* Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Literacy and EAL and Form Tutor
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Literacy and EAL and Form Tutor
Salary: G09 – Starting salary £30,559, actual starting salary £26,724 (pay award pending of 3.2%)
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only
Permanent contract from 01.09.2025
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced HLTA to develop and deliver resources, interventions and programmes to support students’ literacy (reading) and EAL proficiency.
The successful candidate will develop and deliver resources, interventions and programmes to support students’ reading, writing and oracy skills. As HLTA for literacy and EAL, they will deliver intensive support for newly arrived EAL students at KS3 and KS4, as well as intervention for students whose reading ability (SAS score) is below the expected level for their age. They will also promote equality of opportunity for every student in order that they achieve their fullest potential. We currently have over 60 additional languages in our community, and have recently achieved our School of Sanctuary status.
You will work in close liaison with colleagues, other agencies and parents to create co-ordinated approaches to supporting individual students, monitoring their effectiveness and supporting colleagues in their implementation. The school is well-equipped with a range of successful resources, strategies, platforms and processes and we welcome applications from candidates who can contribute to this already successful 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.
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:
● 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
a generous holiday allowance for support staff of 25 days, rising to 30 with service
excellent work life balance with term time working arrangements
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
opportunity for staff to use flexible working hours on occasions
competitive salaries which are reviewed annually
family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives
access to online gyms and health sessions
access to staff sports, for example basketball, badminton and yoga sessions
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
on site free car parking (when available)
free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users)
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.
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.
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