The Foundation Assistant Manager and HLTA

The Belvedere Academy, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 3TF

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  17 June 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  3 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week, term time plus 10 days (37.2 working weeks)
• Contract type: Fixed term - One academic year in the first instance
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary £21,099-£26,029

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and change making HLTA to join our brilliant pastoral team to help to manage The Foundation@Belvedere, our innovative Behaviour and Inclusion Centre.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, forward-thinking individual who is passionate about supporting children with SEMH to access mainstream school.

The Foundation@Belvedere has attracted local and national interest since its opening in September 2024. Even in the short time since its inception, it is already changing lives.

Get in touch if you are interested in our work.

What the school offers its staff

Generous holiday (14 days extra per year for teaching staff)

Email curfew 5pm-7am (unless there are safeguarding/wellbeing concerns)

Employee Assistance Programme (AXA)

Weekly CPD sessions

Principal has an open-door policy

Staff Enrichment

Flexible approach to family appointments and child events

More PPA than the local average

Half-termly wellbeing events organised by Wellbeing Committee including seasonal treats, bacon sandwiches, fortnightly toast, annual Christmas lunch and other staff events

Parcel collection point

Half-termly staff voice group

On-site parking

Mental Health Coordinator

HUB groups and HUB breakfasts

High priority in our Y7 admissions process (see Admissions Policy on our website)

Further details about the role

In 2007, Belvedere was the first independent school to become an academy and is continuing the traditions and standards of its predecessor school. We have high expectations of all our students and we support them with excellent pastoral care. Our extensive Enrichment programme allows pupils to develop into well rounded individuals. In March 2025, Ofsted judged us Outstanding in Behaviour and Attitudes and in Personal Development. We were delighted that they recognised how our “ambitious” curriculum inspired our pupils to be, “ambitious for their futures” within an “inclusive” community in which pupils “can be themselves”.

The Belvedere Academy and the GDST are committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

The Belvedere Academy and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches, and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About The Belvedere Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Belvedere Academy website
• Email address: jobs@belvedereacademy.net
• Phone number: 0151 727 1284
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-belvedere-academy

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