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  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    21 June 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 June 2026

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 8:10am-3:30pm Tuesday: 8:10am-4pm Friday 8:10am-2:40pm

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade E SCP 16-22 with corresponding salaries of £15.82 - £17.47 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Details:

St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ April 2025 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.

We are seeking to appoint an HLTA to add value to our students learning experience, working in a friendly team.

Main duties and responsibilities:

  • Take a lead role in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour inclusion management strategies
  • Organise and deliver intervention support for students with communication and interaction needs
  • Provide support with resources and learning strategies for staff working with students with C&I needs. This will include the effective deployment of TAs as well as working closely with students, parents/carers, other staff (eg teaching staff) and external agencies to identify, assess and plan to meet the needs of students requiring C&I support
  • Manage SEN information and case studies about students with SEN support or EHCPs
  • Monitor the progress of students by measuring the impact of any intervention work, through appropriate testing and reviews. Keep accurate records
  • Work with other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate
  • Monitor and evaluate students’ responses and progress against action plans through observations and planned recording
  • Work with the SEN Leadership Team in supporting students with SEN from primary schools prior to their transition to St Peter’s
  • Arrange and oversee the timetables of students with C&I needs to facilitate appropriate interventions.
  • Planning and Delivery of interventions for individuals and small groups
  • Liaising with parents, carers and external agencies
  • Line manage members of the SEN Team including appraisals

Our students make working here a real pleasure, and as such we have high expectation for both our students and ourselves.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

  • a welcoming and friendly team of excellent staff
  • a supportive working environment
  • students with a drive to succeed

A willingness and ability to offer time and energy to our wellbeing programme &/or extra-curricular provision (which we believe adds significant value to our character based approaches to education, including our Duke of Edinburgh and Ten Tors), will be taken into consideration for applications.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students, please refer to our child protection policy on the St. Peter’s website using the following link https://www.spexe.org/593/key-information-policies/key_information/3/safeguarding-esafety.
This role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About St Peter's Church of England Aided School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1305 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
St Peter's Church of England Aided School website
Email address
vacancies@spexe.org
Phone number
01392204764
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-church-of-england-aided-school

St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ November 2019 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.

Arranging a visit to St Peter's Church of England Aided School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@spexe.org.

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