Grade + Salary: BG 9, £31,537 pro rata, Actual salary £24,225
Hours: 32.5 hours per week over 5 days (term time)
This a permanent position commencing as soon as possible.
Probation period: This role is subject to passing a satisfactory probation period.
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to develop and deliver resources, interventions and programmes to support students’ writing skills to rapidly improve their literacy proficiency.
The successful applicant will have the necessary knowledge, skills and vision to plan, deliver and evaluate impactful interventions to support students’ literacy, specifically focusing on foundational writing skills for students who are working below the expected level for their age across KS3 and KS4. We strongly believe that literacy is a gateway skill to allow all students to fully access the curriculum: to be able to demonstrate their learning as well as express their own opinions. We are proud to be an inclusive and aspirational school and the new writing intervention programme is a key component to ensuring that all students meet their full potential academically and are prepared for the world beyond school.
You will work in close liaison with colleagues, other agencies and parents to support the creation of co-ordinated approaches that support individual students’ progress in developing their literacy and writing; monitoring the effectiveness of interventions and supporting colleagues in their implementation. The school is well-equipped with a range of successful resources, strategies, platforms and processes for reading, oracy and EAL interventions and we welcome applications from candidates who can contribute to new and developing Writing Strategy as part of our weirder literacy team. This is a great first-level teaching support post: many of our previous successful applicants have gone on to gain teaching qualifications and further qualifications in teaching literacy and delivering EAL intervention.
We offer:
- The opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school.
- A wonderfully diverse student body.
- A highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team.
- A committed and enthusiastic staff group.
- Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.
Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Access to employee assistance programme – this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library.
- At least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days.
- Comprehensive induction process.
- Competitive salaries which are reviewed annually.
- Family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives.
- Access to staff sports - yoga sessions and team sports are currently available.
- Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme.
- On site free car parking (when available).
- Free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab.
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will need to be DBS checked.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: Wednesday 29.04.26 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Tuesday 05.05.26
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
- Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
- The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
- Verification of identity
- Verification of medical fitness
- Verification of qualifications
- Verification of QTS where required
- Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.