Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Wenlock CofE Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0RW18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,455.00 Annually (Actual)
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary
Are you an experienced HLTA or SEND TA looking for the next step in your career? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with special educational needs and disabilities? Wenlock CE Academy is looking for a dedicated HLTA to join our team and champion inclusion and SEND as part of the pastoral team. We hope that you will bring your skills, talent, and passion to further enhance the wide range of support we offer, whatever a pupils need, in order to allow them to become a light for the world. Wenlock CE Academy is a place where you can flourish as a member of Team Wenlock.
**About Us:**
Located in Luton, our Junior school serves 360 local children and families and is committed to creating a nurturing and inclusive learning environment. We are proud of our diverse community and strive to provide every child with the opportunity to shine.
**The Role:**
As an HLTA with a special interest in inclusion and SEND, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our pupils' academic and emotional development. Working closely with the SENDCo teaching staff and Pastoral team, you will implement effective strategies to ensure all pupils, especially those with IEPs and EHCPs, have access to high-quality education that leads to progress towards their targets using our small step tracking system.
**Benefits:**
- Health support (BUPA) and a cycle-to-work scheme
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth.
**Safeguarding:**
Wenlock CE Academy 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 guidelines for keeping children safe in education.
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.
Join us in our mission to provide an inclusive and inspiring education for all. Apply now to become a valued member of Team Wenlock!
Visits to the schools are welcome by prior arrangement.
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 are not accepted.
About Wenlock CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 350 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wenlock CofE Academy website
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