Higher Level Teaching Assistant

KIRKLEES COUNCIL ARE ADVERTISING THIS ROLE ON BEHALF OF THE PRIORY CENTRE

About The Priory Centre

The Priory Centre is located within Wakefield and has 3 sites. Our Key Stage 2 provision is currently based in the resource centre at Hendal Primary School, our Induction Centre for KS3 is in Castleford and the main site for KS3 students is in Lupset. We support students who have been permanently excluded from a mainstream setting with the aim of reintegration back into mainstream wherever possible.

The overarching aim of The Priory Centre is to provide environments that are welcoming, caring, calm, safe and purposeful and that, within a nurturing ethos, stretch our learners academically, support them pastorally and develop them socially and emotionally.

We seek to explore and celebrate the qualities that make our pupils unique. We believe that education, at every stage of the pupil journey, is about the development and nurture of the whole child. We aspire for all our pupils to become confident, happy and caring individuals who achieve personal success and develop a love of learning and of life.

This is an exciting time in our journey as we are looking to move to Academy status later in 2021.

Applicants

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Priory Centre, where we have high aspirations to deliver the very best educational experiences for pupils from across the primary and secondary age range. Our school is welcoming, calm and purposeful and, within a nurturing ethos, our learners are stretched academically, supported pastorally and developed socially and emotionally.

We are looking to appoint an inspirational Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our passionate and hardworking team. The pupils we work with may be experiencing social, emotional and mental or physical health issues.

The role will be to successfully motivate, inspire and engage with vulnerable children and their families. You will complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for specific 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 and assessing, recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development. The role will also have some responsibility for the development and management of a specialist area within school and/or management of a Teaching Assistant, including allocation and monitoring of work.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form and to provide criminal conviction information. Wakefield Council is wholly committed to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and

young people whilst promoting their welfare and expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility

Completed application forms should be returned to the School Business Manager, Cath Heptinstall, and can be emailed to : recruitment@wakefieldprus.co.uk

Closing date: 30th June 2021, 12pm

Interview date: 8th and 9th July 2021