Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Stoke Gabriel Primary School, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6ST

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  19 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.26 - £13.47 Hourly MTA hour paid at NJC rate of £12.26, HLTA hours paid at £13.47

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Part Time Fixed Term Temporary Contract

10 hours to be worked across 3 days (Weds pm and Thurs & Fri am)

To commence September 2025

The Link Academy Trust are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate and talented individual to join our dedicated team at Stoke Gabriel Primary School. This post is to work across the school and involves covering teachers’ timetabled PPA each week and providing general support for the learning of the classes under the direction of the teacher. You may also be required to (as and when necessary), cover classes when teachers are absent due to training and occasionally staff illness.

There will be a requirement to perform a mealtime assistant duty on two days, so flexibility and adaptability is a preference. Please note this is a temporary post initially for up to 12 months to cover a staff secondment. There is often the possibility of further roles across the Trust for experienced and skilled individuals, so future employment may be possible beyond this.

We are looking for someone with a strong, sensitive and caring approach to children’s needs, who is able to be an effective communicator and think creatively. You will need to show a high degree of initiative and be solution focussed. It would also be beneficial to have experience of working with children with complex needs.

We offer you the support of clear systems, protocols, expectations and structures to help you to succeed. You will need to show initiative, creativity and demonstrate the aptitude to work as part of a successful and growing team to improve the life chances of our pupils and make every child feel special.

Ideally, you will:

• Understand that children communicate in a variety of ways and we have a responsibility to meet the needs of all learners
• Have HLTA experience and/or equivalent qualifications;
• Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills (A-C GCSE or equivalent)
• Be able to build positive relationships with children, staff and parents;
• Have high expectations of children’s behaviour and be able to maintain consistent boundaries;
• Be willing to work as part of a team;
• Be energetic, positive and enthusiastic.

• What we can offer you:

  Salary Sacrifice offers, including Bike2Work, Tech Scheme and Gym Membership

  Substantial workplace pension

  Term time ‘Give Back Day’ to take for personal reasons

  Staff Wellbeing support

  CPD opportunities for all staff

  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Social Media online check.

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 Stoke Gabriel Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 102 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stoke Gabriel Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stoke-gabriel-primary-school-totnes

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