Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

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Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), Great Yarmouth

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Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Education

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Job Reference:

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5

Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale F: £7,894 to £8,563 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£27,711 - £30,060 full time/full year equivalent)

Fixed Term: until 31st August 2025

Part Time: 12 hours per week / 2 days (Wednesday, Thursday)

Working Weeks: 39 weeks

Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and responsible higher level teaching assistant to support our pupils across the school. This role will involve supporting a small group of pupils who are struggling to access mainstream curriculum and supporting the teacher in delivering a modified support curriculum for them.

Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the “Planning your application” section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.

The role involves:

• Working with pupils with complex needs including behaviour, SEND (Special Education Needs), mental health, social and emotional needs to ensure they can thrive in mainstream education.
• Providing support with personal and social development; deliver academic and needs based sessions that help pupils to build the self-esteem, skills, and the aspirations they need to successfully engage with mainstream education.
• Working with pupils in a variety of formats; group work, classroom and one-to-one and covering a whole class when required.
• Providing academic and pastoral support for pupils as required.
• Serving as an additional point of contact for parents relating to academic and pastoral issues.
• Supporting the other Designated Safeguarding Leads with aspects of safeguarding and welfare.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent numeracy/literacy skills/GCSE (or equivalent NVQ 2 level) Maths and English
• NVQ 2 or equivalent in teaching assistance or equivalent experience
• Experience of working in roles that expect a high level of contact with parents or members of the public and experience liaising with different stakeholders
• Experience of working with vulnerable young people with SEND/MH

Charter was rated as good by Ofsted in June 2024. Ofsted stated that “Pupils at Great Yarmouth Charter Academy are proud to attend the school. It provides them with a safe and structured environment. It is a place where pupils can thrive and achieve their potential.”

Over the last four rounds of pupil admissions at year 7 the school is now oversubscribed with first choice pupils. Our job adverts are linked to this growth and our desire to support pupils from our community.

We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.

The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.

For information on what it is like to live and work in Great Yarmouth, click here.

When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.

We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
• Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
• Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
• Free Parking (on most sites)

*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact the Principal’s PA on or call the school on 01493 842061.

To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 13th May 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 20th May 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.