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Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Roding Valley High School

Essex

  • Expired
Salary:
£24637 - £27784
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Immediately
Apply by:
30 January 2023

Job overview

Higher Level Teaching Assistant


Contract term: Permanent

Start date: Immediately

Contract type: Part-Time 37 hours per week Term Time + 5 Inset Days

Salary: Scale 7 point 19 -24

Actual Salary (including fringe): £24637 - £27784

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic HLTA (Higher Level teaching Assistant) to join our thriving, successful SEND department. The successful candidate will work closely with the SENCo on a range of SEND priorities to ensure that the young people in the school receive the best possible support and impactful intervention so that they can make accelerated progress. The school has recently been inspected by Ofsted and to quote the Lead Inspector;

“This is a very good school with an outstanding Sixth Form.”

“Pupils are proud to attend Roding Valley High School. From the time they arrive in Year 7, to when they leave the sixth form, they respond to leaders’ high expectations. Parents are positive about the education the school provides. Typical comments praise ‘the aspirations for every child’ and the ‘caring support’ from staff.”

“Teachers skilfully adapt the way they teach, where needed, to help pupils with SEND successfully access the curriculum.”

“Leaders prioritise reading. They ensure pupils who struggle with reading get all the help they need. Leaders successfully promote a love of reading in the school.”

“Pupils with SEND get all the help they need to know their options and make the best decisions. As a result, almost all pupils move on to positive destinations.”

Ofsted September 2022


The successful candidate will be able to:

● Deliver student intervention strategies and programmes to specific groups and individual students in order to raise attainment and achievement within Roding Valley High School.

● Support the SENDCo to lead a small team of Learning Support Assistants

● Be committed to supporting our students to be the best that they can be

● Have the sensitivity, creativity and patience to help children with additional needs thrive

 

We can offer:

● a friendly and supportive working environment

● a skilled and collegiate SEND team

● a comprehensive induction programme and the opportunity to engage in further professional development

● opportunities to work collaboratively with Trust schools (CLP)

● Bike to work Scheme

● freshly made food on-site delivered through our excellent canteen facilities

● Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

 

“Pupils are proud to attend Roding Valley High School. From the time they arrive in Year 7, to when they leave the sixth form, they respond to leaders’ high expectations. Parents are positive about the education the school provides. Typical comments praise ‘the aspirations for every child’ and the ‘caring support’ from staff.” Ofsted September 2022


You will be joining a school with enthusiastic and dedicated leaders at senior and middle leadership levels and a commitment to the professional development of all staff. RVHS is keen to embrace an approach that is centred on teaching and learning, around our ACED framework and academic attainment for our students. RVHS is an 11-18 school in Essex, that enjoys an excellent reputation in the local area and benefits from accessible transport links, including being adjacent to Loughton tube station (Central Line).


For further information see the website www.rodingvalley.net

Informal discussions with the SENDCO, Mr T Taylor are welcome, please contact him on recruitment@rodingvalley.net to arrange.

 

Closing date: Noon on 30th January 2023

Interviews will take place on TBC

 

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to: 

  • Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people; 
  • Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued; 
  • The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.  


As a trust, we welcome applications from colleagues from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from colleagues from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and people that identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender plus (LGBT+) as these groups are currently underrepresented in our trust. 

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. 

Attached documents

About Roding Valley High School

Welcome to our school

Welcome to Roding Valley High School. I am incredibly proud to be responsible for the leadership of this fantastic school. If you want to get to know some of my wonderful team, then please click here.

The school was inspected by Ofsted in September 2022, and to quote the Lead Inspector, ‘This is a very good school with an outstanding Sixth Form’.

In the Summer of 2022, Summer 2023, & 2024 we were delighted with our students' grades.  We are delighted with the improvements the school has experienced, and these outcomes are a testament to the sheer commitment and hard work of all staff and students. If you want to see more about student outcomes, then click here.

The school has signed up to the Education Wellbeing Charter. Specifically, Specifically, at Roding Valley, we commit to developing a long-term strategy for improving staff well-being that will:

  • Prioritise staff mental health
  • Give staff the support they need to take responsibility for their own and other people’s wellbeing.
  • Give managers access to the tools and resources they need to support the well-being of those they line manage.
  • Maintain a clear communications policy
  • Continue to give staff a voice in decision-making
  • Drive down the unnecessary workload
  • Champion flexible working and diversity
  • Maintain and support a good behaviour culture
  • Support staff to progress in their careers
  • Include a sub-strategy for protecting leader's well-being and mental health
  • Hold ourselves accountable, including staff wellbeing.

Visitors always comment on the warm and welcoming atmosphere, the politeness of our students and how highly they speak of their school – this is a testament to the school’s success, and it is safe, caring and inclusive culture. We take safeguarding very seriously and recognise that everyone in the school community plays a role in keeping children safe.

The school has developed its own successful, bespoke Teaching and Learning framework: ACED. Our ACED framework allows for teacher creativity, but still gives us those all important routines that lead to success in our classrooms. Please click here to read more about this. 

Our curriculum is planned to aid the progression of knowledge and skills in each subject to ensure that our students are equipped with the tools to be successful at every stage of their 7-year school journey, including GCSE, A-Level and beyond. We offer a full complement of subjects through Key Stage 3, which will equip students with the skills to make informed GCSE choices and move on to post-16. Students study a broad range of subjects until they focus on their chosen GCSE subjects from Year 10. Our Sixth Form is now established and offers a wide range of A-Level and vocational courses, along with a newly formed partnership with Chelsea Football Club. 

Our pastoral systems are excellent; we nurture, reward and sanction as appropriate. We have also enhanced our Personal Development Programme. This is a progressive curriculum interwoven into the school. The school is enhanced by our House System, which supports healthy competition, and encourages student voice and collaboration across the age ranges. We use student leadership to support our highly effective transition programme at both Year 7 and Year 12. Our specially trained ‘YES’ Prefects and our in lesson Sixth Form mentors help support where needed. This year the school ran a summer school which proved to be excellent support for the students transitioning from primary to secondary.

Dan Charlton

Headteacher

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