We are looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant who can make a strong contribution to teaching and learning at Avanti Meadows.
The role involves delivering learning activities, supporting pupil progress and working collaboratively with teachers to ensure effective provision for all learners, including those with additional needs.
You will take an active role in assessment, feedback and classroom practice, helping to maintain high standards across the school. This is a varied position with real impact on pupil outcomes.
What will you do?
- Deliver high-quality learning activities across individuals, groups and whole classes, adapting support to meet pupils’ needs and promote independence.
- Support pupils’ progress through effective assessment, feedback and targeted interventions, including delivery of EHCP-linked provision.
- Work closely with teachers to plan, prepare and evaluate learning, contributing to pupil records, reporting and next steps.
- Foster a positive, inclusive learning environment, modelling high expectations and encouraging engagement, collaboration and wellbeing.
- Contribute to wider school life, including safeguarding, compliance, enrichment activities, use of ICT and supporting colleagues where appropriate.
You will be working in a fantastic environment.
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page.
What are we looking for?
- HLTA status or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Excellent level of literacy and numeracy skills or qualifications to NVQ level 2 English and Maths
- Experience of working with children with additional learning needs
- Ability to understand the role of parents and carers, with the ability to relate and build excellent working relationships
- Ability to observe, monitor and provide constructive feedback on pupils progress
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people within the school
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
