Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Woodlands; Folkestone, Peene; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Folkestone seeks a Higher Level Teaching Assistant for a general cover role in a well-resourced environment. Responsibilities include collaborating with teachers for lesson delivery, organizing learning activities, and monitoring pupil progress. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including training opportunities and a pension scheme. The role emphasizes personalized learning and high expectations for student progress.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction programme

Free car parking

In house cafe

Great Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Package

Free uniform

Wellbeing days

Extensive training and development opportunities

Opportunities for qualifications including GCSEs

Qualifications

• Experience in working in an educational environment.
• Ability to adapt activities to meet pupil needs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teachers to deliver lessons for PPA cover.
• Organize and manage learning activities for pupils.
• Monitor pupil responses and provide feedback.

Skills

Collaboration with teachers

Organization and management of learning activities

Monitoring and evaluation of pupil progress

Flexibility in deployment

Job description

HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT - FOLKESTONE SITE

The Beacon, Folkestone is looking to appoint a HLTA. This will be a general cover HLTA role, with opportunity to work in all areas across the school.

Hours: 8:50am to 3:25pm Monday to Friday

Salary: Kent Scheme D £26,393-27,713 FTE depending on experience, plus £1,427.87 SENA

Contract: Term time only plus five inset days (39 working weeks per year)

This role provides an exciting and excellent opportunity to work in high quality and well‑resourced environment and with an established, experienced and highly motivated team, who continually strive to ensure all children make excellent progress from whatever theirstarting point is, because learning is personalised and expectations are high.

The role includes:

• Working in collaboration with teachers to plan, deliver and assess lessons for PPA cover within the identified zone.
• Organising, managing and delivering learning activities to pupils, adjusting activities according to pupils’ needs and selecting/preparing necessary resources to lead learning activities, providing feedback in order to support pupils’ learning.
• Monitor and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies against pre‑determined learning objectives, providing feedback and reports to teachers in order to provide evidence of the range and level of progress and attainment.
• Be flexibly deployed according to the changing needs of the pupils and school.

The benefits of working at The Beacon include:

• A comprehensive induction programme
• Free car parking
• In house cafe
• Great Local Government Pension Scheme
• EmployeeAssistance Package including GP and counselling services
• Free uniform
• Welbeing days
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Opportunties to gain qualifications including GCSES

The Beacon as a whole school prides itself on providing our pupils with much more than academic development and successes; we will collectively not let anything stand in the way of developing the best possible experiences and pathways for our pupils. At the Beacon you will find you are amongst like‑minded people who are willing to commit to this challenge for our exceptional young people.

The Beacon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

You would like any further information on this role please contact [e-mail].

Please note that this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS and receipt of two acceptable references.