Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Part-Time Fixed Term)
27 hours per week, 34 weeks per year (45ppf)
We are seeking to appoint a part-time Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) until the end of the Summer term, ideally with an English focus, to join our team as soon as possible. The role of the HTLA is to provide support for students, teachers and the School in order to raise learning standards for Special Education Needs & Disability (SEND) students in class.
As a HLTA, your responsibilities would include:
- Working as a member of a team providing learning support assistance to the pupils of the school.
- Establish productive working relationship with pupils and teachers, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
- Providing in class support for identified pupils to enable them to access the curriculum and make progress against targets including supporting the development of skills in literacy, numeracy, communication and social and behavioural needs
- Ensure a first-class standard of teaching by adapting class/ group learning activities for SEND pupils and adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs
- Undertake planning and teaching sessions for small learning support groups.
What we are looking for:
- Educated up to A- Level or equivalent (essential)
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Qualification Level 4 (essential)
- Previous experience working in a school or with young people (essential)
- Science or English support experience (desirable)
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written (essential)
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy (essential)
The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.
Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.
Email: recruitment@worth.org.ukTelephone: 01342 710215
Closing date for applications: 28 February 2025*
- We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description.References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.