Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
Cambridgeshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 7, Points 12-19 (Level 4 TA) £19,547 - £22,030 (Actual Salary per year)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2024
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2024
Job overview
HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT
DOWNHAM FEOFFEES PRIMARY ACADEMY & THE LANTERN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Required from September 2024
Permanent role - up to 32.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday: core school hours
Salary: Grade 7, Points 12-19 (Level 4 TA) £19,547 - £22,030 (Actual Salary per year)
We currently have a vacancy for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant – this role will be based primarily at Downham Feoffees Primary Academy although there may also be additional teaching support at The Lantern Primary School. You will be working as part of a welcoming, highly talented and supportive team - the role will be varied as it will also include some whole-class teaching and small booster group interventions using our fantastic lesson resources. It may also include working alongside our SEND team supporting children with additional needs including social, emotional or behaviour support. This will be a highly valued role and you will be well supported in your work by our SENDCos, TA team as well as class teachers. A willingness to undergo first-aid training would be desirable.
The opportunity:
- A fulfilling and rewarding role where you will be making a difference to children’s learning!
- A job that is fun, flexible, creative and will make you smile!
- An opportunity to use a range of skills in supporting children’s learning and the curriculum
- Outstanding professional development opportunities for all our staff
- Valuable experience if you wish to go into teaching!
- Term-time only position - offering greater flexibility in work life
The ideal candidate:
- HLTA teaching qualification
- Experience of teaching Key Stage One/Two in an HLTA role
- Possess outstanding communication skills and can work well in a team
- Is willing to try out new ideas
- An understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues
Benefits of working for us include:
As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to develop your career. As well as the above we also offer:
- Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning
- Local government pension scheme with generous employer contributions
- Excellent family friendly working policies
- Generous sick pay
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme offering mental health and wellbeing support
- Unlimited cycle to work scheme
- Free annual eye tests
To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust
The Lantern Community Primary School and Downham Feoffees Primary Academy are both busy and vibrant primary schools located within the beautiful historic city of Ely. In both schools, you will quickly feel the friendly and positive ethos and our children’s learning experiences are facilitated by our bright, modern school buildings within lovely surroundings. Our shared curriculum enables the children to develop their own learning and shape their own understanding as they use prior learning to embed and secure new skills and knowledge. The Lantern and Downham Feoffees Primary Schools are proud of the part that they play in the local community and aim to shine their lights into the communities they serve.
Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
For more information about the role, please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 14th May 2024
Interviews from: Friday 17th May 2024
Please note that Meridian Trust may reserve the right to close the advert should a suitable appointment be made - early applications are recommended.
For more information about the role or to arrange a visit to our schools, please contact Senior HR Officer (Primary Recruitment) – email address is cday@meridiantrust.co.uk or telephone Caroline Day on 01223 491656.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
Attached documents
About Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
- Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
- Main Street, Little Downham, Ely
- Cambridgeshire
- CB6 2ST
- United Kingdom
Headteacher: Susan Jaques
Welcome to Downham Feoffees Primary Academy (DFPA), part of Meridian Trust where we hope you will experience a wealth of enthusiasm for learning and for supporting and helping each other within our learning culture. We are sure you will quickly feel the friendly and positive ethos in the academy from both the staff and the children who would love to share their latest pieces of work and activities with you.
Downham Feoffees Primary Academy is part of the Meridian family of academies. Our academy is situated in the heart of the village of Little Downham and caters for children aged 4 – 11 (Reception, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2).
We have approximately 160 pupils, organised into seven single age classes. The majority of our pupils come from Little Downham; the remainder are from the surrounding villages.
We aim to provide engaging learning activities for our children within a stimulating and challenging environment. Although our purpose is to promote the development of academic and practical skills, we also seek to guide children in their social, wellbeing and moral development. The environment we provide for our children promotes an inquiring mind, independence, self-motivation and confidence. We aim to develop the numerous social skills that are necessary for children to become responsible members of society.
In February 2021, Downham Feoffees Primary Academy was awarded ‘The Gold School Mental Health Award’. We were elated to become the first academy within our trust to attain and be awarded The Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools, School Mental Health Award at Gold level for our outstanding mental health and wellbeing provision.
In June 2020, Downham Feoffees Primary Academy was awarded for ‘Excellence in Science Teaching’. Our academy has become one of just 160 schools across the country to be recognised for its excellence in science. We are delighted to have been awarded a Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM) in recognition of teaching and learning in science, across the whole school.
Since academisation, we have had a determined drive and focus on raising the profile of mental health and wellbeing throughout the academy for all stakeholders. Work has included: auditing and redesigning our whole school curriculum with regards to the intent and implementation and our vision, values and ethos. Threaded throughout our curriculum the following elements are key: the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum; raising aspirations and inspirations; fostering positive growth mindsets and character strengths; devising a mental health menu and referral system, and reducing stigma associated with mental health. At DFPA we are committed to continuously improving provision within the school, therefore over the coming years we intend to continue to embed mental health and wellbeing within our academy and the wider curriculum and community.
We are proud of our academy and of the part it plays within our local community. Our success works in unison with the partnerships fostered between the home and school. We value the hard work and support provided by parents/carers and their families, plus the Friends of Downham Feoffees (FODA) and our Academy Council. We have fostered links with businesses and charities both within the locality and further afield; we look forward to further developing such opportunities.
As part of the Meridian family, we have forged robust links with Ely College Academy and The Lantern Primary Academy, and we have made strong links with Busy Fingers Pre-School which is adjacent to our academy.
For more information about our Downham Feoffees Primary Academy, please visit our website: https://www.downhamfeoffees.org
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