Higher Level Teaching Assistant - St. George’s School
Job Posted: 18 October 2024
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: Hay Grade 8 - £21,203 - £22,363 per annum (actual)
- Industries: Education
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of then we would love to hear from you, as we recruit for the following role:
Higher Level Teaching Assistant – Based at our main site in Newport
Salary – Hay Grade 8 - £21,203 - £22,363 per annum (actual)
Hours per week – Full-time, 31.25 hours per week, term-time only (38 weeks)
This is an exciting new role within the school structure. We are looking to appoint someone with outstanding organisational and interpersonal skills to assist the leadership team in communicating and managing cover arrangements within school on a daily basis. This will involve arranging and interacting with staff to provide suitable staffing levels across the school, understanding pupil needs to ensure appropriate supervision and support is provided. This role will also involve direct contact with our amazing students.
As HLTA you will be required to provide high-quality cover support across school for teachers who are either absent or engaged in other school activities, enabling consistency of teaching and learning to be maintained for students. You will be responsible for leading classes, managing behaviour, and ensuring all students remain focused and on track to meet their lesson objectives, this role may also involve communication with families as appropriate. The HLTA will also provide additional in-class support when needed as well as supporting daily lunch cover.
It is essential that applicants possess the following:
- Experience of working with young people with SEN, and a demonstrable ability to engage and motivate them in a school setting
- Strong behaviour management skills and the ability to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
- A flexible and adaptable approach, with the ability to quickly adapt teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of students
- Experience in managing large staff groups and possess highly effective interpersonal skills when communicating with colleagues.
- Some understanding of, and a willingness to hold safeguarding at the centre of their practice
- L2 English and maths, or equivalent
- HLTA Qualification
We can offer:
- Wonderful students.
- The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
- A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
- A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
Please contact Jenny Holmes on [email protected] for further details and an application pack.
Application forms are also available to download from the school website at
St George's School
St. George’s School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.
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