their year group in the afternoon. This takes the form of planned class cover, planned interventions or responsive support for our children.
Our Senior LSAs play an important role in providing short-term cover for classes within their year team under the direction of the teacher, including one afternoon every week covering PPA time. Intervention programmes in the afternoons are usually learning based, but at our school we place a high priority on promoting wellbeing, for children and staff, and so our Senior LSA role also includes pastoral support - planned and reactive.
All of our LSAs establish strong working relationships with the teachers and children in classes they support to effectively enable every child to be successful. For our Senior LSAs, that relationship is broadened to include supporting children across the year group and supporting the teaching team in their planning and preparation. New members of our team will benefit from a comprehensive induction programme and regular professional development opportunities.
Our Senior LSA (HLTA) role is a very rewarding one and involves working at Hampshire’s LSA 3, Higher Level Teaching Assistant, level which is reflected in the ‘D’ pay scale. Our vacancy is within our team of four Senior LSAs who each work 30 hours per week. The hours of work for this permanent HLTA post will be: 8:30am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 3:30pm daily during term time, plus attendance at weekly after school Year Team meetings and a day of preparation during the summer holidays, by arrangement, to create a 40 week contract.
As a school we are extremely proud of our successes and the effectiveness of our school improvement work has been recognised by the Local Authority. In April 2022 we secured a very positive outcome from our short Ofsted inspection, not least the judgement that our Christian Values of TLC ‘help to make the school a very special place.’ This echoed the outcome of our church school inspection in November 2019 that our Christian vision ‘successfully drives the school’s development and has an exceptional impact on the lives of pupils and adults.’
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Horndean Church of England Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 496 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02392592236
Arranging a visit to Horndean Church of England Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk.
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