Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Teach Poole, Poole, BH17 8PJ28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,711.00 - £30,060.00 Annually (FTE) Grade F (Point 12 – 17), £27,711 - £30,060 per annum pro-rata. Term time only
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
‘TEACH Poole’ Multi-Academy Trust
Ad Astra Infant School
Haymoor Junior School
Canford Heath Infant School
Canford Heath Junior School
Looking for a rewarding career?
Our Trust is seeking Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) to join our team!
If you are a compassionate and dedicated individual, who is committed to helping children reach their full potential, and passionate about working with children, we would love to hear from you.
Grade F (Point 12 – 17) £27,711 - £30,060 per annum pro-rata
Term time only
PERMANENT
31.75 hours per week
Monday - Friday - 8:15 am to 3:15 pm, with a 45-minute lunch break
Plus, 30 minutes planning time on one day per week
(Actual Salary c. £19,746 – £21,420)
Start date – September 2025
TEMPORARY (MATERNITY COVER)
30.5 hours per week
Monday - Friday - 8:30 am to 3:15 pm, with a 45-minute lunch break
Plus, 30 minutes planning time on one day per week
(Actual Salary c. £18,968 - £20,576)
Start date – September 2025
The TEACH Poole Multi Academy Trust was formed in April 2015. All four of our wonderful schools are graded as good or outstanding schools by Ofsted. We are extremely popular, over-subscribed, forward-thinking schools with supportive staff and fantastic children.
We are looking to appoint Higher Level Teaching Assistants to join our Trust with the skills to work across the primary school age range. The successful candidates will work each day to cover classes for PPA across the school. The contract also allows time for weekly planning within the year group team. Staff will be employed by the Trust as a whole, but the current vacancies are required at Canford Heath Junior and Ad Astra Infant School, in the first instance.
If you:
Are keen to work in a supportive, learning environment
Work well in a team
Are able to bring energy and enthusiasm to the role
Are confident to be able to teach whole classes each afternoon
Are suitably qualified with HLTA status or equivalent qualifications or higher
A can-do attitude to overcoming obstacles
Preparedness to go above and beyond
Resilience and stamina
In return we can offer:
- Fun, friendly and supportive staff who get on well together.
- Rights’ Respecting pupils with excellent attitudes to learning and outstanding behaviour.
- Superb opportunities and specialist training for career professional development within our Trust.
- A fantastic induction programme.
- Enviable support at all levels, and a proactive approach to staff well-being, work-life balance and care for each person as an individual, including the ability to take time off during term time.
- Beautiful school grounds and welcoming learning environments.
- Highly competitive rates of pay and excellent pension contributions by the Trust.
- Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured; and
- Long service awards.
Join our team and help us make a real difference in the lives of our children!
Applications should be made online at My New Term. We do not accept CV applications.
Closing date: Sunday 15th June 2025
Interview date: Tuesday 24th June 2025
Personal information provided by candidates will be securely filed electronically and password protected, with paper copies locked in filing cabinets in a locked office. They will not be released to third parties outside the school without the consent of the person concerned, except where there is a legal requirement to do so. If the application does not proceed, the data will be securely disposed of after 6 months. Any concerns regarding data gathered in the recruitment process should be directed to the Data Manager – Hayley Hemmings at h.hemmings@teachpoole.com
These schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicant’s background credentials including an enhanced DBS check. Online searches will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. Suitability to work with children will be explored at interview.
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.
About Teach Poole
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- Multi-academy trust
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