Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Hawthorn Academy, Wokingham, RG40 3BT88 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP (subject to the completion of all necessary checks)
Closing date
19 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 September 2025
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
- 25872.03 - 28010.38
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
About us
Hawthorn Academy is a new SEMH secondary school based in Bracknell Forest due to open in September 2025, providing specialist education for children aged 11 — 16 years with social, emotional, and mental health needs (SEMH), including children with ASD. The school will open with 10 places, growing to 50. The school will be sited at the College Hall campus in year 1, moving to a purpose-built school during year 2.
The school is part of The Propeller Academy Trust, a special school MAT comprising currently of 3 schools based in South Oxfordshire: Fitzwaryn, Kingfisher and Bishopswood. The Trust is due to welcome Woodeaton Manor School (an SEMH provision in Oxford) in July ’25 following an academisation order, and Forest View School in Bracknell (estimated opening Sept ’27) following a successful bid in wave 3.
The Trust has a successful outreach programme and supports over 70 local mainstream schools with outstanding feedback and outcomes.
Propeller is proud of its educational performance. Its curriculum is personalised and focuses on the destinations and long-term aspirations of its pupils and their families, linking directly with their communities including pupils moving directly into employment.
Main purpose
To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision and assisting the teaching staff in the implementation of National Curriculum/Developmental Curriculum and School Curriculum. This may involve planning, preparing, and delivering learning activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes and monitoring pupils and assessing, recording, and reporting on pupils’ achievements, progress, and development.
Be responsible for the management and development of a specialist area within the school and/or management of other teaching assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal, and training.
Be responsible for communication liaising between managers/teaching staff and teaching assistants as well as organising and chairing TA meetings at least termly and actioning any points raised.
Undertake if required, recruitment/induction/appraisal/training/mentoring for other teaching assistants and ensure that new TAs have completed a full induction process following the school policy and are well versed with Health and Safety issues throughout the school.
We would like to hear from you if
You have good numeracy, literacy, and ICT skills (GCSE Level 4 or equivalent in English and Math’s is desirable)
You have the ability to work with a range of children and young people with additional and complex needs
You are a team player who can build good working relationships with colleagues
You are flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient, with a good sense of humour
You are committed to ongoing personal development
You have high aspirations in teaching and learning for all children and young people
What can we offer you
The opportunity to work with a progressive and forward-thinking multi-academy trust, where you are making a difference to the lives of young people.
Opportunities for development and career progression
Induction programme and ongoing CPD and training
A range of staff benefits including access to an Employee Assistance Programme and a workplace pension scheme (LGPS)
Free eye test for DSE users
Free flu vaccinations
Free tea and coffee
Refer a friend bonus (up to £500)
A positive and friendly working environment
How to Apply
For further details of the post and how to apply please visit https://thepropelleracademytrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies. If you would like to discuss the post further, please contact Gemma Wheatman at gemma.wheatman@hawthornacademy.org.uk.
Please note that CV’s will NOT be accepted.
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 Hawthorn Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- Up to 50 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hawthorn Academy website
School location
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