Higher Level Teaching Assistant

We currently have a vacancy for a HLTA within our HLTA Team to provide whole class cover for PPA and release time in whole class settings from Nursery to Year 6. 

The successful candidate must be:-

• Highly motivated and creative 

• A holder of a HLTA qualification

• Committed to raising standards and achievement and the learning potential of our pupils 

In return we can offer you:

• Support from our friendly, ambitious team 

• A personalised CPD package to support our high expectations

• A well behaved and enthusiastic pupil community

If you have a passion for making a difference in education please apply for this exciting and challenging position.

Fairford Academy Barnehurst is a three form entry school within a small, thriving academy of two schools, Illuminate Minds Trust. Our ethos is providing Excellence Every Day throughout everything we do. The school is located in Barnehurst with excellent transport links. 

The school is a vibrant and exciting place to work where pupils and staff have high learning expectations and provides exciting and rewarding opportunities for staff and pupils.  Our school motto is ‘Happy and Bright’, an ethos clearly visible throughout the school.

For further information about Fairford Academy Barnehurst, please visit:  www.fairfordacademy.org where you can also view our virtual tour.

The Academy’s vision is to provide children with the opportunities to develop academically, physically and creatively into well rounded individuals, possessing the relevant skills and confidence to enter the next stage of their education, within a safe and caring environment.  The Academy's inclusive ethos ensures all children have the opportunity to develop in a caring and supportive learning environment.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school. 

Fairford Academy Barnehurst is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.

References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.  Further vetting checks including an Enhanced Disclosure, obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service, will be required on provisional offer.