Higher Level Teaching Assistant

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol, BS14 9LS

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  24 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: BG9 s/p17-21 (£31,067-33,366 pro rata)(pay rise pending) Term-time only 8.30am-3.15pm (45 min lunch)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

We are a large, friendly, supportive team looking for two well organised, proactive, caring and flexible Higher Level Teaching Assistants to fully support the SENCO, playing an active part in the faculty; helping support students in our classrooms and supervising the work of support staff colleagues.

The roles will all involve helping students develop self confidence and resilience, to develop a positive mindset and a greater capacity for learning. You will help the students to build friendships and to become integrated into our school community.

The roles will include:

• Supporting students in class by abridging the learning, providing support strategies and helping students to develop skills to overcome barriers in learning
• Providing students with support for their core skills such as numeracy and literacy (either in small groups or 1:1)
• Monitoring and evaluating impact of support strategies and making adjustments as necessary
• Supporting students by ensuring they are referred for the appropriate interventions and external professional advice
• Line managing a small group within the SEN team
• Responsibility for a specific area of the faculty’s work

We can offer:

• Happy, friendly and talented students
• Enthusiastic, committed and friendly staff
  
• Strong academic results
  
• A school with strong care, support and guidance
  
• A wide range of employee benefits including employee assistance programme and counselling sessions, option to participate in the cycle to work scheme, on site free car parking, free annual flu jab

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 St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 747 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernadette-catholic-secondary-school

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