EYFS/KS1 Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Widey Court Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 28.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum Monday - Friday, 08:40 - 15:25
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Connect Grade E

What skills and experience we're looking for

Connect Academy Trust is looking to appoint a highly skilled HLTA to support children's learning primarily in KS1/EYFS. The role will include delivering interventions and covering classes during planned or unplanned teacher absence. This would be an ideal role for an aspiring teacher or a recently qualified teacher wishing to gain more classroom experience.

As part of your role you may be required to:

• cover teacher or support staff absence, e.g. for sickness absence, courses etc;
• plan, manage and deliver interventions across a key stage;
• cover the class to allow a teacher to run interventions;
• attend meetings as required sometimes at the start or end of a school day
• plan, teach and evaluate lessons (with some support from teachers);
• assess and mark work completed with teaching groups and classes

You could be the person we appoint if you are:

• inspiring and motivated;
• committed to excellence, inclusion and high expectations;
• plan, prioritise and liaise with teachers on daily timetables;
• highly effective in the planning, teaching and evaluation of all lessons;
• able to maintain positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and families;
• willing to motivate others, seek and accept advice;
• rigorous in ensuring all pupils make good progress;
• able to contribute to the wider life of the school;
• willing to train in the appropriate qualifications;
• ready to lift the ceiling on expectations of children.

What the school offers its staff

To help you achieve this, we can offer you:

• support to develop your skills through school-centred, multi academy trust wide and external continuing professional development and team work;
• wonderful staff and pupils who are keen to learn;
• a very dedicated team with a strong positive ethos;
• a well-resourced and highly professional school.

Further information about the job

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.

If you are interested, please complete an online application form.

If you have any questions relating to the post, or if you are unable to access the online application, please email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk

Closing date: Monday 3rd November 2025 @ 9am

Interviews: Monday 10th November 2025

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required to be undertaken and an on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Medical checks
Online and social media checks
Prohibition from teaching
Right to work
Satisfactory references
Suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

EYFS KS1 HLTA Advert JAN 2026 (2).pdf - 327 KB (opens in new tab)

Connect HLTA job description & person specification (4) (1).pdf - 349 KB (opens in new tab)

About Widey Court Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 605 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Widey Court Primary School website
• Email address: gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01752 773909
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/widey-court-primary-school-plymouth

Arranging a visit to Widey Court Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk.

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