HLTA
Hurst Green Primary School
Location: Narrow Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B62 9NZ
Pay range: Grade 7
Salary: £30,559 prorata
Hours: 32.5 per week
Contract: Fixed term for 1 year
Closing date: Sunday 6 July 2025
Interview date: Friday 11 July 2025
Start date: 1 September 2025
The Governing Body of Hurst Green Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Higher Level Teaching Assistant to be part of our team.
Key Responsibilities:
* Providing PPA cover (up to 5 sessions per week)
* Offering pastoral care including facilitating social groups and individual support, providing outside play support, and liaising with parents and outside agencies
* Covering for absences and delivering interventions to individuals and small groups in collaboration with class teachers
* Utilising specialist skills and knowledge at an advanced level across various disciplines to support teaching staff in the development and education of children
* Working alongside teaching assistants to give guidance and share expertise
Hurst Green Primary School is a happy, caring, friendly two form entry school, with amazing children; committed and friendly staff; supportive parents and Governors.We are a popular and oversubscribed school in a residential area of Halesowen on the border of Dudley, Sandwell and Birmingham, educating children for over 50 years.
We encourage you to visit the school website athttps://www.hurstgreen-dudley.co.uk/and where possible we would urge you to visit the school and see for yourself what a special place it is; where children’s minds are engaged, their curiosity encouraged, their potential unlocked, their imagination ignited, and their lives enhanced.
All applications must be made online via WM Jobs. CVs and hand-written applications will not be accepted. Applications should be submitted by end of day on Sunday 6 July 2025.
Please contact Rachel Whitehouse, School Business Manager to arrange a visit or for further information on 01384 818210 orrwhitehouse@hurst-green.dudley.sch.uk
Shortlisting will take place w/c 7 July with successful candidates being invited to interview on Friday 11 July.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Hurst Green Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment.The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches.
NB.We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised date should a large number of applications be received.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.
Effective from September 2022, KCSIE states as part of the shortlisting process schools and colleges should consider carrying out on-line searches, as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe.All shortlisted candidates are now subject to an on-line check and if there is anything concerning, then the shortlisted candidate will be asked to comment on it either prior to or at interview.
N.B., We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised dateshould we receive a large number of applications.
Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.
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