HLTA

Job Description

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust

Are seeking to appoint

HLTA

Based at Thameside Primary School, Manor Road, Grays Essex, RM17 6EF

Required: ASAP

Salary Band 4, Point 12 - 20

(£14,196.18 - £17,350.39)

Actual salary, depending on experience

8:30am - 3:30pm Mon - Fri (30 minutes unpaid lunch break) - 32.5 hours per week, term time + inset days

We are looking to employ a highly motivated and dedicated classroom practitioner with excellent organisational skills and a good rapport with children to be a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA).

The successful candidate will

· Have already completed the HLTA qualification or NVQ level 4 or equivalent. (Desirable, but not essential)

· Have a recognised competence in English and Maths.

· Understand teaching and learning and who is committed to raising standards.

· Have a positive attitude and will be someone who is loyal to our co-operative values.

· Have the ability to engage, inspire, motivate and build excellent relationships with children.

Main duties will be

· Directly teaching groups and 1:1 to overcome barriers to language deficit

· To support in the induction of change and families new to the school

· Improve outcomes for children

· Maintaining good discipline

· Promote the schools Equal Opportunities Policy and Diversity Strategy

Closing date: 28th February 2020

For an application form please visit our website at www.osborne.coop or alternatively email hr@osborne.coop

For more information on the position please contact Abbie Stonehouse, Trust HR/Recruitment Assistant at a.stonehouse@osborne.coop or on 01375 648 905

The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.

Information about the School

At Thameside Primary School we provide first-class primary school education for the local community with an exciting curriculum based on raising aspirations, setting high ambition, and pursuing excellence. Our specialist PE department provides high quality sport and extra-curricular activities. Our pupils are confident young people with high self-esteem, grand expectations, and a clear sense of personal responsibility both for themselves and others. Our ethos, in common with the wider Osborne Trust, are based off our co-operative values and shared sense of collective responsibility for supporting each other.