IKB is a growing school in the heart of Wellington, Somerset. Part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we currently have children from reception to Year 5 and are continuing to grow each year.
We are looking to appoint an innovative, creative and enthusiastic HLTA to join the IKB team. Working closely with the class teachers you will be a committed practitioner, capable of providing high quality teaching and learning support to a team of staff who passionately believe in providing the best education for our children.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a school that is not only growing but thriving and constantly developing. A school where all staff benefit from having their voice heard and contributing to the next steps for the school. A school where children and staff enjoy coming together and being part of creating life-long memorable experiences.
If you are keen to try a new challenge or you are ambitious to progress in your career, this is an excellent opportunity. We can offer support with professional development if this is a new role for you and we will support a HLTA to develop their practice through training and coaching opportunities. We can also offer new premises and resources, engaged and motivated support staff and happy and vibrant children who are keen to learn.
We can offer you:
- Eligibility to join excellent pension scheme.
- Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
- Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
- Free car parking.
- Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
- Free tea and coffee.
Please see the attached information packs for more details about the role and the Blackdown Education Partnership.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership 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. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
Data Protection Act: Information held by Blackdown Education Partnership complies with and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, the information you have provided in the ‘Personal Details’ section will be used for payroll purposes and may be disclosed to the Inland Revenue. It will be disclosed within the school for security and administration.
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