Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term

Hartley Primary Academy, Longfield

• Ref:KCC886-2511-71S
• Posted:13/12/2018
• Pay:E Scale: Actual salary £8,094 p/a (fte £18,657)
• Start Date:Feb 2019
• App Close Date:04/01/2019 at 23:00
• Interviews:TBC

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About the role:  Hartley Primary Academy has a rare and exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our highly collaborative and supportive team.  Our teaching support team is pivotal to our success in the classroom and provide a great deal of support for our teachers, and this position for an HLTA will strengthen the team even further with their knowledge, experience and additional support that they can provide our teaching staff with.  Our successful candidate will be able to establish strong working relationships with staff and students alike, be able to work as part of a team and will be reliable and excellent communicators.  A Level 3 qualification in childcare is necessary for this post.  The hours are 19.5 hours split over 3 days - a great part-time opportunity within a very successful school! 

Hartley Primary Academy is a through-primary and therefore flexibility and willingness to work across the full age range, 4 -11, is essential.  Please click here to view the full Job Description.  

We aim to conduct interviews week commencing 7th January 2019 and our successful candidate will start in post in February 2019.  The position is fixed term until December 2019 in the first instance.  

Our successful candidate will be;

• Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable
• Capable of working independently and in a team
• Able to motivate and support pupils
• Able to work with individual pupils and small groups of pupils
• Able to demonstrate experience with interventions and learning support
• Candidates should have a minimum of a Level 3 NVQ or equivalent and have experience of working within a primary school
• Possess an unending desire to help all children achieve their best
• Possess a caring nature and a deep regard for children

Working for Hartley Primary Academy:  Hartley Primary Academy's history dates back to 1842. Today, it is part of Leigh Academies Trust and provides primary education for boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 11. Our school is set in beautiful grounds in the middle of Hartley, the charming Kent village. We believe in – and celebrate – success at all levels and in all fields. The pursuit of excellence within a culture of enjoyment and positive approaches to learning is our key to success. 'Every Child Matters' in Hartley Primary Academy in every way and enabling children to become partners in learning and have a real voice in their school community is essential. We are working towards becoming accredited as a 'Thinking School', encouraging our children to develop the tools and the skills of independent learning in order to be prepared in the best way for a rapidly changing technical and global world.

Our aim is to create a positive, stimulating and happy learning environment with spacious buildings and grounds, enabling children to succeed and realise their full potential.  

Information about the school

Hartley Primary Academy is a happy, thriving and “OUTSTANDING” (Ofsted rated) primary school based in Kent. We inspire our children to aim high and succeed, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the future. We promote understanding, respect and tolerance for each other. Our School vision is for ‘Happy Positive Achievers, creating a better world together’ and we want to be able to provide all the support our children need to achieve this both emotionally and academically. We have an amazing team of teachers and teaching assistants and we have recently been accredited as an IB World School , giving us scope to teach in a creative way. We also have extensive grounds and wooded areas that are used for teaching, with every class having some Outdoor Learning each week.

Our aim is to create a positive, stimulating and happy learning environment with spacious buildings and grounds, enabling children to succeed and realise their full potential. We promote their academic, spiritual, moral, cultural and physical development to prepare them for future opportunities, responsibilities and experiences.

We are committed to providing all children with the same opportunities, regardless of gender, race, creed or culture. We are wholly committed to creating a learning environment which is safe and secure, stimulating and exciting, in order that our children come to school with a feeling of anticipation and enthusiasm.

At Hartley Primary Academy, we aim for those within our school community to be:

• Happy: we will be safe, inspired and empowered to be the best that we can be.
• Positive: we will work together collaboratively, supporting each other with well-being, self belief and self motivation.
• Achievers: we will have high aspirations of everyone and work to achieve our goals.

At Hartley Primary Academy, we strive for all of our community to be:

• Balanced
• Caring
• Communicators
• Inquirers
• Reflective
• Knowledgeable
• Open-minded
• Principled
• Risk-takers
• Thinkers

"It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Hartley Primary Academy, a two-form entry school set in beautiful grounds within a village setting, which prides itself on being a supportive, nurturing environment where children and staff alike, are Happy Positive Achievers." - Principal Nicole Galinis

Job Contact Information

• Name:Elene Redelinghuys (Recruitment Advisor)
• Address:Round Ash Way, Hartley, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8BT
• Telephone: 01474 702 742
• Email: nicole.galinis@hartleyprimary.org.uk

Fax: 01474 708 072

Documents

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• Higher Level Teaching Assistant job description