Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Sacred Heart Primary

Sacred Heart Primary School is a two form-entry primary school in Tipton for children from 3 to 11 years of age.

Our vision is to develop young people who will have active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and the courage to act on their beliefs. We stress the total development of each child: spiritual, moral, intellectual, social, emotional, cultural and physical. We are a richly diverse community, and pride ourselves on our highly inclusive practice, endorsed by achieving the Sandwell Inclusion Quality Mark for the second time at the highest level (Enhanced level).

The Governors and Head Teacher of Sacred Heart Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed HLTA (Higher Level Teaching Assistant), to support our team to deliver learning activities to whole classes in the absence of the teacher, e.g. during PPA time, cover for unplanned staff absences and staff training courses, ensuring that high levels of behaviour and engagement are upheld.

The successful candidate will:

• Have high expectations and a positive outlook

• To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.  This may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes and 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 allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.

• Assess the needs of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupil’s learning

• Develop and Implement interventions according to Pupil Passports/EHCPs and Learning Plans

• Recognise own strengths and areas of specialist expertise and use these to lead, advise and support others.

• Manage other teaching assistants. Liaise with Managers/SENDCo/teaching staff and teaching assistants

• Such other duties as may be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the post to assist the Thematic Area in the fulfilment of its objectives commensurate with the post holder's salary grade, abilities and aptitudes

• Be an outstanding practitioner who is eager to make a positive difference

• Be someone who can engage and enthuse pupils in learning at all times

• Be someone who can focus on maximising progress for every child

• Be someone who understands the importance of assessment, feedback and differentiation

• Have great resilience, determination and uphold our school values

• Experience of working in a primary school and can work as part of a team and independently.

Why work at Sacred Heart Primary School?

• Wonderful children
• Supportive Community
• Supportive staff

• Staff well being is at the heart of all that we do.
• Modern, state of the art school building
• Birthday day off
• Supportive SLT
• Team building days
• Staff development and training

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake all relevant safeguarding checks and an enhanced DBS check. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post 

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email. 

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.  

Successful applicants will be contacted with an interview date.  If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there. 

Online Search 

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates.  This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview. 

Hours: 37 Hours per week, Term Time Plus 5 days

Grade: Grade E, SCP 18-25 (£29,269 - £33,945 p.a.) Actual Salary £26,229 - £31,333 p.a 

Location:  Sacred Heart Primary School, Sedgley Road East, Tipton, DY4 8UH 

Closing Date:  Wednesday 25th September 2024 at Midday

Shortlisting will take place on Thursday 26th September 2024.

Visit Date:  Can be arranged with Mrs Elwart - Office Manager

Interviews will take place week commencing 30th September 2024.