Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0YH15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2026
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 1am
Date listed
1 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £26,824 - £32,061 per year
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Join Ark St Alban's Academy as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) and play a pivotal role in helping every student achieve their potential.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate education professional to provide specialist support to pupils, deliver targeted interventions, and work closely with teachers to raise achievement across the curriculum.
As a HLTA, you will lead 1:1 and small-group learning programmes, support pupils with SEND and EAL needs, contribute to lesson planning and assessment, and help create an inclusive and nurturing learning environment where all students can thrive. You will also support whole-class learning, deliver activities planned by teachers, monitor progress, and provide valuable feedback to help shape future teaching and interventions.
Beyond the classroom, you will act as a specialist lead within the school, share best practice with colleagues, contribute to enrichment activities and educational visits, and play an important role in promoting students' wellbeing, independence and confidence. This role is ideal for someone who is committed to transforming outcomes for young people and believes that every child deserves an excellent education, regardless of their background.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ark St Alban's Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 797 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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Ark St Albans Academy is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country.
There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.
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