Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Woodside Primary School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6NFThis job expired on 15 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as Possible
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
10 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,254.00 - £39,276.00 Annually (FTE) HLTA - Salary Range: Grade 7, Spine Point 23- 25 - £38,254.00 FTE - £39,276.00 FTE of pro-rata - £35,461.13 FTE - £36,408.51 FTE
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Term-Time Only (plus inset days)
Contract: Fixed-Term
Start Date: As soon as possible
End Date: 31st August 2026
HLTA - Salary Range: Grade 7, Spine Point 23-25 - £35,461.13 FTE - £36,408.51 FTE pro-rata of (£38,254.00 FTE £39,276.00 FTE)
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday - 37.5 Hours Per Week (half an hour break)
Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, is a family of schools across Croydon, Medway and Greenwich who aim to offer a life changing education to children. Our schools work in collaboration to transform the lives of the children and communities we serve.
Our core values of Collaboration, Excellence, Friendship, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility, define the way we care for, enrich and teach every child.
What sets us apart from others is the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of educational thinking and practice, supported by excellent training and development and opportunities to take part in ground breaking research projects and collaborative work with talented and innovative colleagues, both at a local and national level.
Woodside Primary School is rapidly improving and working to provide an exceptional learning experience for our wonderful children. Our vision is to ensure children receive the very best education. We aim to make a life-changing difference within our diverse community of Croydon.
We are seeking to appoint a committed, resilient, passionate and ambitious Higher Level Teaching Assistant/ Cover Supervisor to join our school and partnership to inspire a generation of children. The successful candidate will be teaching classes across the school, delivering lessons as prepared by class teachers.
Our benefits
- Ongoing professional development
- Generous Annual Leave
- Annual Incremental Pay Increases
- Enhanced Family Friendly Pay (maternity, paternity/enhanced sickness pay)
- Teacher’s Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Extensive Training and Induction program
All aspects of the application form must be fully completed to be considered for shortlisting, furthermore, please ensure that the Personal Statement in your application form addresses how you meet the duties outlined in the Person Specification. Please note that we do not accept CV's.
If you share in our belief that success is gained by developing a growth mindset; one which values effort and believes anything is possible, then we want to hear from you!
Further details about this vacancy and the job description can be found below.
For enquiries or an application pack please contact Janine Fernandes on 07706 829 391 or by email croydonhubrecruitment@inspirepartnership.co.uk
We reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during the recruitment process. Early applications are advised, as interviews will be ongoing.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged - we would very much like to meet you and answer any questions you may have.
Further information about our Trust is available at: https://www.inspirepartnership.co.uk
To arrange a visit please contact:
Janine Fernandes - Email: croydonhubrecruitment@inspirepartnership.co.uk
Please note we will only accept applications from candidates who have documentary evidence that they have the right to work in the UK.
Woodside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Medical Clearance and satisfactory Employment References.
Further information about the job
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 may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
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
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Woodside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 472 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodside Primary School website
School location
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