Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Illuminate Minds Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive educational trust is seeking a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to support learning and engagement among pupils for 36 hours a week. The role requires effective communication skills and partnership working between schools. Candidates must be dedicated to pupil development and have relevant teaching qualifications. Join a team committed to excellence in education.

Qualifications

• Must have a command of spoken English sufficient for effective performance.
• Experience working in educational settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils in their learning and engagement.
• Work collaboratively with school staff across two primary schools.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Engagement with learning

Education

Relevant teaching qualifications

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant for 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year to work with our pupils and provide support with learning and engagement. Monday 8.30 - 5.00pm, Tuesday - Friday 8.30 - 4.00pm. This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

Fairford Academy Barnehurst is a three-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust, a small thriving academy of two trust schools. The school is located on the borders of Barnehurst and Erith with excellent transport links. Pelham Primary School is a two-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust, a small thriving academy of two trust schools. The school is located in the centre of Bexleyheath with excellent transport links. Partnership working between the schools is essential!

About Our Trust

Illuminate Minds Trust is a small but aspirational trust with ambitions to grow and work collaboratively with primary mainstream and SEND schools in order to creatively meet the needs of all pupils in our communities. We are highly inclusive and forward-thinking, believing that every child deserves the best education with the mission statement of "Excellence Every Day" as the golden thread woven through our schools. Illuminate Minds is proud of our schools' inclusive principles, creative solutions to SEND, our culture of embedded safeguarding and the focus we put on quality CPD, evidence-based research and our coaching culture. We encourage all of our staff to engage in professional development and peer support with the aim of everyone working together to strengthen our offer and achieve their best. We recognise that for our pupils to succeed and make outstanding progress, they need staff working with them who are committed to the continual drive for improvement and keen to upskill themselves. If you believe that every child has the potential to achieve and experience success, truly enjoy working with children and understand the value of education as a means of opening doors and widening horizons, then Illuminate Minds may be the right organisation for you!

Our core purpose is "Excellence Every Day" through:

• Working with children, young people and their families to promote engagement in learning and a work ethic which will help them secure a positive future.
• Delivering a curriculum in every school which meets the needs of the cohort and supports the development of rounded individuals with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and have agency over their futures.
• Offering experiences which are rich and diverse and widen the perspectives of all of our pupils beyond their lived experiences, reducing gaps and disadvantage.
• Encouraging participation and ownership of the school communities by all members of our staff to enable Trust development through contribution and collaboration.
• Creating a coaching culture to develop a workforce which is flexible to meet the need of every child or young person within our academies and "future proofs" us as a Trust in an ever-changing landscape.
• Developing systems and processes which safeguard our communities and reduce workload through sharing of resources and practices and avoidance of duplication.
• Ensuring the learning environment is fit for purpose, safe and stimulating to support the development of confident, happy pupils who want to attend school and are kept safe.