36 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    to be confirmed

  • Closing date

    21 August 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    2 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time only.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade R3 Scale point 17 – R4 Scale point 24

Additional allowances

plus Responsibility Allowance for delivering Music lessons
FTE: £28,840 - £31,482 per annum (Actual: £22,294.70 - £24,337.09 per annum), depending on experience.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated High Level Teaching Assistant with special interest in music. You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality music education across Key Stages 2 and 3, fostering a love for music, and encouraging every pupil to reach their full musical potential. You will be responsible for inspiring pupils with diverse musical interests, offering a range of musical opportunities, and contributing to the school’s wider commitment to inclusive, accessible, and culturally diverse music provision. You will give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement.

What the school offers its staff

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Benefits include free car parking, lunch provided on site, and Employee Assistance Programme.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Upload additional documents

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

HLTA with Special Interest in Music JD - July 25.pdf - 213 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Dominic's School

School type
Academy, ages 7 to 19
School size
162 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
St Dominic's School website
Email address
zpetkova@stdominicsschool.org.uk
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St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils and students aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming.
We are part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.
At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team.
The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to coordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students.

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