Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Amersham School
Location: Amersham
Overview
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 3: £21,362 pro rata / £27,310 FTE
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Term time only plus 5 days, 35 hours per week
Closing date: 29/11/2024 00:00
Interviews to be held: on application
Start date: Wednesday 1st January 2025
About us
At Amersham School we pride ourselves on our ability to provide each and every one of our students with a first class and personalised education which enables them to flourish and succeed in all areas of school life. We strive to create a supportive and structured learning environment in which individuals are challenged to realise their full potential and encouraged to be ambitious for their futures. We believe it is of the utmost importance for students to become self-confident, positive and enquiring learners and this vision underpins everything we do.
https://www.amershamschool.org.uk
About the role
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative Higher Level Teaching Assistant, who will share in the school's vision for success and play their part as we continue to secure outstanding results for our students. This role will provide learning support to individuals and groups of students, with a particular focus on supporting a student with multiple needs.
About you
Successful candidates will have a good standard of education including Maths and English to GCSE grade C or 5 equivalent, prior experience working in a school environment or other educational setting, a HLTA qualification and relevant qualifications or training in special education needs support.
Previous experience as a teaching assistant, supporting children with special educational needs (SEND) and planning and leading teaching and learning activities is essential.
You must have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and capable of remaining calm under pressure.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 726562
Email: [email protected]
To apply, please download the school's non-teaching application form from our school website: www.amershamschool.org.uk/vacancies
The completed application form and a covering letter should be addressed to the Headteacher, Sharon Jarrett and sent to:
[email protected]
The school is committed to stringent safe recruitment procedures and the successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as well as take part in a safer recruitment interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
