Level Teaching Assistant

Join to apply for the HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT role at The GORSE Academies Trust

Join to apply for the HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT role at The GORSE Academies Trust

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Higher Level Teaching Assistant
. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy – the successful applicant will be expected 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 activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes (PPA cover) and monitoring pupils and assessing, recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development.

The post holder will be responsible for the management and development and management of other Teaching Assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.

• Higher Level Teaching Assistant status or working towards this (Level
  4).
• Level 2 Numeracy/ Literacy (or willingness to work towards).
• Working knowledge and experience of implementing national/ foundation stage curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies.
• Good understanding of child development and learning processes.

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is an Alternative Provision setting based in the South of Leeds that has changed the face of Alternative Provision, both locally and nationally. Opened in September 2017, The Stephen Longfellow Academy serves schools across Leeds to support some of the most vulnerable young people in the city to re-engage with education by following a bespoke curriculum offer that reopens the doors of opportunity that were, at one point, firmly closed.

This is because our exceptional team of staff create personalised pathways that combine an academically rich curriculum with personalised therapeutic support. This allows significant numbers of students to re-engage in mainstream education or successfully enter further education, employment or training.

Inspected in October 2019, inspectors told us that, ‘Leaders want the very best for pupils and have established an effective alternative provision in a short period of time. They are working together well to make this school even better for the benefit of its pupils and their families.’ They also judged all areas of the academy to be Good. We will continue to further improve our provision with this exciting role.

If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at The Stephen Longfellow Academy.

If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from this page, request them by email dlay@st, or call us on .

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CV’s are not accepted.

Entry level

Part-time

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