Job Introduction
Are you passionate about Education and want to make a difference to the lives of young children? Elson Infant School is seeking an enthusiastic, highly skilled and dedicated practitioner to join our team as a HLTA. The successful candidate will join a team of professionals who are committed to providing an inclusive, creative and stimulating curriculum for all children. The role will be a mixture of some planned class cover with the rest of the week driven by the weekly needs of the school and children.
You will have:
A passion and excitement for teaching and learning and the ability to build trusting and nurturing relationships with children.
Energy, commitment and a great sense of humour.
The ability to maintain children's interest, enthusiasm and motivation for learning.
A strong commitment to ensure effective behaviours for learning are maintained and be confident in managing whole classes and small groups.
The ability to use initiative to assess and evaluate pupils’ needs within lessons.
Up-to-date curriculum subject knowledge and experience.
At least GCSE Grade C in English and Maths. Level 3 NVQ (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline is desirable.
You must have completion of a HLTA qualification or teaching qualification.
You will be able to:
Use your initiative to assess and evaluate pupils’ needs within the lesson.
Lead the delivery of learning activities, adapting lesson plans if necessary.
Adapt learning where necessary through your own assessment of the children’s understanding.
Communicate effectively with class teachers.
The core tasks and duties of the role will include:
Teaching whole classes across Elson Infant School during the absence of the teacher(planned and unplanned).
Taking responsibility for communicating outcomes to class teachers to enable future planning.
Following school policies and procedures, e.g. the behaviour management approach or feedback and marking.
Working in partnership with teachers to deliver learning activities to whole classes during the teacher's PPA or subject leader release time, or to cover absence when necessary.
Closing Date: Thursday 2nd July Noon
Interviews: Monday 6th July
Fixed term until August 31st 2027 (The role has the possibility of extension dependant on need).
Application Procedure
Application forms are available from either the Hampshire County Council webpage or contacting Mrs Julie Baker 02392 581208 or j.baker@elsoninfantschool.co.uk
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
