Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Hours: 30 hours a week, 39 weeks a year.

Salary: £18,127.02

The Role

St Peters CE Academy are looking to recruit a HLTA to join the team. You need to be patient, hard-working and have high expectations for yourself and pupils. The post holder’s prime duties will be assisting the teacher with day-to-day work and helping to deliver learning programmes for individuals and small groups. A commitment to the life of the school is vital! School tours are encouraged. This post may involve whole class teaching to cover PPA and leadership time across the whole school. 

Key Tasks 

• Plan and prepare lessons with using a scheme with teachers support. 
• Develop and prepare resources for learning activities in accordance with lesson plans and in response to pupil need 
• Deliver learning activities to pupils within agreed system of supervision, adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs 
• Monitor and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies. 
• Work with the School’s agreed behaviour policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence 
• Challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self-esteem 
• Participate in the marking of pupils’ work and accurately record achievement/progress 

Benefits: 

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes.
• Access to Cycle to Work 
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 
• Discounted gym membership 
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours – while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated