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Weatherhead High (On-Site)

Permanent, Full time, Term time

£26,957

8.20 – 4.10 (3.30 Fri) 39 weeks per year


Band: NJC Points 19 - 24, Actual Salary : £26,957

Permanent

Hours Full Time: 8.20 – 4.10 (3.30 Fri) 39 weeks per year

Required from September 2025

 

 

Weatherhead High School

 

 

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Inclusion)

 

Are you a reliable, articulate and well-qualified professional who enjoys working with children and young people and who wants to work in a vibrant school?  Working with the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion, and teaching staff, this post will enhance the support available to our students to ensure that they achieve their full potential.   We wish to appoint a motivated and creative person with a genuine passion for maximising the potential of our most vulnerable students.

 

If appointed, you will be part of a successful team working with an enthusiastic group of highly committed teachers and support staff who strive to provide the best education and opportunities for our students who may have challenges which mean they find school hard at times.

The successful candidate will work with students either 1:1 or in small groups to support their educational development and promote independence.   We are looking for a talented, innovative practitioner with a passion for supporting vulnerable students and will have the skills to plan and implement an engaging inclusion curriculum as well as deliver some lessons to small groups.

 

Previous experience of working with children and young people is essential.

 

To join our team, we are looking for:  

  • The ability to build effective relationships with students and the wider school community to overcome barriers to learning
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • A high level of integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
  • Sensitivity, patience and understanding
  • A flexible approach and enjoys working with children and young people.

Who are we?

Weatherhead High School is a large 11 to 18 oversubscribed girls’ comprehensive school with approximately 1540 students on roll.  There is an excellent mixed Sixth Form with nearly 300 students.  We have a PAN of 254 for each year group from Year 7 to 11 and the school of choice for girls in Wallasey and the surrounding area.

The facilities are amongst the best in the country – we have an excellent building, which really enhances teaching & learning as well as our extra-curricular provision. Students and teachers benefit from well-presented classrooms, excellent creative arts and sports facilities and up-to-date ICT provision.  The school is located close to the M53 and the Wallasey Tunnel, and is easily accessible from Liverpool and Cheshire by car or public transport.

Students are both engaged and engaging; they enjoy learning and are warm and enthusiastic about the opportunities offered to them.  Staff work hard and are well rewarded.  There is a great team spirit amongst the staff and a strong emphasis is placed on professional growth and development. 

We were judged to be an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider in our most recent inspection in November 2022.  During the inspection, inspectors commented that Weatherhead High School is a happy and friendly learning community.  Pupils, students in the Sixth Form and staff are proud to belong to this school.  Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.’

 

How to apply?

For further information about the school and this opportunity, please visit our website at www.weatherheadhigh.co.uk/join-us/work-with-us/ or telephone / email the school (for the attention of Mrs Finn, HR Manager).

 

Tel:       0151 631 4000     

Email:   schooloffice@weatherheadhigh.co.uk

 

Please complete the application form, including the names and addresses of two referees, and submit it with a letter of application to the Headteacher (addressing the criteria set out in the person specification and of no more than two sides in length).  The application form and letter must be submitted via the school’s TES portal, email or post.   Please note we are only able to accept our standard completed application forms. 

 

Apply by: Monday 2 June 2025 (9.00 am)

 

Weatherhead High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.  Weatherhead High School is an Equal Opportunities Employer and positively welcomes applications from all people regardless of their sex, creed, marital status, race, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

 

‘This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution 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.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Closing date: Mon 02/06/2025 at 09:00
Job reference: SCH/25/311913
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