Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) - St Wulfram's

Teaching Vacancies; Grantham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) for St Wulfram’s in Grantham. The role supports teachers, manages resources and fosters inclusive learning within the school’s policies and procedures.

You will assist with planning, assessment, and pupil welfare, supervising classes during teachers’ absence and contributing to safeguarding commitments. This post offers a structured, supportive environment in a historic market town.

Qualifications

• Support teachers in planning, monitoring and assessing lessons.
• Assist in managing and preparing resources for activities.
• Support student welfare and inclusive participation.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare lessons with teachers, participating in planning cycles.
• Develop and prepare learning resources.
• Assist in planning learning activities and out-of-school learning opportunities.
• Teach whole classes during designated PPA time within an agreed framework.
• Provide verbal and written feedback on lesson content and student progress.
• Motivate students with structured teaching and learning activities.
• Familiarise with lesson plans, IEP targets and learning objectives.
• Use behaviour management strategies aligned with policy.
• Engage parents with feedback on progress and support home–school links.
• Assist in evaluating progress through assessments and maintain records.
• Support and supervise junior TAs and lead training for support staff.
• Champion equal opportunities and safeguarding policies.

Skills

Lesson planning

Student support

Behaviour management

Collaborative teamwork

Job description

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) - St Wulfram's

What skills and experience we're looking for

To complement the teachers’ delivery of the national curriculum and contribute to the development of other students, school policies and strategies.

To provide support for students, the teacher and the school to raise standards of achievement for all, by utilising advanced knowledge of planning, monitoring, assessing and managing classes.

To work collaboratively with teaching staff and assist on the whole planning cycle and the management and preparation of resources.

To provide support for the student’s welfare and support the inclusion of students in all aspects of school life.

To supervise whole classes during short-term absence of teachers.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Plan and prepare lesson with teachers, participating in all stages of the planning cycle, including evaluating and adjusting lesson plans.

Develop and prepare resources for learning activities.

Contribute to the planning of opportunities for students to learn in out-of-school contexts in line with school policies and procedures.

Within an agreed system of supervision and within lesson framework, teach whole classes covering PPA.

Provide detailed verbal and written feedback on lesson content, student responses to learning and student behaviour, to teachers and students.

Motivate and progress students’ learning by using clearly structured interesting teaching and learning activities.

Be familiar with lesson plans, IEP targets and learning objectives.

Use behaviour management strategies, in line with the schools’ policy and procedures, to contribute to a purposeful learning environment and encourage students to interact and work cooperatively with others.

Support the role of parents in students’ learning and contribute to/lead meetings with parents to provide constructive feedback on student progress, achievement and behaviour, maintaining sensitivity and confidentially at all times.

Assist teachers in evaluating progress through a range of assessment activities.

Assist in maintain and analysing records of students’ progress.

Support and guide other less experienced teaching assistants work in the classroom when required and lead training for other support staff.

Recognise and challenge any incident which forms abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevant school policies.

Understand and implement school child protection policies and comply with legal responsibilities.

Foster and maintain constructive and supportive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging appropriate information, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, access and learning, and supporting home to school and community links.

Other

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post. Any such duties should not substantially change the general character of the post. Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be with the consent of the postholder.

The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with LAAT Equal Opportunities policies.

The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the LAAT Health and Safety policies and procedures.

All employees need to be aware of the possible abuse of children and vulnerable adults and if you are concerned you need to follow the Academies’ Safeguarding Policy. In addition, employees working with children have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of during their work.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

What the school offers its staff

At St Wulfram’s National Church of England Primary School, we value every individual with their own distinctive characters, gifts and abilities. We have at the heart of our work the belief that all children are loved by God and are intrinsically unique. We understand that children learn best when the children learn best when the… etc

St Wulfram’s Church of England Primary School is located in the heart of the bustling market town of Grantham. Nestled in the shadows of St. Wulfram’s Church, this vibrant and diverse school has a rich history of providing strong church school education since 1859. Having historically been established as a Junior school, the school has recently undergone a significant change to be able to re‑establish itself as a primary school and for the first time in its history has places available for all year groups across the primary age phase. This is an extremely exciting time to consider leading this wonderful school as you will be responsible for developing the offer for the future generations to come. If you feel that this could be your next step, we would love to hear from you.

Commitment to safeguarding

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, please be advised that if shortlisted, we will carry out internet searches to support our commitment to safer recruitment. Please note that the purpose of this is to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with applicants in interview. Internet searches will be carried out by someone who is not directly involved in the recruitment process and only relevant information will be shared with the interview panel.