Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Winchmore School, London, N21 3HS

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate start

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,215.00 - £28,199.00 Annually (Actual)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

HLTA - 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time only) - from 08:15 to 3:15 (4:30 on a Wednesday).

We have a vacancy for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) position - with a Maths speciality within the Inclusion Faculty. This role will support learners with SEND through a targeted range of learning interventions, specialist provisions, and small-group teaching, while also contributing to the administrative and organisational work that underpins the effective running of the Inclusion Faculty. The role will involve working closely with teaching staff and inclusion colleagues to support both learning outcomes and day-to-day inclusion provision, under the direction of the Inclusion Manager.

HLTA - Maths (Learning Studio Provision)

This role will involve teaching Maths to students in a targeted provision setting (including Studio 30 and Studio 40). The post holder will plan and deliver structured Maths sessions, support student progress, and contribute to monitoring outcomes for learners with SEND.

Additional responsibilities

• support learning in mainstream and inclusion settings

• assist with day-to-day timetabling of Teaching Assistants (administrative support, not management)

• track and monitor the effectiveness of interventions

• work in partnership with teaching and inclusion colleagues

• contribute to the development of inclusion provision

• occasionally cover lessons in the absence of Studio teachers

The successful candidate will be a qualified HLTA or working towards the HLTA qualification..

The Schools in this Authority are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

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 Winchmore School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1859 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Winchmore School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/winchmore-school

Winchmore is a successful, oversubscribed, multicultural comprehensive school situated in a leafy part of North London. Deemed Good by OFSTED in November 2016 and October 2013

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