Higher Level Teaching Assistant

The Gorse Academies Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teacher pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant for John Smeaton Academy in Leeds. The role involves assisting teachers by planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals or classes, under supervision, and contributing to pupil assessment and progress reporting.

Applicants should be HLTA status or working towards Level 4, with Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy, and experience with national/foundation stage curricula.

Qualifications

• HLTA status or working towards Level 4.
• Level 2 Numeracy/Literacy (or willingness to work towards).
• Experience implementing national/foundation stage curriculum and other learning programmes/strategies.
• Good understanding of child development and learning processes.

Responsibilities

• Support teachers by taking responsibility for learning activities under supervision.
• Plan, prepare and deliver activities for individuals or groups (PPA cover).
• Monitor pupils and assess, record and report on progress and development.

Skills

HLTA status

Numeracy

Literacy

Curriculum knowledge

Child development understanding

Education

Higher Level Teaching Assistant Level 4

Job description

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

John Smeaton Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Higher-Level Teaching Assistant. This role is of great importance to our academy. The successful applicant will be expected to complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. This may involve planning, preparing and delivering activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes (PPA cover) and monitoring pupils and assessing, recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development.

A key deployment of this role will be to our onsite Resource Provision known as Horizons. Horizons caters for 40 young people with an EHCP where their primary need is communication and interaction.

Potential applicants should have:

• Higher Level Teaching Assistant status or working towards this (Level 4).
• Level 2 Numeracy/ Literacy (or willingness to work towards).
• Working knowledge and experience of implementing national/foundation stage curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies.
• Good understanding of child development and learning processes.

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team - as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

On 1 September 2021 John Smeaton Academy joined The GORSE Academies Trust, an organisation renowned for excellence in education. The trust has a nationally recognised track record of transforming inadequate schools and making them great again, or for the first time in their history. Consequently, this role represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for any candidate who is eager to be a part of an organisation that seeks to secure the very highest educational standard for every student. We are determined to ensure students at John Smeaton Academy are inspired to ‘Secure the Gift of Choice’ and we expect any successful candidate to be passionate and tenacious in their quest for all round academic and pastoral excellence.

As part of our exceptional work to date, Ofsted recognised that our academy is ‘Good’ in all areas in April/May 2024.

A unique opportunity to be part of an academy that is a Beacon for its community!

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome applications from people with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act . If you would benefit from any adjustments during the application or interview process, please inform us so we can support you appropriately.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

GORSE Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders

The GORSE Academies Trust use ‘OnlineSCR’ for the processing of safeguarding checks - their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/ .

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.