Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Wansdyke School
Wiltshire
- £12.93 per hour
- Expired
- Salary:
- £24,948 pro rata per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 9 December 2022
Job overview
Wansdyke School are seeking to recruit a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), starting as soon as possible, for this successful and popular school.
Working Hours: 18.75 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until August 2023 (term time only, 39 weeks) in the first instance.
Please note there is the possibility for this role to become permanent.
Wansdyke School is a vibrant primary school which is committed to continually raising standards and achieving excellence through providing exciting and memorable learning opportunities for every child. In our most recent Ofsted inspection, we retained our ‘Good’ rating. We have fantastic children and an engaged school community. Located on the outskirts of the delightful market town of Devizes, Wansdyke School is a thriving academy, within the Acorn Education Trust. Situated in the heart of beautiful, rural Wiltshire, Devizes has excellent access to routes to Chippenham, Swindon and the M4 to the north, and the A303/M3 to the south.
We can offer you:
- a happy and exciting place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff
- an organised and supportive team of people
- opportunities to work collaboratively with other TAs, teachers and staff across the Trust
- opportunities for training
- commitment to your professional development
- a clearly established induction process
- term-time working
We would like to hear from you if you:
- are enthusiastic and self-motivated
- are able to work effectively within our hardworking, talented and friendly team on whole school issues
- enjoy working with children and can develop good working relationships with them
- understand and are sympathetic to the needs of young children
- have experience of supporting children’s learning
- have experience of or are willing to learn about the Key Stage 2 curriculum
- have a current First Aid or be prepared to undertake training
- experience of planning and delivering whole class teaching
- hold a relevant HLTA qualification or degree level qualification (desirable)
- are willing to provide regular staff cover and PPA for teachers as a HLTA
To apply, please download an application form, complete and submit to admin@wansdyke.wilts.sch.uk.
Closing date: Friday 9th December 2022 at 12pm
Interviews: w/c 12th December 2022
As part of the Acorn Education Trust, Wansdyke School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. As part of our safer recruitment processes, if you are shortlisted for the post we will carry out a social media account search.
About Wansdyke School
INSPIRE: Inclusive. Nurturing. Supportive. Positive. Independent. Resilient. Empowering.
Wansdyke School is a vibrant and thriving non-denominational single form entry primary school, educating children between the ages of 4 and 11 years old. Located in the market town of Devizes, Wiltshire, we are proud to have a very incredible children, who show exceptional behaviour and attitude to learning. We also have a supportive parent body. Our school also has a 28 place Complex Needs Resource Base which supports children with additional need from across the county.
Our loyal and passionate staff are committed to continually raising standards and achieving excellence, by continually developing the very best teaching and learning pedagogy. We also strive to provide a world class knowledge base curriculum that all our pupils can access. In 2021, we retained our ‘Good’ Ofsted rating and were praised for providing a purposeful and engaging curriculum and learning environment, which allows pupils to flourish personally and academically.
We joined Acorn Education Trust in 2019, which has provided exciting opportunities, and expertise for us to draw on. We work closely with other schools within the Trust and the central team, to help us continue to move forward through challenge and support.
Our school has a wide range of excellent facilities, including:
- Well resourced class rooms, with technology
- Large school field including an outdoor classroom
- Large Multi Area Games Astroturf
- All weather running track
- Suite of 30 iPads
- 60 pupil laptops
- 'Playpod’ lunchtime facilities
- Outdoor gym area
- Training room
We look forward to welcoming you to our school and showing you what makes Wansdyke such a high-performing school.
Sam Heard
Headteacher
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