Castleford Park Junior Academy is part of the Castleford Academy Trust. We have a dedicated team of professionals who strive to deliver the best education for 420 7–11-year-old pupils for the Castleford community. We are committed to establishing excellent standards and have set our expectations high to support our fantastic children to achieve the most that they can. In order to achieve this aim, we offer bespoke and regular CPD and welcome people wishing to advance their own career.

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

31.25 hours, term time only

Monday to Friday 8:30am – 3:15pm

Grade 7 SCP 19-23, £31,067 to £33,366 (FTE)

Actual salary - £22,243 to £23,889

We have an exciting opportunity for a HLTA to join our existing team. This is to cover PPA and management time for teachers across our Junior School, teaching a range of lessons. This post would also be suitable for someone wanting to experience teaching in a school before embarking upon a teaching qualification. Our Academy would be happy to support you in this pathway, after gaining relevant experience.

You will be: 

• Educated to GCSE standard with a minimum of grades A*-C or Grade 4 or above in Maths and English or equivalent. i.e., NVQ level 2 or similar.
• Able to demonstrate excellent numeracy and literacy skills and standards.
• A competent user of ICT.
• Able to teach pupils using precise, clear modelling and giving relevant and supportive feedback.
• Have experience of motivating, supporting and guiding young people; and helping them achieve their best and maintaining consistently high expectations.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively support the most vulnerable pupils to achieve.
• Able to plan, resource and deliver lessons across a range of National Curriculum subjects.
• Able to demonstrate successful experience as a teaching assistant, or supporting learners to improve.
• Able to demonstrate understanding of child development, learning processes and ways to overcome barriers to learning.
• Able to demonstrate positive and efficient behaviour management strategies to organise and teach groups and classes of learners.
• Responsible for the class that you teach – ensuring you understand their medical needs, safeguarding needs and can correspond with parents in place of the class teacher where needed.

You will:

• Become familiar with and utilise a range of classroom strategies and diagnostic assessments to aid learning.
• Be supported to acquire a working knowledge of the National Curriculum across Key Stage Two.
• Required to provide feedback to teachers after planned activities that reflect on the achievement of the children you have worked with.
• Report any potential child protection issues through to the child protection officer without delay.
• Support the Academy in ensuring the safety and welfare of all pupils.
• Be given opportunities to build on your own skills through in house and external professional development opportunities.
• Be listened to and your ideas will be valued by the team.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive Academy Trust and therefore welcome applications from all sectors, including those who do not have an education background.

Castleford Park Junior Academy is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. For all positions at Castleford Park Junior Academy, you are required to complete a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check prior to appointment

Closing Date: Friday 9th May

Interview: Friday 16th May

We welcome the opportunity for prospective candidates to discuss the opportunity with our School Business Manager, Laura Steele for more details. Application forms can be downloaded from the Castleford Academy Trust website. Completed applications should be addressed to Laura Steele School Business Manager or via e-mail to lsteele@pjacademy.net  

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.