Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Warden Park Secondary Academy, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5DP

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  28 August 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  21 July 2026

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: SLT pay grade H £32,597 - £34,434 per annum fte. Actual salary:£27,256.38 - £28,792.41 based on 37 hours per week or £16,206.49 - £17,119.81 based on 22 hours per week

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistants

Required from September

1 x 37 hours per week

1 x 22 hours per week

SLT pay grade H £32,597 - £34,434 per annum fte.

Actual salary:£27,256.38 - £28,792.41 based on 37 hours per week or £16,206.49 - £17,119.81 based on 22 hours per week

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistants to lead, manage and develop colleagues within the Additional Learning Team and to support them in providing consistently high quality and specialist support to children with SEND. 

This would include:

Supporting students to access lessons across the school;

Developing an understanding of the needs of the students you will be working with;

Building students’ self-esteem and confidence;

Monitoring, recording and reporting on student progress;

Working 1:1 or in small groups with students.

If you have a genuine passion for education, and a desire to make a positive difference, excellent organisation and communication skills and a friendly and professional manner then we would be interested to hear from you. The successful candidate will be able to establish a positive, supportive relationship with our more vulnerable students. They will be flexible and able to adapt both to the developing needs of the students and the requirements of the teacher and department. The ability to work calmly under pressure and a willingness to learn and work with our digital systems will be required.

First aid/diabetic experience is preferred but not essential.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on children's learning and are interested in applying for this role, please download the job description below. We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions, please contact us at jobs@wardenpark.co.uk   

Please note, we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received. 

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Warden Park Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed along with other relevant employment checks.

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 Warden Park Secondary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1541 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Warden Park Secondary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/warden-park-secondary-academy

Warden Park is an exciting and vibrant school focused on getting the Best from All. We are located in the beautiful village of Cuckfield and offer a very high quality educational experience for approx. 1400 students in the Mid-Sussex area.

Getting the Best from All is at the centre of all that we do here at Warden Park. By providing the very best learning opportunities for our students we ensure that they leave with the best possible qualifications and the skills and attributes of the life-long learner. Warden Park has a strong and enviable tradition for high standards in academic achievement and excellence in sports, the arts and charitable community projects.

We focus on empowering our students, developing them personally, socially and emotionally, as well as academically. We are committed to offering the highest quality education to our students, an education that is rich in variety and opportunity, that fully embraces digital technologies and that develops our students into confident and aspirational young adults.

The outstanding relationships that exist between teachers, students, parents and carers and the local community sit at the heart of our successes and ensure that students are fully supported in their learning and development.

At Warden Park we ensure that every student is known as an individual, that we are responsive to individual’s needs and that each child develops the confidence and resilience to reach their potential. We provide students with a real breadth of subject choice enabling them to acquire a broad base of knowledge and understanding that will help each to find and then pursue their interests and passions. We are one of only 40 accredited Apple Distinguished Schools in the UK and through our innovative use of iPad technology, students develop the digital skills that will prepare them for life in the 21st century.

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