Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Passionate about inspiring young people Join us at Harris Academy Sutton.Harris Academy Sutton is currently looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join the team of specialists.Your opportunityAs a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, your main responsibilities will be:

• To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed activities. This may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes and monitoring students and assessing,recording and reporting on students achievement, progress and development.
• Management and development of a subject area within the academy and/or management of other teaching assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training
• To take a lead role within the academy to address the needs of students who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning
• To provide support for students, the teacher and the academy in order to raise standards of achievement for all students (including SEN, EAL, More Able, all underachieving groups), by utilising advanced levels of knowledge and skills when assisting withplanning, monitoring, assessing and managing classes, and to encourage students to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of students in all aspects of academy life
• To assist in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies in subject areas

As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With a multitude of progression routes and outstanding CPD for support staff, expect to be supported throughout your career whether in our central team orin one of our 50 academies.What we are looking forWe look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. The successful candidate will have:

• Experience working with children of relevant age
• Experience of working with students with additional needs
• Experience of delivering literacy and reading/writing recovery programmes
• Evidence of fulfilling the Higher Level Teaching Assistant standards and or ability and potential to fulfil them within the first 6 months of the role.
• Relevant qualifications that help demonstrate evidence towards the above
• Excellent numeracy/literacy skills - equivalent to at least NVQ Level 2 in English and Maths
• Relevant qualifications at A level or equivalent to at least NQF Level 3
• Evidence of specialism in specific curriculum areas or areas of particular learning difficulty
• Qualifications relevant to subject area of specialism
• The ability to meet Higher Level Teaching Assistant standards or equivalent qualification or experience
• Training in relevant learning strategies e.g. literacy
• Specialist skills/training in curriculum or learning area e.g. bi-lingual, sign language, ICT Qualifications and experience relevant to subject area

Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.Why work at Harris Academy Sutton

• The opportunity to be part of the founding team of an academy with the highest of expectations and ambitions for its staff and students
• Unrivalled potential for personal and professional development as the academy grows
• An innovative, inclusive and happy environment in which to teach and learn, promoting academic achievement across the curriculum and encouraging participation in extra- curricular activities
• All the advantages of a highly successful academy group including strong central support, outstanding CPD opportunities through the Harris Teaching School Alliance, and a generous benefits and rewards package

About Harris Academy SuttonHarris Academy Sutton opened in September 2018 as a brand new, state-of-the-art 11-18 co-educational academy in the heart of Sutton. With a specialism in Science, the academy collaborates closely with its neighbours on the London Cancer Hub site: the Instituteof Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital. These represent two world-class organisations and together with the new six-form entry academy they form a campus community with research buildings, hospital facilities, and a reputation for excellence inthe fields of research and medical provision. The academy offers a broad and balanced curriculum to the young people of Sutton: the Campus itself provides a focal point for talented scientists and clinicians by establishing world class facilities to not onlyattract top researchers but also to educate the life science workforce of the future. This is a unique opportunity for dynamic, motivated professionals to be part of the team helping to shape what will become the leading science educational establishment inLondon. It is our aim to provide a fulfilling education to the young boys and girls of Sutton that endures long after the exam results have been published.Our Building and world-class facilitiesOur £40 million new building was constructed as part of the proposed London Cancer Hub, a global centre for innovation in cancer research and treatment.Because of its environmentally friendly credentials, we are all proud and delighted that it is the first secondary school building in the country to meet the Passivhaus energy performance standard. In addition to world-class science accommodation, we havethe space and facilities we need to excel in the arts and sport.Our hall, which is also used as a performing arts space, is larger than the standard normally expected f