Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Saint George's Church of England School, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: AAT D - £26,393 - £27,713 per annum FTE

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Primary Phase)

Part-time, Permanent

Working Hours: 32.5 per week (Mon to Fri 8:15am to 3:45pm)

Salary: AAT D - £26,393 - £27,713 per annum FTE ((£20,117.53-£21,123.68 pro rata to part time hours)

Required to start: September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant of exceptional ability to join our team to work in this over-subscribed and successful all through school.

The school has an existing reputation for high quality education with a relentless focus upon high expectations and aspirations. Your supportive role will enable children and their families to access outstanding provision as soon as they join our all-through school.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• want to be involved in shaping and developing outstanding learning experiences to enable all children to thrive
• want to work in a supportive and caring environment
• are committed to enabling every child to achieve the very best they can

To be successful in this post, you will need:

• Previous experience of working with children in Primary school.
• A desire to lead learning across the whole primary phase
• A personal high standard of maths and literacy skills with a secure understanding of English grammar
• An understanding of using assessment for learning to enable pupils to make progress
• An understanding of the maths mastery approach
• To be enthusiastic and highly organised about all aspects of classroom operation
• Have high expectations of both pupils and yourself
• To be self-motivated and show creativity when adapting learning to meet the needs of individuals or small groups of children
• A belief in inclusion, diversity and the right of each child to be successful whatever their needs, abilities and background
• To be able to demonstrate our Christian values
• To be able to inspire, motivate and foster excellent relationships, working in partnership with staff, parents, governors and our wider community
• Good interpersonal skills, a sense of humour and the ability to work as part of a hard-working, enthusiastic, supportive and committed team
• To be committed to your own professional development and keen to make a significant contribution to the life of our school.

Please download a vacancy pack below and apply via My New Term.

Closing date: Monday 2nd June 2025

Interview date: Week beginning 9th June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Commitment to safeguarding

Saint George’s Church of England School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers and governors will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Saint George's Church of England School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1473 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Saint George's Church of England School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saint-george-s-church-of-england-school

Saint George's Church of England School is a popular wide ability school for boys and girls. It is located in pleasant green fields and is within easy reach of the A2/M2 motorway with excellent transport links to London. In 2016 it was the most oversubscribed high school in Kent.

Saint George’s Church of England School converted to Academy status in November 2011 and is a founder member of the Aletheia Anglican Academies Trust formed in December 2014.

The school recently underwent a section 8 inspection (February 2017) and was considered to have remained 'Good' overall with 'Outstanding' for Leadership and Management; continued improvement since the last inspection was also recognised. I recommend it to you as a friendly community, where an energetic, willing, supportive staff work enthusiastically and collaboratively to enable students to excel.

We are delighted that we have been able to expand our age range to open a new primary department on site, making Saint George's an all through school from 4-18 from September 2019.

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