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Higher Level Teaching Assistant (SEND)
Lift Meadstead, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 4JSThis job expired on 7 July 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 11:56am
Date listed
23 June 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
- £20525 - £22265 per annum
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (SEND) job summary
Salary: NJC 12 - 17 £20,525 - £22,265 (Actual Salary) - £27,711 - £30,060 (FTE) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 32.5 hours a week, (38.4 weeks per year)
Contract: Permanent
Start date: September 2025
Join our team at Meadstead Primary Academy and help shape the very start of a child's learning journey. We're looking for an experienced and passionate Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to support within our specialist SEND provision. The role will directly focus on our SEND children, working alongside teachers and other TAs to ensure the very best educational experience for all of our children.
About the role
In this HLTA role, you'll work closely with our SEND teachers and TAs to help deliver an ambitious curriculum, creating a safe, stimulating and inclusive environment for every child. You'll lead sessions, cover lessons, and guide pupils through key developmental stages - giving them the strongest possible start. From time to time, in the absence of the teache,r you may organise and supervise the provision and the other teaching assistants.
Our HLTA's will:
* Plan and deliver small group interventions and cover whole-class sessions when required
* Support with assessment and observations to inform planning
* Encourage children's social and emotional development
* Build strong relationships with families, supporting parental involvement
* Line manage or supervise other TAs where appropriate
Requirement for the role:
* Level 4 Higher Level Teaching assistant qualified
* Experienced in a range of SEND strategies
* SEND knowledge and awareness
* Motivated and passionate about supporting SEND children within our schools to ensure the very best education for them.
We value the skills and dedication of our teaching assistants. To support the best outcomes for our students, as a HLTA we require a level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent). If you don't yet hold this qualification but you do have the relevant experience and hold a level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification, don't worry! We'll invest in your development by enrolling you in one of our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Programmes, helping you gain the behaviours, skills and experience you need to thrive in the role.
Please note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. You must have the right to work in the UK.
About Meadstead Primary Academy
Meadstead is a proud and ambitious school serving a diverse community in Barnsley. We're dedicated to creating an inspiring, inclusive learning environment where children thrive emotionally, socially and academically. We have a strong EYFS and SEND offer and are committed to ensuring every child is ready to flourish across all levels of the school and beyond.
Our team is close-knit, committed and passionate about improving lives through education. Our recent developments in the SEND curriculum have created exciting opportunities for a skilled HLTA to make a real impact.
Who is Lift Schools?
We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
Closing date: 6th July
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
About Lift Meadstead
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lift Meadstead website
Welcome to Lift Meadstead, located in Royston in Barnsley. We are a vibrant, welcoming school dedicated to nurturing every child’s potential through a supportive and engaging learning environment. Our passionate staff and diverse curriculum encourage curiosity, creativity, and resilience, ensuring that each child grows academically, socially, and emotionally. At Lift Meadstead, we are committed to building strong foundations and fostering a lifelong love of learning within our inclusive school community.
Lift Meadstead will:
Ensure that the children and their families are at the heart of all curriculum development.
Ensure that every child leaves the school at the end of Year 6 with the sufficient skills in reading, writing and maths to be able to access their secondary curriculum.
Ensure that every child has an appreciation of all curriculum subjects and has had an opportunity to direct their own learning in line with their interests through the delivery of a creative curriculum.
Ensure that every child has the highest aspirations and expectations for themselves and understands the importance of effort in achieving these.
Work to ensure that every child understands how to keep themselves as healthy and safe as possible.
Work to ensure that every child learns how to conduct themselves well in both formal and informal social settings and understands the importance of following rules.
Work to ensure that every child has an understanding of the skills needed to be a good learner and is able to demonstrate and explain a number of these.
Why join Lift Meadstead?
● Career development and training
● Great pension
● Healthcare cashback and helpline
● Employee assistance programme
● Free financial advice
● Salary advances
● Affordable loan scheme
● Electric car and bike schemes
● Lifestyle savings
● Discounted gym membership
● Travel and leisure scheme
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