Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Mayfield School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 1HJ19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 June 2025 at 8am
Date listed
20 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Negotiable – Monday to Thursday 8.40-15.40 (25 hours) OR Monday to Friday 8.40-15.40 (32.5 hours)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 4 - £33,366 - £40,476 FTE
Additional allowances
SEN allowance £1,668.70 pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Mayfield School, teaching assistants are valued and appreciated as the largest workforce group in our organisation. There are two higher level teaching assistants on each site who play a key role in leading interventions to support pupils to make good progress. This post will be based initially at Mayfield’s Wheeler Street site, leading pupil interventions relating to personal development, positive behaviour and inclusion. This is a joyful and rewarding job and one where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families.
We are looking for experienced and qualified teaching assistants who are ready to take on additional responsibility for leading sessions with children and young people. The successful candidates will show initiative, be skilled communicators, be solution focused, will role model positive behaviours, will be efficient at record keeping and evidencing impact, will have significant experience of working directly with children or young people in a special school setting and will be willing to work with others as part of a strong team. Experience of leading social and communication interventions and experience of using Makaton, communicate in print and widget symbols is an advantage.
This post will involve working with pupils who have persistent differences with social interaction, social communication and understanding emotions and may have fleeting engagement. Our pupils need clear boundaries and consistent support with engagement, learning, emotional regulation, sensory needs and positive behaviours.
Special school experience and a dedication to securing positive outcomes for all pupils is necessary for this post. Please read the person specification carefully before deciding whether to apply.
What the school offers its staff
In addition to the salary, we offer a benefits package for all employees through BSHF and regular opportunities for professional development and growth through the school and as part of the Trust.
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mayfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 309 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mayfield School website
- Email address
- hr@mayfield.eiat.org.uk
Our school is a special school for 310 pupils aged between 2 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including PMLD, cognition and learning needs and autism. We are proud to be a Unicef Rights Respecting School, on a journey to achieve the gold award.
This post involves working with pupils who have persistent differences with social interaction, social communication and understanding emotions. Our pupils need clear boundaries and consistent support with engagement, learning, emotional regulation, and sensory needs.
The school is split across two sites – Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Curriculum Leaders are expected to work across both sites and are typically committed to teaching 16-19 hours per week.
In recent years Mayfield has engaged with all stakeholders to design the “Get Real” curriculum to be ambitious for all our pupils and equip them with the knowledge, opportunities, and experiences to succeed. Curriculum Leaders play a key part in continuing to develop our curriculum offer, role modelling and monitoring the implementation of the curriculum and assessing its impact. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or aspiring middle leader to really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families through education.
Arranging a visit to Mayfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@mayfield.eiat.org.uk.
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