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What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a fully qualified Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our team to support children and classes across the school, as well as taking on short periods of cover for absent teachers.

We are looking for a creative, passionate professional to join our friendly church school. We’d love to meet someone who will be an active member of our team as we continue to grow and develop together, striving to offer our children the best experience possible.

In time, the role may evolve to take on PPA cover for the right person. If you have a passion for music, computing, art or another specialism, this could be just the role for you!

The successful candidate will:

• Be confident, creative and adaptable, able to lead group and whole class teaching
• Have excellent communication skills, able to share and uphold clear expectations
• Believe in a restorative and relational approach to behaviour management
• Be nurturing, encouraging and friendly, able to support positive well-being across the school
• Have a range of interests with the desire to enable ‘life in all its fullness’
• Encourage, motivate and value every child
• Believe in a broad and balanced curriculum
• Have the aspiration to make a positive and successful contribution to our school wide family
• Be supportive of our Christian ethos and values.

The role will involve ad-hoc cover of classes, intervention support, and may grow to include PPA cover.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• A supportive church school community with a heartfelt commitment to ‘life in all fullness’
• Spacious classrooms within a beautiful Grade 2 listed building
• Beautiful grounds, great facilities and space to learn including plentiful group rooms and a children’s kitchen.
• Well behaved, polite and lovely children who are enthusiastic and strive to do their best
• A team of friendly, dedicated and hard-working staff
• Excellent CPD opportunities and scope for future teacher training
• The chance to really make a difference at a school committed to growing and nurturing the whole child.

Further details about the role

The role will involve ad-hoc cover of classes, interventionsupport, and may grow to include PPA cover.

The role is for 30 hours/week, based on 6 hours per day, 5 days a week, although we would be open to a conversation with the right person wishing to work 4 days. The contract will initially be for a period of one year, but may be extended subject to the school’s needs in subsequent years.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.