Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Classroom Support
City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park, London, N1 5JU20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,762.00 - £33,179.00 Annually (Actual) Term Time Only
Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Classroom Support job summary
About Us
COLAT is driven by an unwavering ambition to bethe best. We believe exceptional people create outstanding schools, transforming lives and shaping the future of every student. We have academies located in north, south and east London combining the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within our evolving Trust.
We:
- believe strongly in the transformational nature of education operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage.
- understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unapologetically results driven.
- adopt a ‘warm/strict’ approach, combining high expectations with care and support meaning that we never compromise on standards or expectations
- ensure that no student’s background becomes a reason for low expectations.
- provide an environment where students can learn without disruption
- maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits
- take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture
About you
You will be:
- fully aligned with our approach, understanding the critical role that all staff play in supporting a behavioural and learning culture.
- highly effective and will strive to surpass what has been achieved.
- committed to creating an environment that promotes academic, creative, sporting, linguistic and personal achievement.
This is an exciting time to be part of the City of London Academies Trust, and we very much hope that you will be inspired to want to join us. We are committed to investing in the next generation of COLAT people who will embody the Trust’s culture, values and ethos.
About the role
We have a rare and exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HTLA) to join our highly collaborative and supportive team. Our successful candidate will support curriculum delivery across the Academy through working collaboratively with teachers, teaching assistants and mentors. As a member of the Inclusion Team, the HLTA will have responsibility for leading and developing a team of teaching assistants and mentors.
The HLTA will be able to encourage pupils to become independent learners, whilst providing appropriate support for pupils with special educational needs. This role would suit an experienced teaching assistant seeking the next step in their career.
We are looking for someone who:
Is able to demonstrate levels of numeracy and literacy to GSCE [A-C]
Holds other relevant Level 3 qualification (e.g. A Levels, NVQ, Diploma)
Experience working with pupils in school for a minimum of 2 years
Experience working with children who have special educational needs and disabilities
Experience teaching individuals and small groups
If you match our ambition and want to join our dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than 1,000 words. Applications must be submitted via the My New Term portal
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.
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 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 861 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park website
COLAT is driven by the ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders create exceptional schools; they transform lives and shape the future of every student.
COLAT currently oversees six secondary academies, three primary academies and one sixth form centre all located in north, south and east London. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust.
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