Contract Type: 37 hours, term time only
Contract Term: Permanent
Salary: Grade 5 £27,803 to £30,296 FTE
Actual Salary: £23,914 to £26,058 (with under 5 years' service)
Start Date: September 2024
Closing Date: Thursday 16th May 2024
The School
Woodlands Primary School is a 2-form entry primary and nursery for children aged 2-11 in the vibrant South Sheffield community of Gleadless Valley. This popular and over-subscribed school has around 500 pupils.
In February 2022, Ofsted graded Woodlands as strongly Good. Woodlands is part of Mercia Learning Trust, and enjoys the numerous benefits of being part of a successful and growing multi-academy trust.
If you share our belief in high expectations for all children, possess resilience and a strong work ethic, we would love to hear from you.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint a highly skilled HLTA to join our hardworking and supportive team. The successful candidate’s role will primarily be to cover classes throughout the school. However, the role will be varied and will also include supporting teachers within a classroom and leading interventions. Experience of teaching phonics and also of working in KS2 are both desirable.
The Candidate
The successful candidate should be enthusiastic and knowledgeable, keen to work in partnership with current staff and able to work under instruction as well as having the ability to use their initiative. They will challenge and excite our children and have the ability to consistently deliver high quality learning experiences. Imaginative and committed, they should have passion for the role, high standards of professionalism and high expectations of the children. They will have the vision, enthusiasm, and drive to build on the strong foundations that already exist within the school.
You will be:
• able to provide support for pupils, the teacher and the school in order to raise standards of achievement for all, by utilising advanced levels of knowledge and skills when assisting with planning, monitoring, assessing and managing classes.
• someone with a clear vision in how to develop students with an impact on achievement.
• flexible and willing to work across school.
• able and willing to assess learning and social and emotional needs and give help that is needed to remove the barriers to learning.
Woodlands Primary 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. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.