Higher Learning and Teaching Assistant (Primary)

Higher Learning and Teaching Assistant 

Competitive Salary

Full time

Required as soon as possible

Do you want to be part of a team that transform the lives of children?

As a new all-through school, Goresbrook School is attempting to do the seemingly impossible; ensure all children, regardless of background, have the real option to succeed at a top university. Goresbrook School is an exciting new school that opened in 2014. Tenacious in approach, our team are committed to transforming the lives of children and do so through unwavering belief, positivity, creativity, hard work and collaboration.

We require a Higher-Level Learning and Teaching Assistant (HLTA) with strong literacy and numeracy skills and an unwavering determination to provide children with excellent support both within and outside of the classroom. We are looking for a passionate individual with excellent interpersonal skills and high expectations to work with individual and small groups of children providing highly effective, tailored support. We want someone with the confidence, knowledge and expertise to support with the effective design and delivery of interventions. The successful candidate will also have a desire and willingness to support weekly with the cover of year group teaching staff and will relish the opportunity to hone vital teaching skills. 

The role:

At Goresbrook, we are committed to a child-centred approach and have successfully embedded a well-resourced, creative learning environment that develops children as independent learners. 

About you:

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about improving the educational experiences of young people, our ideal candidate has strong literacy and numeracy sills and shows enthusiasm, motivation and creativity, is experienced in this role and has recent experience.

About us:

We are a 2/3 form entry school, from nursery to year 6, and are extremely proud of our team who continually work towards providing our students with the best possible learning outcomes. You will be joining us in our new school building, which has been designed to provide an environment tailored to benefit both children as well as staff (including free on-site parking!)

We are a hard-working team and are passionate about working with staff to facilitate their continuous professional development. As a group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight Inset days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

What we offer as a school: 

·        Clear purpose. We are all here to make a real difference to students lives

·        An environment in which student behaviour is exemplary

·        Year groups of 60 students. We are a small school and pride ourselves on knowing

our students

·        Weekly in-school CPD

·        External CPD programmes

·        Opportunities for promotion and development

We would love to speak to you about this opportunity and visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Please call 0203 597 6666 or email the school office, primaryoffice@goresbrookschool.org.uk and we will be happy to arrange this. 

United Learning

Goresbrook Primary School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.