Higher Level Teaching Assistant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Liverpool
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Associate
SALARY
£25,046 / year
CATEGORY
Education
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SKILLS

Classroom support Lesson delivery Small group instruction PPA cover Intervention strategies Pupil assessment Catholic ethos Team collaboration

FULL DESCRIPTION

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Employer: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
Address: Guion Street, L6 9DU
Website: https://stmichaelscatholicprimary.co.uk/
Contact Name: Catherine Elson
Contact Telephone: [contact hidden]
Contact Email: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

About the Organisation

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a large Primary School with Nursery provision. We have an excellent team of staff who are all totally committed to ensuring every child in our care receives the best possible education in an exciting, happy, safe and secure environment. One thing that is always at the top of our agenda is the high quality of teaching and learning for our children. Children’s well-being is at the heart of every decision we make.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a happy, nurturing school that strives for excellence.

You will join a friendly and committed team of staff in a vibrant, diverse and welcoming school community.

Ofsted Report 2024: ‘Pupils are proud to attend this welcoming school.’ Pupils benefit from the kind and caring relationships that they have with staff and each other. ‘Pupils enjoy a good quality of education and their behaviour is impeccable and a credit to the staff and their parents and carers’.

Role Information

  • Job Title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant
  • Job Type: Learning Support
  • Job Phase: Primary
  • Location: Liverpool
  • Grade: Pass Grade 5 (SCP 9-14)
  • Actual Salary Range: £23,107 - £25,046
  • Contract Type: Fixed term
  • Contract Term: Full time, Term time only
  • Start Date: Monday, September 1st, 2025
  • Closing Date: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025

About the Role

The role of the HLTA is to assist teachers in the delivery of lessons, providing support to individual and small groups of pupils and to take classes while teachers have PPA or cover is required. See attached Job Description for full roles and responsibilities.

Personal Qualities

The Governors are seeking to appoint a HLTA who is committed, highly motivated and is an excellent practitioner to work with the team of teachers, leadership team and support staff to build on the current strengths of the school and to improve the school further.

We welcome applications who meet the essential criteria and want to join our happy family.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be committed to the Catholic ethos of the school.
  • Have excellent and innovative classroom practice with the skills and knowledge to develop and support teachers in the delivery of outstanding learning in the classroom and wider school.
  • Have the skillset and confidence to take classes for PPA and when short term cover is required.
  • Be able to lead interventions and evaluate their impact on pupil’s progress and attainment.
  • Be fully supportive of teaching and learning improvement journey of the school.

Application Information

Closing Date: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 at 17:00pm

How to Apply: For an application pack, please download here or from our school website. Please refer to the relevant job description and person specification when applying; outlining why you want to apply and what skills, qualities, attributes and experience you think you can offer.

Recruitment Documents

  • Job Description - Download
  • Person Specification - Download
  • Application Form - Download
  • Equal Opportunities Monitoring - Download
  • Advert - Download

Contact: SIL, Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP), Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 9NJ. Telephone: [contact hidden].

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