Higher Level Teaching Assistant

St Marys CofE Primary School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4JR

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  6 January 2026

• Closing date

  2 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14.82 - £16.08 Hourly

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Post Title: HLTA - (Higher Level Teaching Assistant)

Reporting to: Sarah North - Headteacher

Salary: £14.82 - £16.08 per hour / £18131.00 - £19668 per annum

Hours: 27.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday - 8:45am-15:15pm - Term time only

Location: St Mary’s CE Primary School & Nursery, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, SY4 4JR

Core Purpose of Role:

• Support high-quality teaching and learning by working closely with teachers to deliver planned lessons and learning activities.
• Lead learning activities independently with individuals, small groups, or whole classes when required.
• Contribute to planning by helping prepare lesson resources, adapting materials, and offering insights based on pupils’ needs.
• Provide targeted support for pupils with varying abilities, including those with SEND, EAL, or additional barriers to learning.
• Promote positive behaviour and help maintain a safe, inclusive learning environment.
• Assess and record pupil progress, offering feedback to the teacher to inform future planning.
• Support pupil personal development, social skills, confidence, and well-being.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, support staff, and external professionals to meet learners’ needs.
• Model good practice in supporting learning to less experienced staff.
• Deliver interventions such as phonics, literacy, numeracy, or social-emotional programmes.
• Differentiate tasks and support access to the curriculum so all pupils can participate meaningfully.
• Provide feedback to pupils that supports progress, motivation, and independence.
• Support the use of educational technology and learning tools to enhance pupil engagement.
• Contribute to safeguarding by being alert to pupil welfare concerns and following school procedures.
• Communicate effectively with parents/carers, when appropriate and directed by teaching staff.
• Support pupils during unstructured times, such as transitions, break/lunch, or off-site activities.
• Participate in professional development to continuously improve practice and stay aligned with school priorities.
• Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in all interactions and learning activities.

Duties:

• Lead learning activities for individuals, groups, or whole classes under the direction of a teacher.
• Deliver planned lessons in the teacher’s absence to maintain continuity of learning.
• Prepare, adapt, and organise lesson materials and resources.
• Support pupils in accessing the curriculum by differentiating activities and scaffolding learning.
• Use a range of strategies to support pupils with SEND, EAL, or additional needs.
• Observe, assess, and record pupil progress, feeding information back to the teacher.
• Provide constructive feedback to pupils to support progress and independence.
• Maintain a purposeful, inclusive, and safe learning environment.

Knowledge and Qualifications:

Essential, i.e. the postholder must have:

• HLTA status (via nationally recognised HLTA assessment) or working towards it.
• Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent (e.g., Level 3 Supporting Teaching & Learning).
• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths, typically grade C/4 or above.
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development (e.g., safeguarding, behaviour, SEND).
• In some settings:
• First aid training, or willingness to undertake it.

Desirable, i.e. the postholder would ideally have:

• HLTA status fully achieved (if not already essential).
• Level 4 or 5 qualifications in education or learning support.
• Paediatric First Aid or enhanced first-aid certification.
• Safeguarding Level 2 or 3 training.
• Additional literacy/numeracy or subject-specific training.
• Understanding of specific intervention programmes (e.g., Read Write Inc)
• Familiarity with restorative behaviour approaches or coaching techniques.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

About St Marys CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Marys CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-marys-cofe-primary-school-shrewsbury

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