Higher Level Teaching Assistant – SEN
Aurora Poppyfield School, KT24 5JP20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
15 October 2025
Closing date
7 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,713 - £30,250
Higher Level Teaching Assistant – SEN job summary
Higher Level Teaching Assistant – SEN
Location: Effingham, Surrey
Actual salary: £27,713 - £30,250 dependant on qualifications Plus £2000 Welcome bonus For HLTA with SEN Experience*
Hourly rate: £15.51 - £16.93 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm
Aurora Poppyfield School
We’re looking to recruit a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team at Poppyfield School. The successful candidate will be supporting the teacher within the class.
Our autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.
Poppyfield is part of the Aurora group, they share their Principal with Redehall school, but all other staff are specific to each school
What’s in it for you?/ Why Should You Apply?
- You want to make a difference in the lives of our pupils and their families.
- You are looking for a role where you are given the opportunity to lead lessons and develop your skills to support teaching and learning.
- You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
- You want to work with an inspiring pupil population.
- You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
- You have a strong commitment to pupil and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
- You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.
Key Duties:
Pupil Welfare and Safeguarding
- Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
- Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
- Monitor pupils conduct and behaviour throughout the learning process and intervene to resolve highly complex, difficult or very challenging issues and to keep records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary.
Supporting Teaching and Learning
- To lead in the absence of any Class Teachers across the school.
- Assist the Class Teacher with carrying out the professional duties of a teacher as outlined in the Professional Standards for Teachers.
- Know and understand the Class Teacher’s curriculum planning and to plan, prepare and deliver assigned programmes of teaching and learning activities to individual, small groups and/or classes modifying and adapting activities as necessary within agreed systems of supervision.
- To provide high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through teaching a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.
- Develop and implement individual plans for pupils (such as the educational elements in an EHCP), including attendance at, and contribution to, reviews if requested.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Poppyfield when required.
Skills and Qualifications
- GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
- The Higher Level Teaching Assistant Diploma or equivalent Level 4 qualification or demonstrate equivalent skill level.
Benefits and Additional Information
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
- Life assurance
- Enhanced Pension
- * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme.
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
How to apply:
To apply please complete our online application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aurora Poppyfield School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 34 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aurora Poppyfield School website
School location
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