Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Hilltop Infant School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  29 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 June 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: £19,473.65 - £21,042.73 Annually (Actual) FTE: £25,183 - £27,975 including fringe allowance. Depending on skills and experience.

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Hours: 32.5. Term-time plus five non-pupil days (39 weeks per year) 

Start date: September 2025

Band: 3, points 6 - 11 depending on skills and experience

Interviews: Tuesday, 1st July 2025

We are looking to recruit an experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to help our lovely children at Hilltop Infant School to achieve their full potential.

Our new colleague will provide support to Class Teachers, sharing a passion for teaching and a commitment to the needs of the pupils.

This role may include responsibilities for leading provision in EYFS, as well as PPA cover for Hilltots Pre-School, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

Academies within the Trust have a highly inclusive ethos and provide a broad and enriched education for their pupils. We have highly skilled staff who prioritise the support of their colleagues as well as having very high aspirations for their pupils.   Each of our colleagues make a difference to our children and as such all play a pivotal role in ensuring our standards are met. 

Applicants must hold a minimum grade C in English and maths and NVQ Level 3 in learning Support/Early Years or equivalent qualification. 

All staff employed as a HLTA will be expected to have or gain a formal HLTA qualification within 18 months of successfully completing their probation period.

 

Job Purpose: 

To work with teachers as part of a professional team to support learning activities for classes.  The primary focus will be to work under the professional direction of a teacher and within an agreed system of supervision in delivering lessons set by or with teachers

- The HLTA will be expected to support all children in making progress which includes delivering interventions, assessing progress, recording and feeding back to teachers and supporting with children’s next steps

- To provide timetabled support across all phases, covering and supporting where needed under the full support and supervision of the SLT and phase teachers

- To be open to collaboration and engage with HLTAs and LSA’s across the Trust to develop good working practices within a supportive environment

Principal accountabilities:

- Under the direction of the Teacher, deliver teaching and learning activities

- Use detailed knowledge gained through professional development to support and progress pupils’ learning 

- Deliver agreed learning activities to pupils, adapting activities according to pupil responses/needs 

- Building a bank of expertise throughout the Trust by working with team members of other schools within the HEARTS Academy Trust

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Suzanne Cullinane, School Business Manager: hilltopinf.admin@heartsacademy.uk or 01268 762531

For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants.

HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.

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.

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About Hilltop Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hilltop Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hilltop-infant-school

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