Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 6HU

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  26 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, 37 hours a week, term time plus 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Band G, SCP 24-27. Actual Salary Range: £29,892 - £32,263

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) who will work across all year groups, under the direction of the Assistant Headteachers, to plan and deliver lessons to the class, plan and deliver appropriate interventions, and evaluate and assess children’s progress. We want an enthusiastic individual to work as a team member across the academy, who will support the learning, progress and welfare of all students to help them achieve their Personal Best.

We welcome and encourage applicants to come and visit our school. If you wish to view our school, please contact the school office on 01924 668836 to make an appointment.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have HLTA status (or qualified teacher experience) or be working towards this.
• Have Maths and English, GCSE C and be able to demonstrate high standards of numeracy and literacy.
• Have experience of working with pupils in schools for at least two years and have experience of working with children who have SEN/EAL.
• Have experience of teaching individuals, groups and whole classes.
• Love encouraging, motivating and inspiring young children through the support they give in order to encourage their learning.
• Be committed to our ethos that all pupils can achieve at Millbridge A SHARE Primary Academy.
• Have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with children.

What the school offers its staff

Rated Good by Ofsted in 2021, Millbridge Academy, a SHARE Primary Academy, continually strives to provide its pupils with the very best education possible. It does this by having high expectations, and children always giving their best.

Millbridge is one of nine academies within the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust. The academy is situated within a close-knit, diverse community, and is in good commuting distance from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield.

The academy is proud to offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in pupils’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
• Supportive leadership, encouraging health work-life balance.
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
  

Further details about the role

Overall purpose of the role:

The Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) will work across all year groups, under the direction of the Assistant Headteachers, delivering lessons to the class, to plan and deliver appropriate lessons and interventions, evaluating and assessing children’s progress.

The ideal candidate will work as a team member across the academy and support the learning, progress and welfare of all students to help them achieve their personal best.

Key Outputs:

1. Work with teachers in planning and delivering learning.

2. Plan, monitor and evaluate students’ learning. Ensuring the progress is clearly recorded in the relevant systems and related to the learning objectives/goals for students.

3. Deliver appropriate interventions to maximise student process.

4. Liaise with pastoral and inclusion staff ensure the needs of all students are met. Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils, including those with specific needs, both in learning activities and within the classroom. Use behaviour management strategies, to contribute to a purposeful learning environment and encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others.

5. Assist and collaborate with the class teachers: supervising activities and general management and control of pupils in the classroom; and promoting pupils learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individuals, groups and whole classes where the assigned teacher is not present.

6. Ensure relevant equipment and materials are suitable for the designated learning activities.

7. Contribute effectively to the research, selection and preparation of teaching resources that meet the diversity of pupils’ needs and interests.

8. Support class teachers with resourcing lessons as needed.

9. Foster and maintain constructive and supportive relationships with parent/carers, exchanging appropriate information, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, access and learning, and supporting home to school and community links.

10. Contribute to the overall ethos, work aims of the school by attending relevant meetings and contributing to the development of policies, procedures and processes within the school.

11. Provide cover as required and directed by SLT.

12. To provide information via CPOMs of incidents or occurrences to teachers and senior staff.

13. Plan and organise playground activities for break and lunchtime.

14. Deal with the personal care and comfort and minor medical treatments of pupils, as necessary.

15. Undertake any other work as directed by SLT, Assistant Headteachers and Headteachers.

16. Commit to and work towards our ambition to deliver an outstanding education for children and young people in our schools, taking appropriate action to ensure that your team members do likewise

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• • Have HLTA status [or qualified teacher experience] or be working towards this.
  • Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
  • Maths and English, GCSE C or equivalent, able to demonstrate high standards of numeracy and literacy.
  • Experience of working with pupils in school for at least two years.
  • Experience of working with children who have SEN/EAL.
  • Experience of teaching individuals, groups and whole classes.
  • Ability to engage and influence others.
  • Experience of working across classes.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent behaviour management skills.
  • Commitment to the safeguarding of young people.
  • Ability to monitor and evaluate impact of interventions and strategies.
  • Working knowledge of relevant policies and codes of practice.
  • Ability to use ICT to support learning.
  • Has the ability to travel around the local area for key events, including transporting pupils.
  • Is willing to work flexibly within scope of overall hours, e.g. evening meetings
    

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

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HLTA - Share MAT Application pack_Millbridge June 25.pdf - 1.57 MB (opens in new tab)

About Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 294 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy website
• Email address: julie.snellgrove@sharemat.co.uk
• Phone number: 01924668836
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/millbridge-a-share-primary-academy

Arranging a visit to Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email julie.snellgrove@sharemat.co.uk.

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