Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Laurance Haines School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  15 May 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  25 April 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: £26,409.00 - £33,366.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

We are looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our friendly team at Laurance Haines from September 2025.

If you are particularly interested in Art, Music, D&T, Science or Computing this could be a role for you, but equally if you are happy teaching children a variety of subjects in a range of year groups this could also be an opportunity you would like. It is a great professional development opportunity for anyone who is considering a career in teaching.

This role involves working across both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. You will be teaching a class of children while the teacher is released for their planning, preparation and assessment time, if the teacher is required to attend meetings or if there is short term illness.

You would be expected to deliver lessons (based on teacher's planning) and to mark the work at the end of the lessons and feedback to the teacher.

This role also involves working alongside the teachers in class and supporting groups and individual pupils when you are not covering.

The post is for 33.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. The hours are 8:30am to 4:00pm, plus one hour per week to attend a staff meeting. You would also be expected to attend 5 INSET days.

This is a permanent post.

You will need to have a GCSE of equivalent in English and Maths and a high standard of written and spoken English.

We are looking for an individual who:

• Is kind and wants to make a positive difference to children's lives
• Has high expectations of themselves and our children
• Is passionate about teaching and learning and the opportunities and choices it provides
• Is hardworking, resilient and someone who loves learning.
• Is flexible and adaptable and can deal with changes to the timetable sometimes at short notice
• Enjoys working with people and is a team player
• Can manage and organise their time effectively

We can offer you:

• A positive school environment where children come first
• A friendly, dedicated and supportive staff team
• Opportunities for career development
• Investment in CPD
• Healthcare through SAS

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we would advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Record Declaration Form prior to interview.

When recruiting and selecting staff, the Trust is required to comply with all relevant employment legislation to ensure we are recruiting within the law as well as complying with the Trust’s Equality Policy. The Selection Criteria document is critical in the process and sets out the requirements which the person appointed should have in order to perform the duties of the post satisfactorily and against which applicants will be assessed. The selection criteria will be used throughout the recruitment process as an objective test of assessing candidates at shortlisting, test and interview stages. Shortlisting will be completed by assessing against the advertised person specification. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding, and will usually involve a child centred task.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Laurance Haines School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 468 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Laurance Haines School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/laurance-haines-school

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