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Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Job details

Salary depending on qualifications and experience. Start date to be arranged.

Ivington CE Primary and Pre-school is a happy, caring, inclusive environment, where children are enthusiastic about learning and enjoy coming to school.
The governors and leadership team are seeking to appoint a highly enthusiastic and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our current team supporting the education and welfare of pupils at Ivington.

The main responsibilities would be:
• To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. This will involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities, for individuals, for groups and for whole classes. It will involve monitoring pupils and assessing, recording and reporting on pupil’s achievement, progress and development.
• Responsible for the management and development of a specialist area within the school and/or management of other teaching assistants including the allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.

The candidates will have:
• An empathic, patient and caring approach and the ability to support children struggling with expectations and boundaries and/or academic progress.
• Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience of working as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant.
• The willingness to undertake further training, as appropriate.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• The desire to support the school’s Christian ethos and policies.

Ivington can offer you:
• A supportive and positive place to work.
• A school committed to your professional development.
• Children who are keen to learn.
• Teaching staff who will support and encourage you.

Ivington CE (VA) Primary and Pre-school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further preemployment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

For more information contact

Please contact the school office on 01568 720216 or admin@ivington.hereford.sch.uk to make an
appointment to visit the school or to request an application pack.

Hoople Ltd is working on behalf of our Client as a Recruitment Agency.