Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Heathfield Community College, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8RJ

14 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time Only (Including INSET days)
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Single Status Grade 8, point 20-22 £29,151-£30,110 FTE (actual salary equates to £25,186-£26,014 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity to work alongside our experienced staff in a highly successful Special Education

Needs (SEN) department in a mainstream secondary setting.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated HLTA to work closely with other specialist staff

to devise and deliver child centred provision to students and to work with a team to develop the

inclusive practices across the College. This role will have a focus on literacy and speech, language and

communications needs (SCLN) but will enable the successful candidate to gain experience of working

with a wide range of students with SEN.

We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with experience of working with literacy

difficulties and SCLN or who have a particular interest in that area that they would like to develop. The

College has a specialist autism facility and so relevant experience of working with autistic student in the

mainstream system would be highly valued.

The successful candidate should hold a HLTA qualification or be willing to work towards those standards

based on previous experience working in a relevant role.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you an opportunity to join a highly welcoming, friendly and dedicated support staff team. The support staff at Heathfield Community College are an integral cog in the workings of the College. Roles vary across the site including administration, classroom support, department specific technicians, pastoral support, site staff and cleaners. Every role is important and Heathfield Community College believes the work the support staff carry out is extremely valuable. By working together and doing the best we can do, the team help to make sure that our students are safe, happy and ready to achieve.

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.