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Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Widey Court Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
2 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
19 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 08:40 - 15:25 28.75hrs per week, 39 weeks per annum
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year
Pay scale
- Connect Grade E
What skills and experience we're looking for
Connect Academy Trust is looking to appoint highly skilled HLTA’s to support the children's learning. The role will include delivering interventions and covering classes during planned or unplanned teacher absence. This would be an ideal role for an aspiring teacher or a recently qualified teacher wishing to gain more classroom experience.
As part of your role you may be required to:
- cover teacher or support staff absence, e.g. for sickness absence, courses etc;
- plan, manage and deliver interventions across a key stage;
- cover the class to allow a teacher to run interventions;
- attend meetings as required sometimes at the start or end of a school day
- plan, teach and evaluate lessons daily with some support from teachers (Y6 Intervention HLTA) ;
- assess and mark work completed with teaching groups and classes
You could be the person we appoint if you are:
- inspiring and motivated;
- committed to excellence, inclusion and high expectations;
- plan, prioritise and liaise with teachers on daily timetables;
- highly effective in the planning, teaching and evaluation of all lessons;
- able to maintain positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and families;
- willing to motivate others, seek and accept advice;
- rigorous in ensuring all pupils make good progress;
- able to contribute to the wider life of the school;
- willing to train in the appropriate qualifications;
- ready to lift the ceiling on expectations of children.
What the school offers its staff
To help you achieve this, we can offer you:
- support to develop your skills through school-centred, multi academy trust wide and external continuing professional development and teamwork;
- wonderful staff and pupils who are keen to learn;
- a very dedicated team with a strong positive ethos;
- a well-resourced and highly professional school.
Further information about the job
If you are interested, please complete an online application form. If you have any questions relating to the post, or if you are unable to access the online application, please email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
Closing date: Tuesday 2nd June 2026 @ 9am
Interviews: Monday 8th June 2026
Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required to be undertaken and an on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.
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 will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Medical checks
Online and social media checks
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Widey Court Primary School
- School type
- Academies, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 605 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Widey Court Primary School website
- Email address
- gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01752 773909
Arranging a visit to Widey Court Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk.
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