Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Withymoor Primary School, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 2BH4 days remaining to apply
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,377.00 - £25,525.00 Annually (Actual)
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Hales Valley Multi Academy Trust is a primary academy trust, based in Dudley, West Midlands. We currently consist of seven very different primary schools, ensuring that our Trust is a diverse and exciting place to work and learn.
We put our children at the heart of everything we do and are dedicated to providing them with an enriching curriculum, underpinned by our overall commitment to high standards across the board.
We value our staff and ensure that they are well supported and trained. We have a continual professional development guarantee that provides a clear career pathway of training and opportunities for all staff at all levels.
Our family of schools work closely together, ensuring that staff and children benefit from sharing the excellent practice that exists across the Trust. Our schools are well supported by the Local Governing Committees, the Board of Directors and the Trust Central team.
We believe that we are stronger together – all schools sharing capacity, resources and expertise. We believe that collaboration is fundamental to providing the best learning opportunities through a meaningful curriculum where children and adults acquire the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes to prepare and strengthen them for their role in society: today, tomorrow and in the future. We support and care for each other, especially when things go wrong; we are a family.
This role provides you with an opportunity to join our family to improve outcomes for children. If you are interested in finding out more please do get in touch – we would be very happy to meet with you!
Withymoor was last inspected by Ofsted - December 2018. Ofsted recognised that we are a school that offers ‘a good quality of education’ and that our motto: ‘learning together, aiming for excellence’ reflects our ‘positive, aspirational and inclusive culture’.
We are a values-led school, with our values driving our decision making
The Role - Higher Level Teaching Assistant
HVT Reference - HVT0606
The successful candidate will be proficient and experienced in teaching pupils with SEMH needs and classes for PPA cover. They will have the necessary skills to work under the direction of the SLT to provide support for pupils and the school as well as utilising their specialist knowledge and skills to coach, mentor and support colleagues and contribute to the overall SEMH provision of pupils with SEND alongside the SENDCo/SLT.
You will be appointed on Grade 7, working 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. You will be employed on a permanent contract.
Your actual salary will be £23,377 - £25,525 per annum
We are looking for a HLTA who:
- has a passion for learning
- has high aspirations for all children and themselves
- provides inspirational learning experiences
- is committed to improving outcomes and raising aspirations for all children
- is knowledgeable about how children learn and progress
- is able to work as part of a team
- is willing to go the extra mile
We can offer you:
- Highly motivated staff
- A leadership team whose focus is on improving outcomes for our children
- Children who value learning and supportive parents
- An ethos of valuing staff and their Professional Development
- A stimulating learning environment which is conducive to learning
- Competitive salary
- Generous benefits (pension, holiday, discounted fees at our Trust schools)
- Employee Assistance Programme (supporting your health and wellbeing)
- Networking and support opportunities between the Trust schools
- Cycle to work
- Free Flu Vouchers
- Free Eye Test
For more information about this role please see attached job description and person specification.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Tracy Robbins trobins@withymoor.dudley.sch.uk
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Shortlisting: 11th July 2025
Interviews: 16th July 2025
All applicants short listed will be required to take part in a formal interview.
Additional Information:
Hales Valley Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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 Withymoor Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 420 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Withymoor Primary School website
School location
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