West Park Primary School is a welcoming, vibrant, and diverse community school. The children and families at our school are enthusiastic about their learning and happy to belong to our school community. We are a ‘Good’ School (Ofsted 2019)! Our staff are passionate about primary education and are committed to ensuring that all children thrive in a caring, active, and exciting school. The whole school community shares our vision of ‘Inspiring Learning for Brighter Futures’ by enabling a nurturing, creative environment.
We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) for EYFS who will complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.
This may involve planning, preparing, and delivering learning activities for individuals, groups or short term for whole classes including monitoring pupils and assessing, recording, and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress, and development.
You will:
- assess the needs of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupils’ learning
- have a strong knowledge of the EYFS curriculum
- organise and manage appropriate learning environment and resources
- have the ability to support pupils working at all levels and promote inclusion within the classroom
- have a passion for supporting EAL pupils
- have high expectations of self and others
- be resilient and have a positive nature
- ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
- be committed to working within a team to continue to provide high quality services for our pupils and families
- demonstrate a genuine love of learning for self and others
- meet Professional Standards for HLTA status or have equivalent qualification (NVQ Level 4)
- have excellent numeracy/literacy skills - equivalent to level 2 in English and Maths
In return, we will provide:
- a supportive leadership team who are committed to developing staff
- a friendly, welcoming teaching and support team
- extensive CPD Opportunities
- a creative and innovative environment
Most importantly, our children who are happy to come to school and extremely enthusiastic to learn.
Applicants will only proceed to the interview stage upon successful completion of the application form and receipt of two references.
We have a clear commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
Candidates are warmly welcome to visit the school to find out more about what makes West Park Primary such a great place to be!
For more information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Vanita Kumari, Office Manager on 01902 558238 or email vkumari@westparkprimaryschool.co.uk
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in this vacancy.
Safeguarding Statement:
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, and as part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image, or other content that could cause reputational damage to the school and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed on to the recruitment manager and discussed during the interview
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise, the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertaken can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2022
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.
At West Park we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
- closing date: Monday 1 July, 2024
- interviews w/c: Monday 8 July, 2024
How to apply and contact details
- E-mail: westparkprimaryschool@wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Telephone: 01902 558238
- School website