Higher Level Teaching Assistant - SEND Informal Enhanced Provision

Job details

Job role: - HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern: Part time: 36 hours a week 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days)

Contract type: Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary: £35,515

Actual salary: £31,034

Pay scale: Scale 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will work under supervision of the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion (SENCo) and class teachers of pupils attending the Provision, working with them to support a small group of pupils with complex additional needs by planning, preparing and delivering a child-led bespoke curriculum. The HLTA will be responsible for line managing Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) working in the Provision, leading the team to ensure pupils thrive.

What kind of individual are we looking for?

• An effective team member who is passionate about making a positive impact to ensure that all of our pupils flourish, including those with the most complex needs.
• A committed individual who is dedicated to providing an engaging, positive learning environment.
• An individual who has compassion, empathy and inclusion at the heart of their practice.
• A HLTA who is both self-motivated and able to work in partnership with the SENCo, a variety of class teachers and LSAs.

A knowledge of various SEN needs is essential.

What the school offers its staff

What can we offer?

• An exciting opportunity to work with the SENCo to develop a new provision from the ground up.
• Support from the SENCo and teachers.
• Effective and embedded planning and assessment systems.
• CPD opportunities for staff to enable career progression. The Elliot Foundation runs a number of apprenticeships and are enrolling for courses such as a Level 5 Assistant SENCo with HLTA status, from September 2026.

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with our SENCo to establish and develop a new, Informal Enhanced Provision in our school. We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to take the lead in the day to day running of the Provision (a school-led initiative not commissioned by the Local Authority), being set up for September 2026. This is a permanent contract.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

We follow Keeping Children Safe in Education recruitment guidance.

Offers of employment are subject to the following checks:

• Childcare disqualification
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• Medical
• Online and social media
• Prohibition from teaching
• Right to work
• Satisfactory references
• Suitability to work with children

It is a criminal offence to apply for this post of employment if you are barred from working with children and young people.

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