HLTA/Cover Supervisor
Harry Gosling Primary School
Tower Hamlets
- Expired
- Salary:
- Point 12-15
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2020
Job overview
Are you considering a career in teaching? This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate wishing to prepare for initial teacher training.
Harry Gosling is a highly successful school in Whitechapel, East London. We believe in providing the very best for all our children by creating an aspirational, exciting learning community. We offer significant professional development opportunities for all our staff, wherever they are on your career path.
We are in our first year of soft federation with Stephen Hawking Primary School, a special school for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties. This enables the staff and children in both schools to grow and develop together and to learn from one another. It makes this year a particularly exciting time to join the school.
We are looking for a talented Higher Level Teaching Assistant who will provide cover across Key Stages 1 and 2. That person will:
• Have experience working in a school setting with some experience of covering whole classes
• Have a hunger for learning and personal growth
• Be highly motivated, reliable and flexible
• Have excellent communication skills and can build and maintain relationships across the school community
• Be able to work using their own initiative as well as work as part of a team
• Put children first and can inspire young children to become confident, enthusiastic learners
We offer:
• A genuine opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children
• A tailored professional development package to support your growth in the role
• The opportunity to be supported through post-graduate teacher training
• Delightful children who are eager to learn
• A dedicated, supportive staff
• Involved parents and governors
• A friendly school community in an exciting area of London
Visits are encouraged and warmly welcomed.
Harry Gosling School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and medical clearance.
For details about how to apply, please visit the school’s website - http://www.harrygoslingprimary.co.uk/information/vacancies - to download the application pack.
If you require any further information, or would like to visit the school, please contact us at recruitment@harrygosling.towerhamlets.sch.uk or 0207 481 1650 to book your place.
Please return your application to recruitment@harrygosling.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Shortlisting date: Monday 24th February 2020
Interview date: Monday 9th March 2020 (We will only notify shortlisted candidates)
Attached documents
About Harry Gosling Primary School
INFORMATION ABOUT HARRY GOSLING PRIMARY SCHOOL
Harry Gosling is a two-form entry school with approximately 450 pupils, from Nursery to Year 6. 82% of pupils have a language other than English as their first language and 91 % live in households where another language is spoken. 37% of pupils are entitled to FSM. 14% of pupils have SEND. 3% of pupils have an EHCP plan. There is high mobility in the school, and throughout the school year children join the school. Many of these children arrive from abroad with little or no English.
There are four things that make our school so special, and, we feel, somewhere so rewarding to work:
Our children
Our children are, quite simply, fantastic! Behaviour at Harry Gosling is excellent and the pupils enjoy coming to school and are excited by their learning. This good behaviour makes a strong contribution to their learning. Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at Harry Gosling. We include children with a wide range of abilities and needs, including those who are exceptionally able and those who have additional learning needs and EHCPs.
Our staff
We have 16 class teachers. Our Senior Leadership Team consists of a Headteacher, a Deputy Head and three Assistant Heads. We have a part-time music teacher who works with classes throughout the school, and several support teachers and HLTAs. We also have a team of Teaching Assistants who support pupils in class, midday meal supervisors, administrative and site staff. We have a number of regular volunteers, including our business partners.
Classes are arranged in phase groups, with parallel classes in adjacent rooms. Our Early Years Foundation Stage is housed in our modern extension, Phase 2 (years 1,2 and 3) are on the ground floor and Phase 3 (years 4, 5 and 6) are on the top floor. Each phase is led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
Our staff is a mixture of people who have worked in the school over an extended period, as well as those who are less experienced or recently appointed. Staff members are lively, friendly, supportive and committed and between them have an impressive range of skills and a great sense of humour.
The school offers excellent Continuous Professional Development for all staff in all roles. We are very much a learning community, and we are only looking for staff who are like-minded and seek to better themselves and embrace new ideas and new challenges. This is not a school to stay still in. We encourage staff to take on initiatives and to try new things. We have very high standards, and our staff is expected to be ambitious and determined to excel, both for themselves and for the children they support. We offer ITE through our London-Exeter Partnership and are part of THEP (Tower Hamlets Education Partnership).
Our community
Harry Gosling is a thriving school serving a wonderful community. We are a school committed to inclusion and respect and our ethos pervades everything we do. We have high expectations of our pupils both in terms of attainment and behaviour. We respect and welcome our community into the school.
Parents take an active interest in their children’s education, are in regular contact with teachers and give us a great deal of support and encouragement. This is a healthy partnership which the school encourages. There is also a lively and involved Governing Body, which is extremely supportive of the school.
Our vision
Everyone at Harry Gosling shares our vision for excellence. We have a clear statement of aims (which you will find on our website), and we have one simple, clear motto, shared by us all. Every day at Harry Gosling, we are all ‘Learning to shine in everything we do’. Everything that we do is underpinned by our four core values of Excellence, Teamwork, Responsibility and Equality.
We are proud of the creative approach we take to providing pupils with meaningful, exciting learning opportunities, both through our curriculum and through the pedagogical approaches we adopt. We are well provided with resources for teaching across the curriculum. We have invested considerably in creating an exciting learning space for all children, both inside and outdoors. Visits to a wide range of local venues and those which are further afield are frequently made in order to support learning across the curriculum. A range of clubs are offered to all children, so that they can develop their talents and interests. Likewise we invite visitors from such venues to the school.
You can find out more about our school by visiting our website at www.harrygoslingprimary.co.uk.
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