Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

The Iffley Academy, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DU

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,434.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE) 30hrs a week, term time only (38 weeks a year)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

Iffley Academy is Oxfordshire’s largest special school, and we are seeking enthusiastic and motivated staff to join our thriving and vibrant community at an exciting time in our development.

Judged as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2015, 2019 and 2024, our school community is unique in many ways. Our students have a range of Special Educational Needs, including Cognition and Learning Needs, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. We make respectful relationships with our students through our understanding of their special educational needs, our commitment to restorative approaches, and by providing outstanding teaching and pastoral care. We are a warm and caring community, dedicated to equipping students with the skills and knowledge they need to live independent lives. We offer individual learning pathways, vocational opportunities, and specialist therapies and interventions.

This HLTA role - complements the professional work of the class teacher by taking responsibility for adapting the learning activities for the needs of an individual student, in line with the teacher’s overarching plans. This will involve adapting, preparing and delivering learning activities for an individual student and assessing, recording and reporting on the student's achievement, progress and development. This will involve liaising with other professional agencies and using adaptive technology.

If you share our passion for making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs, this could be the opportunity you are looking for. In return for your contribution to our team, you will work in an environment, which is innovative and well resourced, and in a role which is rewarding and fulfilling. We will provide you with induction and training, and the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the largest public sector pension schemes in the UK. This is an exciting time to join our team as we have just moved into our fantastic new school rebuild on our site in Iffley.

Iffley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Occupational Health check and a probationary period of 6 months. The Iffley Academy is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of ethnic backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our school community.

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 The Iffley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 18
• School size: 179 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Iffley Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-iffley-academy

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