7 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    15 December 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Hours of Work Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm 35 hours per week 39 weeks per year – 38 Term time weeks plus 5 training days

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade G, Points 8-13 (FTE £26,824 to £29,064

Actual salary

£24,824 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint as soon as possible a proactive and reliable HLTA to join our Inclusive Learning Faculty. The successful candidate will enjoy working with young people and will play a key role in supporting students in school, both in class and through the delivery of small group work. In addition, the successful candidate may be required to work in the Learning Support Centre in a HLTA capacity.

Opportunities to train to learn how to use different programmes and initiatives will be part of ongoing CPD, along with networking opportunities and collaborative practice. The successful candidate will need to be willing to learn and highly organised and motivated to improve standards of student achievement in one of the key areas of Literacy, Hearing Impairment or SEMH. Specialist training is available through an apprenticeship scheme with Tommy Flowers.

Please specify your area of specialism on the application form.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Benefits:

  • Teacher & support staff pension schemes

  • Continuous Professional development (CPD)

  • Training School Alliance

  • Networking opportunities

  • Specsavers eyecare voucher

  • Free Flu vaccine

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

  • Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

    • 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

    • Dental treatment

    • Optical care

    • Physiotherapy

    • Skinvision - skin health tracker

    • A range of essential healthcare expenses

    • Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

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.

A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website:

https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/vacancies/

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link.

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Monday 15 December 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 18 December 2025.

Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs alone will not be accepted.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

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.

Booklet- HLTA - SEMH - December 2025.docx.pdf - 909 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lord Grey Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1431 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
Lord Grey Academy website
Email address
hr@lordgrey.org.uk
Phone number
01908 626110
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Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.

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