Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Hady Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0DF

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  1 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday 33.5hrs per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 29,093 and 31,586

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a passionate and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to deliver and coordinate primary education provision.

The successful candidate will require detailed understanding of the ways in which children learn to read, including expertise in phonics, spelling and comprehension strategies.

Alongside this, a love of reading, an understanding of the primary curriculum, excellent interpersonal skills and an appreciation of different cultures are essential characteristics of the successful candidate. Recent experience of planning and delivering primary interventions is also essential.

Specific duties and responsibilities

To be responsible for providing pupil support for the students within and outside the classroom in order to raise attainment for vulnerable students to the standards required by the school/Trust and appropriate external bodies.

1.1 Support for the pupils:

• To jointly assess the needs of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupils’ learning.
• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Develop and implement Personal Learning Plans.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom.
• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
• Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities.
• Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement.

1.2 Support for the teacher:

• Organise and manage appropriate learning environment and resources.
• Within an agreed system of supervision, plan challenging teaching and learning objectives to evaluate and adjust lessons/work plans as appropriate.
• Monitor and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies against pre-determined learning objectives.
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required on pupil achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
• Record progress and achievement in lessons/activities systematically and providing evidence of range and level of progress and attainment.
• Work within an established discipline policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence.
• Supporting the role of parents in pupils’ learning and contribute to/lead meetings with parents to provide constructive feedback on pupil progress/achievement etc.
• Administer and assess/mark tests and invigilate exams/tests.
• Production of lesson plans, worksheet, plans etc.

1.3 Support for the curriculum

• Deliver learning activities to pupils adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs.
• Deliver local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of pupils’ skills.
• Use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
• Select and prepare resources necessary to lead learning activities, taking account of pupils’ interests and language and cultural backgrounds.
• Advise on appropriate deployment and use of specialist aid/resources/equipment.

What the school offers its staff

In addition to trust-wide benefits for all staff, those at Hady Primary School also have access to:

• Supportive and friendly staff and leadership team.
• Free staff parking.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Higher Level Teaching Assistant.pdf - 755 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hady Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 315 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hady Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@chorustrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hady-primary-school-chesterfield

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