Higher Level Teaching Assistant (with SEN Focus)

Priestlands School, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8FZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,459.00 Annually (Actual) £27,780pa full-time equivalent

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (with SEN Focus) job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our SEND team at the start of the new academic year. This is a new role to the SEND team to assist with the restructure in our bespoke HUB area of the school, enabling us to provide a high quality curriculum through delivering both small group work and classroom support. The position of HLTA with an SEN focus will allow us to further deliver specialised learning opportunities and to further enhance the support for our SEN students. The role is for 32.5 hours a week during term-time only. The hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday.

The essential qualities required are someone who enjoys a good rapport with students as well as the desire to help them learn and succeed. The successful candidate will have a proven record of working with students in KS3 & 4 and you will need to have an innovative and creative approach to ensure students gain access to the work. As well as having the ability to bring out the best in our students, you will also need to have immaculate administration skills in order to record, analysis and communicate effectively with all stake holders.

Benefits of working at Priestlands include:

• Free on-site car park
• Two week Autumn half term
• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• Enrolment in and generous contribution to one of the UK’s largest public sector pension schemes; LGPS
• Eligible for reduced rate membership at NFDC leisure centres
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance programme offering advice on a range of areas including well-being, housing and financial matters
• Free access to the UK's largest online GP service, Livi
• Free eye sight test every 2 years
• Professional development opportunities for all staff
• Affordable on-site canteen

Please refer to the attached information pack for further details including the job description and person specification.

References will be usually taken up prior to interview; if you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher. You will be required to provide appropriate evidence of identity and qualifications to support other pre-employment checks which will be undertaken on the successful candidate for this role, including: your right to work in the UK, a confidential health declaration, an online search of your name in line with government guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, and a DBS application.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving your application.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Priestlands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Priestlands School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Priestlands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Priestlands School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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 Priestlands School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1236 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Priestlands School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/priestlands-school-lymington

Priestlands School, an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school, serves the south of the New Forest. Our catchment area covers an area of outstanding beauty, stretching from Beaulieu in the East, to Brockenhurst in the North, and Milford-on-Sea at its most westerly point. To the south lies the Solent, providing one of the most popular sailing areas in the country. We serve eleven primary and junior schools, although our intake includes children from other schools, including a number of private schools.

Priestlands is an exciting school in which to work and we are proud of its many achievements. We are committed to being a leading comprehensive school that serves the entire community, provides high quality education across the curriculum and has ambitious plans for its continued success and development. Our headline GCSE results and progress score consistently place us among the top schools in Hampshire and the New Forest and demonstrate that Priestlands is consistently delivering positive outcomes for all groups of students, year on year.
We are proud of our academic record and believe all children are capable of making exceptional progress. We encourage them to embrace challenge, pursue excellence and to be resilient in overcoming obstacles. Above all we want to ignite in our students a love of learning which will serve them well throughout their lives.

However, Priestlands is about far more than exam results as our motto, Learn more… Do more… Be more…, implies. Our aim is to develop well rounded young people who have the skills and attributes to be successful in life and make a positive impact in our community.

We encourage all our young people to develop a sense of values and responsibility for themselves and other people. We aim to treat young people as individuals, recognising and respecting individual needs, aptitudes, interests and aspirations.

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