High Well School is a Special School which caters for pupils across key stages 2-4 with an Education Health & Care Plan (EHCP) for profound and severe social, emotional and mental health needs as well as other learning difficulties. The school meets the needs of some of Wakefield’s most complex and vulnerable young people through the provision of nurturing learning environments with personalised support and specialist teaching to enable our pupils to re-engage in learning, develop their social and emotional skills and leave with not only appropriate qualifications but the skills required to succeed in life after school. This is reflected in our vision of ‘ Preparing for Positive Futures’ .
We are looking to recruit a Pastoral HLTA, on a permanent basis, who will play a crucial role in the support, teaching and learning of our students. We believe that this presents a great opportunity for exceptional individuals to join our dedicated and highly skilled school team. We were last inspected by OFSTED in 2022 as a ‘Good’ school. Just like our long-term members of staff you will have many great opportunities to develop your career at High Well as we invest heavily in staff development and be provided with access to tailored HR, CPD and support services
In our successful candidates, we are looking for people who can demonstrate:
· 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 pupils’ achievement, progress and development.
· Responsible for the management and development of the pastoral area within the school and/or management of other Teaching Assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.
If you are successful in your application, you will join a good school on its journey to its next level of development. There are no two days the same at High Well School where every day is exciting and where you will be utilising the excellent support systems in place. Class sizes in High Well are around ten pupils, with highly talented and experienced teaching and support staff for every group to ensure pupils develop secure relationships with staff and enable personalised planning and delivery.