Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HW9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday -Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade E £29,093 to £31,586
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Have highly effective literacy and numeracy skills in order to work, as necessary, with pupils across the primary age range.
- Have experience of working with groups of pupils to run interventions focused on addressing gaps in learning.
- Have experience of planning and delivering whole class lessons.
- Have high expectations of children’s behaviour and attainment.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills – this includes effective communication skills and working well within a team.
- Be open to advice, feedback and guidance / direction from colleagues.
- Be interested in and willing to take part in CPD opportunities to extend their skill base.
- Be supportive of the school’s Trauma Informed culture and relationships policy.
What the school offers its staff
We welcome and encourage visits to the school. Please contact a member of our wonderful admin team in the school office on 01752 224801 to book a visit.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lipson Vale Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 405 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lipson Vale Primary School website
- Email address
- lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01752224801
Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.
Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.
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