Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Tonbridge School
Kent
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- FTE £29,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- March/April 2019
- Apply by:
- 5 February 2019
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a supportive and inspiring HLTA or SEND specialist to join our Learning Strategies Department on Mondays – Fridays.
The successful candidate will be qualified to HLTA or QTS level, with experience in teaching students with specific learning difficulties and disabilities. Qualifications in SEND teaching would be advantageous and quality professional training and development will be offered.
You will teach individual and small group lessons across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 supporting pupils with a range of subjects, especially literacy skills, as well as liaising with staff to provide support and strategies for pupils with learning support needs. Candidates should have the energy and enthusiasm required to commit to an outstanding boarding and day school and will be able to inspire, empower and motivate the boys we teach.
The Department consists of the Head of Department / SENDCo who teaches full time, assisted by a specialist SEND teacher teaching Monday to Friday.
Tonbridge School has outstanding development opportunities and world-class teaching facilities.
Applications should be received by the 5th February
Interviews will be the week beginning 11th February 2019
See our website for full details and application form:
www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/about/employment-opportunities
Email: patricia.matsaert@tonbridge-school.org
Tonbridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
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About Tonbridge School
Tonbridge is one of the leading boys’ boarding and day schools in the UK and is highly respected, both here and internationally, for providing a world-class education. It occupies an extensive site of 150 acres in Kent – just a 40-minute train journey from London Charing Cross. There are some 800 boys in seven Boarding Houses and five Day Houses. One of the key strengths of Tonbridge is that it blends tradition and innovation successfully, with high achieving boys wearing their gifts lightly.
The School is renowned for its excellent teaching and for academic achievement. Each year exam results at GCSE and A-level are outstanding, with boys progressing to leading universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group institutions: the large majority securing their first-choice destination. Tonbridge leavers have also recently gained places (and scholarships) at top US institutions including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth, Northeastern and UC Berkeley and, worldwide, at universities in Austria, Australia, Canada, China and Hong Kong.
In the latest Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ league table, published in December 2022, Tonbridge was the 8th highest ranking independent school in the country, and the top boys boarding school.
Pastoral care is based around an outstanding House system. Strong and positive relationships between boys, staff and parents are central to its success, and the School strives to ensure that each pupil, whether a boarder or a day boy, feels fully at home and well supported. Tonbridge was the first school in the UK to put mindfulness on the curriculum for all Year 10 pupils. There is also a vibrant programme of Co-Curricular breadth and depth, with a wide range of societies covering everything from Beekeeping to Ultimate Frisbee. The School has a strong commitment to widening access and is striving towards doubling the number of boys who receive means-tested fee assistance to be 80 to 100 boys by 2028.
Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections – connections between academic subjects, between different sports and activities, between people, between cultures: with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School’s ethos is summed up in just two words: ‘Only Connect’.
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