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Warmsworth Primary School

Mill Lane

Warmsworth

Doncaster

DN4 9RG

Required from January 2025.

Term time only plus 5 training days.
31 hours and 40 minutes per week, Monday to Friday 8.50am to 3.40pm with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.

Warmsworth Primary School has an exciting opportunity for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join the team and make a difference!

The Governors of Warmsworth Primary School wish to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching assistant to join our inclusion team and take the lead in our Forest School and THRIVE provision.

The successful candidate will be working under the instruction and guidance of the SENCO and inclusion team to support our most vulnerable children both in and out of class to support their social and emotional learning, as well as their academic progress. They will be responsible for planning and overseeing the delivery, organisation and smooth running of our Forest School, planning and delivering personalised THRIVE support sessions, and working under the instruction and guidance of teaching staff to support teaching and learning to groups and whole classes and provide cover for classes across school, as required.

Warmsworth is a large mainstream primary school with over 460 children on roll, providing education for children aged between 3 and 11 years old.

The successful candidate will:
 Be an enthusiastic and motivated individual, with an ability to self-evaluate their own practice and learning needs
 Have the passion to make a difference and a commitment to inclusion and equity.
 Be a good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage with pupils
 Have a calm, flexible, pleasant manner and be able to form relationships quickly with our children and staff
 Have high standards of themselves and others and work well as part of a team
 Have experience, or an interest and understanding, of supporting primary aged children with additional needs
 Be a Level 3 Forest School Practitioner (or be committed to undertaking additional training to become one)
 Be a THRIVE trained practitioner (or be committed to undertaking additional training to become one)
 Have experience of leading learning with groups and/or a class of children across FS, KS1 and KS2
 Have good literacy and numeracy skills (GCSE English and Mathematics to Grade C or above, or equivalent)

We can offer:
 A very welcoming, caring school ethos, where we are passionate about meeting the needs
of all children and develop each child as a whole
 An opportunity to work within a talented, hard-working, supportive team of staff, governors and parents
 Dedicated PPA time to support with the responsibilities of being a HLTA
 Excellent professional learning opportunities and career development
 A well-resourced school, both inside and out.

Candidates are encouraged to visit the school. Please contact the Headteacher, Rachel Train to arrange an appointment on 01302 852200.

Fully completed applications forms should be returned via email directly to the school via secretary@warmsworthschool.co.uk.  Incomplete application forms may not be considered and we are unable to accept CVs.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 9 December 2024

The Governors of Warmsworth Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.