Higher Learning Teaching Assistant, North Shields
Client: Kings Priory School
Location: North Shields, United Kingdom
Job Category: Education
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 3a66a23a34f1
Job Views: 79
Posted: 22.02.2025
Job Description:
Higher Level Teaching Assistant – MATERNITY COVER
Posted 26 April
Interviews to be held: w/c 3 June
Start Date: September
Salary: Grade E, Points 10-14, £25,000 - £27,000 FTE (Depending on level of experience). The salary is pro rata with term time working - £13.24 - £14.17 per hour.
Location: Kings Priory School, Tynemouth
Hours of Work: 32.0 hours per week
Fixed term until Easter (There may be a possibility that this will be extended) or until the current post holder's Maternity Leave ceases.
We wish to appoint an outstanding Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to join our School. The successful candidate will be a highly committed, creative and energetic practitioner who is able to contribute to raising standards of achievement and to the wider life of the school.
The role will mainly entail PPA cover in Primary year groups from Reception to Year 6. Please include your curriculum strengths and interests in your application. We would be very interested in applicants with qualifications in Forest School, Music, and Literacy. Experience of working with pupils with a wide range of needs including dyslexia and attachment disorder would be preferable. These roles may involve working with pupils on a one-to-one support basis, small groups, and in a classroom environment.
The post holder will be required to work flexibly as part of the teaching support staff with guidance from the relevant Phase Leader, Senior Leadership Team, and class teachers in order to:
1. Undertake whole class work, work independently to undertake PPA cover and/or cover appropriately for absent teachers, enabling pupils to actively engage in their learning and make appropriate progress.
2. Lead in providing learning activities for groups of learners with the professional direction of a designated class teacher/phase leader.
3. Plan, prepare and deliver lessons and assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.
4. Provide support to individual pupils with special needs or those pupils in receipt of targeted pupil premium funded support.
5. Attend parents' evenings as and when required.
Kings Priory School is one of the highest performing schools in North East of England, providing high-quality education to pupils aged 4 – 19. We are a school with excellent teachers, a family environment, motivated pupils, and a commitment to educating the whole child both in and outside of the classroom. We are proud of our pupils who regularly achieve well above the national average in public examinations.
The School operates across neighbouring sites in the attractive coastal village of Tynemouth with short commuting links into Newcastle upon Tyne. Kings Priory School is part of Woodard Academies Trust multi-academy sponsor whose aim is to be a provider of world-class education, transforming lives within and across communities. Our Christian Ethos helps to make our school a thoughtful community and we are welcoming, positive, and open to pupils and staff of all faiths and none.
Kings Priory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer Recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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