Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 3WU

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,015.00 - £33,673.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Permanent Part-time 37 hours per week over 39 weeks per year

Salary: Grade 5

£31,015 - £33,673 Annually (FTE), £26,750 - £29,042 (Dependant on continuous service)

About this Role

School location is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Barnsley Road, Sheffield. S5 0QF. Candidates may be required to work within other schools, in our trust, as and when needed.

St Patrick’s is a rich and diverse learning community where achievements and success go hand in hand. Our aim is to provide every opportunity in a Christian environment for our children to emerge as confident, articulate and independent young people.

Check out our website for more information about the school. www.st-patricks.sheffield.sch.uk

The HLTA will:

Work closely with the SENDCo to:

• produce intervention resources.
• monitor attendance and provide appropriate interventions.
• monitor SEND students behaviour & suspension data and provide appropriate intervention resources.
• Manage a provision to support SEND students to re-integrate into the mainstream classroom.

Key Tasks to Achieve Outcomes

• Teaching and learning
• Planning
• Working with staff, parents/carers and relevant professionals
• Health and Safety
• Professional Development
• Safeguarding

We will offer you:

• An exciting opportunity to work in a school with a strong Catholic ethos.
• Wonderful children who enjoy learning at our school.
• Talented, supportive and innovative staff.
• Opportunities to develop professionally.

The Governors require a HLTA with the following skills/attributes:

• Fully support the Catholic ethos of the school.
• Being highly motivated and self-driven.
• Experience working with children with Special Educational Needs
• Be open to challenge in order to continue developing skills.
• Be first aid trained (or willing to go on the relevant training)

The Governors of St Patrick’s Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. The role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure.

We welcome visits to school. To arrange a visit please contact the Executive Headteacher, Karen Dobson at exechead@st-patricks.sheffield.sch.uk

The Governors of St Patrick’s Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

The applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. The role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure. Our safeguarding policy can be found here: https://www.st-patricks.sheffield.sch.uk/page/?title=Safeguarding&pid=44

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 St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-trust

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust was formed in response to the vision of the Bishop of Hallam for all schools in the Diocese to be part of high achieving Catholic MATs with a strong moral purpose to deliver the best possible experiences for all pupils with a particular commitment to those who are most vulnerable.
Our first 12 schools joined the Trust in September 2022 and our 13th school, Holy Trinity Barnsley, joined us in April 2024. We work closely with our wider family of 10 primary schools who we look forward to fully welcoming into the Trust in due course, at which point we will be a Trust of 23 schools across Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
We are built on a foundation of strong relationships between our schools, rooted in our shared Catholic Christian mission and passion for serving our communities across the Diocese. We have a strong commitment to enhancing the ethos and character of each individual school so that schools continue to be rooted firmly in the communities that they serve. We also have a commitment to the common good, harnessing our collective capacity for the benefit of all the children and young people who attend our schools.

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