Higher Level Teaching Assistant - SRB

The Open Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 9DL

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  25 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: £23,734 to £25,746 per annum

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - SRB job summary

Part of The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

Telephone: 01603 481640

Email: office@open-academy.org.uk

• Salary: Grade F, £23,734 to £25,746 actual pa (£27,711-£30,060 FTE)
• Permanent
• Full Time
• 37 hours per week
• Term Time plus one week
• Required for 1 September 2025

We are looking for an experienced, committed and enthusiastic individual with a background in SEND to provide in class and one-to-one support for our students in the specialist resource base in line with their special educational needs. You will be joining a small team and will work across a wide variety of subject areas, demonstrating a commitment to helping our students make good progress.

We would be delighted to hear from you if you are interested in this challenging and extremely rewarding position, and you fulfil the following criteria:

• A good secondary education with GCSEs in English and Maths and/or degree. 
• The desire to help young people fulfil their potential.
• The ability to relate to and motivate young people.
• Flexibility and the ability to react quickly to changing daily routines.
• The desire to make a real difference to young people’s life chances.
• Experience of working with autistic students is desirable but not essential.

For further information about Open Academy, please visit our website at www.open-academy.org.uk  

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  14 July 2025, 12noon

Interview date:  17 July 2025

DNEAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. 

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Open Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 578 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Open Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-open-academy

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