Higher LevelTeaching Assistant

King's Park Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4NB

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,388.68 - £26,440.67 Annually (Actual) (28,608 - 31,015 FTE)

Higher LevelTeaching Assistant job summary

We're looking for a talented HLTA to take the lead in the classroom and support outstanding learning across our school.

The post requires someone with:

• A HLTA qualification or equivalent experience working within a primary school setting.

• The confidence and ability to lead whole-class teaching across a range of year groups.

• Excellent classroom management skills and high expectations of behaviour and achievement
• A strong understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies.
• The ability to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and families.
• Experience of supporting and accelerating pupil progress.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility, resilience and the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and ensuring every child can achieve their full potential.
• A positive, enthusiastic and proactive approach, with a genuine passion for helping children succeed.

What We have to Offer:

• A visible and approachable senior leadership team and an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff.
• A strong support network both within the school and across Authentic Education.
• All staff are part of a professional learning community in which evidence-informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs.
• Strong potential for career progression.
• A culture that respects work-life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion.
• An Employee Assistance Programme including in the moment support and counselling sessions with an external provider.
• Staff benefits include free eye testing for DSE users through Specsavers, free will writing through Dunham McCarthy Solicitors and reduced price corporate gym membership through BH Live.
• A competitive pension through Teachers’ Pensions or The Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff.



Should you wish to arrange a visit or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Samantha Wakefield HR Academy Lead at samantha.wakefield@kpa.weareauthentic.education

Together we are Courageous, Innovative, Excellent

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 King's Park Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 572 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: King's Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-park-academy

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