Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Bure Park Specialist Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4AE

48 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  17 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale F12-17 £27,711 - £30,060 per annum paid pro-rata Actual starting salary £20,936 - £22,711 per annum

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Broad Horizons Education Trust

Bure Bark Specialist Academy

16a Keyes Avenue

Great Yarmouth

NR30 4AE

Vacancy:

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Scale F12-17 £27,711 - £30,060 per annum paid pro-rata

Actual starting salary £20,936 - £22,711 per annum

32.5 hours per week, term time plus 1 week

Permanent

We are looking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic and dedicated Higher Level Teaching Assistant. We are looking to use this role to expand the breadth of the curriculum on offer to our pupils. The successful candidate will have experience of working with pupils with SEND, preferably hold a NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and bring transferable skills, expertise and / or extensive experience in a National Curriculum subject.

The multi-disciplinary team at Bure Park consists of Care Staff, Teachers and TAs who will facilitate the Academy’s twin aims of re-integrating pupils into their home environment and when appropriate mainstream school. Pupils will arrive with disrupted educational experiences and complex difficulties and our team will be responsible for ensuring that they leave with superb outcomes academically, socially and behaviourally.

Our Academy shares the vision of our sponsor, the Broad Horizons Education Trust, that improving the life chances of all pupils has to be at the heart of all we do. To achieve this Broad Horizons firmly believes in valuing and championing all members of staff employed throughout the trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to be part of a highly motivated exceptional team who strive to establish the highest standards and who are instrumental in ensuring that we change children’s lives.

The successful applicant must be prepared to undergo any further training as requested by the Trust and will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore you will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations.

An informal discussion with the Headteacher and visit (by appointment) to the Academy is encouraged. Please contact Miss Hayley Ross, Head of School, 01603 457480

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply” button and enter your details. You will then be linked through to our recruitment portal MyNewTerm where you can complete an online application form.

You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Closing Date: 9am, Wednesday 17th September 2025

Interview Date: Thursday 25th September 2025

This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and attend a Warner Interview. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. If applicable the following will be required: a certificate of good conduct, for teaching posts, a letter of professional standing from the professional regulating authority in the country in which the applicant has worked.We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bure Park Specialist Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 80 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bure Park Specialist Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bure-park-specialist-academy

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