Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Rosherville Church of England Academy, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9JQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  25 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: AAT D.8 - D.10 - (£20,207.43 - £21,218.07 per annum)
• Additional allowances:

  AAT D.8 - D.10 - (£20,207.43 - £21,218.07 per annum)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

HLTA required for Rosherville CE Academy

32.5 hours per week, term-time plus inset days (39 weeks per year)

Part-time, permanent

Salary: AAT D.8 - D.10 (£20,207.43 - £21,218.07 per annum)

Required to start: January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our support staff team from January 2026.

In this role, you will work across all key stages, supporting pupils to achieve their best and ensuring they receive high-quality learning support. You will also have a specialist focus on attendance, helping to identify and address barriers to learning and engagement.

You will work under the guidance of the Attendance Lead, Inclusion Manager, and Class Teachers. A proactive, motivated approach and a willingness to develop professionally are essential. The role aims to remove barriers to learning, promote inclusion, and support children’s academic, social, and emotional development.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Want to be involved in shaping and developing outstanding learning experiences to enable all children to thrive
• Want to work in a supportive and caring environment
• Are committed to enabling every child to achieve the very best they can.

For more information, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

If you are interested in this position and would like to arrange a visit to the school before making the decision to apply, please contact the People and Culture Team (hr@aletheiatrust.org.uk) .

Why work for Rosherville CE Academy? Some of of our Trust benefits include:

• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment opportunities
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Access to Local Government and Teachers’ Pensions Schemes

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies 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 an Enhanced DBS 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

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Rosherville Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rosherville Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rosherville-church-of-england-academy

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