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Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre

Kent

  • £10,354 - £12,426 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
NJC Scale 4/5, Points 7–17
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
29 September 2023

Job overview

20 hours per week, term-time only (Monday to Friday, 1.00pm to 5.00pm)

We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated person to work as part of a professional team, within a self-contained unit, working with students who experience difficulties in accessing mainstream education. 

The successful candidate will work with individual students and small groups, sometimes using distance learning or computer aided techniques. The post holder will be expected to progress students’ learning and with other professionals, support pupils’ social, emotional, and physical well-being.

It is necessary for the candidate to have qualifications in Maths/Numeracy and English/Literacy equivalent to at least NVQ Level 2, an HLTA qualification would be advantageous.

We seek to develop our staff through a professional growth model and treat everyone as an individual, we value personal strengths and qualities. Our school is set in a 55-acre site midway between London and the Channel Ports and is easily commutable via major roads and motorways. You will enjoy a unique working environment in the heart of the Weald of Kent including discounts and offers with Kent Rewards, RAC, and enhanced pension contributions. There is also a nursery based on the school site which offers discounts to Homewood Staff. 

Closing date: 1st October 2023.

An early application is encouraged as we review applications as we receive them.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all members of the community. Tenterden Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore, this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  

About Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre

Homewood School & Sixth Form Centre is a mixed 11 – 18 wide ability school with Academy status with 2,100 students including 350 in the Sixth Form. We are part of Tenterden Schools’ Trust working in collaboration with local primary schools serving the Wealden town of Tenterden and the surrounding villages. The school is situated on the edge of Tenterden and enjoys a large semi-rural site overlooking open countryside.  

Homewood has excellent facilities for all its students and our specialisms in Performing Arts, Applied Learning and the Rural Dimension underpin our approaches to learning which are designed to raise achievement across the whole student body. We aim to maintain and develop the cultural aspirations of the school community in line with our priorities of “belonging” and “respect” and offer a broad range of curriculum opportunities in all subject areas. This also extends into the local community through partnerships across primary, secondary and higher education sectors as well as non-educational community partners.  

Homewood provides a secure and caring learning environment in which all students can flourish and succeed. It is a school renowned for its support for students’ wellbeing. Consideration and respect for each other is central to our work.  We are immensely proud of the achievements of our students and are committed to enabling all to reach for individual excellence.

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