Literacy Higher Level Teaching Assistant - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
The Buckingham School Requires: Literacy Higher Level Teaching Assistant
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 4, Point (21) £30,361 - Point (25) £32,594 FTE Actual Salary based on hours detailed below: £23,662 - £25,400
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 34 Hours Per Week, 39 Weeks Per Year, Term Time Plus 5 Inset Days ( 08:00-15:20 Monday-Thursday and 08:00-15:10 on Friday including half hour unpaid break per day)
Closing date: 07/07/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: W/C 7th July 2025
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
We are a thriving school with over 1200 students on roll, ranging from students aged 11-18.
Whilst academic achievement lies at the heart of what we do, we never forget the importance of fostering mutual respect and decency amongst our pupils. We believe that all our children have something to offer, and we are driven by a desire to find areas where each of them can excel.
We strive for “Success for All”. We pride ourselves on our key objectives:
● A vibrant, exciting learning community
● Students develop knowledge, skills and qualities - and the qualifications – needed to thrive in life and work
● Innovation to enhance all learning opportunities
● Student ownership and responsibility
● A supportive and respectful environment
● An inclusive and proud school community
● Strong parent engagement and bond
Website: www.buckinghamschool.org
About the role
The Buckingham School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team. The successful candidate will be working to support students with special educational needs or disabilities in the classroom and leading intervention groups, mostly, although not solely, working on improving levels of literacy. We are looking for a colleague who enjoys working with young people, has a flexible and positive approach and enjoys working as part of a team. Naturally the successful candidate will have a passion for literacy and thrives on engaging students within this area.
How Will You…….
Support the Student
● To develop an understanding of the specific needs of pupils to be supported
● To develop a knowledge of a range of learning support needs relevant to the school and pupils
● To aid the pupil/s to learn as effectively as possible both in group situations and individually, inside and outside of the classroom.
● To establish a supportive relationship with the pupil/s concerned
● To establish acceptance and inclusion of the pupil/s in the classroom
● To manage pupil/s as advised by the SEND Manager and Class Teacher
● To use methods of promoting / reinforcing the pupils’ self esteem
Support the SENDCo, SEND Manager and Class Teacher
● To assist the SENDCo, SEND Manager and Class Teacher to develop a suitable programme of support and then carry out the programme, within the classroom or in a withdrawal situation.
● To lead the delivery and assessment of suitable literacy programmes for small groups of students and 1-2-1 sessions
● To maintain the SEN team’s system of recording and monitoring of pupils’ progress.
● To provide feedback about pupils’ difficulties and/ or progress to the SEND Manager and Class Teacher.
● To write reports about the pupil/s’ progress as requested by the SEND Manager.
Support the School
● Where appropriate, to foster links between home and school
● To liaise, advise and consult with other members of the SEN Team
● To contribute to Annual Review meetings, as appropriate
● To participate in relevant professional development
● To be aware of / follow school policies and procedures
● To maintain confidentiality about home- school / pupil- teacher/ school work matters
● To complete any other task as directed by the Headteacher.
About you
Please see attached person specification
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org.
Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected].
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
