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Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0YH

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• 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

As a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), you will provide specialist support and targeted interventions for individuals and groups of pupils, helping them to achieve strong academic progress. Working closely with teachers, you will help create an inclusive, supportive and nurturing learning environment, playing a key role in our mission to ensure every student, regardless of their background, receives an excellent education and great choices in life.   Key Responsibilities:

• Plans and deliver structured small‑group interventions under teacher guidance
• Adapts resources and supports SEND/EAL pupils more independently
• Support pupil learning through targeted interventions and learning programmes, promoting high expectations, independence and confidence
• Work with the SENCO and teachers to assess pupil needs and contribute to, implement and review Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
•  Plan and deliver 1:1 and small-group intervention sessions to support pupil progress

Qualifications:

• Qualified to degree level
• Math’s and English GCSE at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a teaching assistant or equivalent within the last 5 years
• Completion of HLTA training or equivalent

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience building positive learning relationships with pupils and supporting their progress
• Experience of the Teaching Assistant role, including classroom organisation, curriculum support and behaviour management
• Good understanding of teaching and learning strategies and the ability to work effectively with individuals, groups and whole classes
• Ability to contribute to lesson planning, resource preparation, assessment and monitoring of pupil progress
•  Good knowledge of the national curriculum

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

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.

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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: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark St Alban's Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-st-alban-s-academy

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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