Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

The Brittons Academy, Rainham, Essex, RM13 7BB

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (5 days per week, term time only)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4 Spinal Point 10 to 15, Actual Salary £20,746- £22,504 per annum, FTE: £31,610 - £33,985 (Inclusive of Outer London weighting)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Part-Time, Permanent, required for 1 September 2026, 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (5 days per week, term time only)

Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams, so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. The Brittons Academy wish to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and high calibre HLTA who will be committed to supporting students with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability). The successful candidate will be a practitioner who is committed to helping students achieve their best academically as well as socially. Experience of working with children with complex needs is essential.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working with children with complex needs is essential

• Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) qualification is required

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs

• Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance

• Effective time management, planning and collaboration

• Ability to provide a structured activity within a group setting

• Group dynamics and how to apply them

• Obtain and interpret information on pupils’ literacy/numeracy skills, individual learning targets and specific support needs

• Ability to recognise the range and implications of factors that impact pupil behaviour

• Minimum GCSE Maths and English or equivalent

Applications:

Closing date for applications: Monday 29 June 2026, 12pm

Early applications are appreciated as interviews will be arranged as and when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to commence or complete the recruitment process prior to the closing date.

Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly thereafter.

For further information about this role, please email Luisa Rapone (SENCo), LRapone@elatschools.co.uk

If you have any queries about the recruitment process and compliance, please contact Mrs G Chana at gchana@elatschools.co.uk

The Brittons Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students; therefore, all successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including an online social media check, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.

In accordance with ELAT policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence.

Please find our polices here Key Information – The Brittons Academy

We do not accept applications via agencies.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

• High quality professional development

• Supportive and friendly colleagues

• Flexible working opportunities

• Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

• Cycle to work scheme

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Brittons Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 711 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Brittons Academy website
• Email address: gchana@elatschools.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-brittons-academy

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