Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Reigate Valley College – Higher Level Teaching Assistant  

Grade: PS6 - £22,436 to £24,619 (FTE £26,080 to £29,617) 

Location: Reigate Valley College, Allingham Road Campus, RH2 8PP

The Inclusive Education Trust (IET) is looking to appoint an inspirational HLTA to support our team of excellent teachers at Reigate Valley College. The successful candidate will have excellent support skills and good all-round knowledge of supporting the education of students, deliver planned lessons and an understanding of Special education, mainstream education and / or Pupil Referral Units. 

The successful candidate will be supported to gain QTLS if this is an area of interest. 

This is a permanent, full time position, Monday to Friday over 39 weeks of the year term time only. 

RVC is a 5-16 Pupil Referral Unit and we are seeking to appoint a HLTA to support our secondary students to achieve their full potential. 

The successful candidate will be:

● Passionate about inclusion and making sure all students gain an inspirational education. 

● An outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour who is committed to providing high quality support for all children. 

● Able to maintain and drive forward outstanding standards whilst meeting the needs of a very vulnerable group of students. 

● Able to deliver lessons to small groups of students. 

● An excellent communicator, able to work inclusively with pupils, staff, parents, management Committee and other stakeholders. 

As a Trust, IET offers staff the following benefits: -

●  A competitive salary  

●  A chromebook

●  'Growing Great Staff' programme that enables you to flourish as a practitioner

●  Weekly internal CPD and numerous external CPD opportunities

●   Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas 

    and build collaborative relationships

●  A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and work/life balance

●  Employee Assistance Programme & Pension Scheme

●  Sociable and friendly staff

●  Most importantly…free tea, coffee and biscuits!

If you have successful experience, a strong commitment to inclusive values, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to strengthen partnerships, are ambitious to make a difference to the lives of young people and play a significant role in our exciting journey to become a truly excellent school, we would like to hear from you. 

RVC forms part of a Multi Academy Trust under the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which includes Wey Valley College and the Fordway Centre. Please see our school website, employee prospectus for further details about other schools in the Trust.

IET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant employee checks. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice, reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Closing date is: 2nd January 2022  Interview date: Monday 9 January 2022 

Candidates will only be considered for shortlisting on completion of a full application form. In accordance with KCSiE and safer recruitment we cannot accept CVs. We welcome visits to the school. To arrange a visit or if you wish to have an informal chat about the role please contact Sian Reed - Deputy Head of Centre sreed@ietmat.co.uk 01737 249079 option 3.