Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Actual Gross salary for this post is from £17,351 to £22,630.

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year (term time plus non-pupil days) - Permanent.

Are you ready for a new challenge and fresh opportunities? We are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team of support staff. The role is to provide cover for teachers and to work with groups of pupils. Part time job share working would be considered.

Do you:

· Have a proven track record in the classroom

· Have evidence of professional development - qualification as an HLTA is desirable but not essential

· Enjoy working to make lessons engaging and interesting for children of all abilities

· Demonstrate a positive approach to behaviour management

· Have a desire to enable every child to do their best

We can offer:

· A supportive team

· Excellent professional development, including pathways into a career in teaching

· A spacious and welcoming school

Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment. Please contact Kay Edwards to arrange a visit to the school: secretary@altonpark.essex.sch.uk

Information about the School

Alton Park Junior School is proud to be part of the Sigma Trust.

At Alton Park Junior School, a large Junior School with a 4 form entry for children aged 7-11 years, we aim to challenge all our pupils to ensure they fulfil their potential. We promote respect and tolerance within school and our wider community which prepares our children for life in modern Britain.

Our vision is that our children will achieve well, have fun and develop a lifelong passion for learning at Alton Park Junior School and for the future.

We believe in an education which is holistic, equitable, empowering, nurturing and liberating for all members of the school and the local and wider community. This is achieved through a determined dedication to serve, through self-belief, through effective collaboration with others and sustained by ensuring transparent accountability at all levels.

Alton Park Junior School will embrace the values of The Sigma Trust to ensure that all students will fulfil their potential and transform life chances for all.Alton Park Junior School is part of the Sigma Trust. The school is a 4 form entry for children aged 7-11 years.

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.