HLTA Attendance
Mangotsfield School, Bristol, BS16 9LH8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 November 2026
Closing date
13 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
5 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- PATH 7, £33,673 FTE, £16,438 prorated
HLTA Attendance job summary
Job title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Attendance)
Location: Mangotsfield School
Salary: PATH 7, £33,673 FTE, £16,438 prorated
Working hours: 21 per week
Contract type: Fixed term until 31/08/2027
Working weeks: term time only + INSET
About the Role
As the Attendance HLTA, you will work closely with the Attendance Team, Pastoral Leaders and Heads of Year to coordinate, plan and deliver targeted interventions that improve student attendance and engagement across the school. This is primarily an out-of-class role focused on running targeted small group and 1:1 support sessions to help students overcome barriers to attending school regularly and re-engage with their learning. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Work in close partnership with parents, carers, and external support agencies, providing regular updates on student progress and attendance improvement.
- Plan and deliver individual and small-group intervention sessions aimed at removing barriers to school attendance, boosting confidence and supporting emotional wellbeing.
- Use school attendance and behaviour data to identify target students, track attendance trends and monitor the overall impact of attendance support programmes.
- Maintain accurate attendance logs and databases, contribute to attendance action plans and reviews and assist with attendance-related administration and routine audits.
- Work in close partnership with parents, carers, and external support agencies, providing regular updates on student progress and attendance improvement.
About You
We are looking for a proactive, organised and compassionate professional who is dedicated to helping young people improve their attendance and overcome barriers to learning.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Experience working with young people in an educational or pastoral setting, with a strong understanding of attendance barriers and student engagement.
- A good standard of education, including GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).
- Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to confidently engage secondary students, work collaboratively with parents/carers and liaise with external support services.
- The ability to plan effective attendance interventions and use attendance data to measure and demonstrate student progress.
- Desirable: Recent training in attendance support strategies, family engagement, or evidence-based emotional wellbeing interventions, alongside experience with attendance tracking systems.
About us
Mangotsfield School has a strong ethos built on our four values. In all aspects of school life we encourage students to love learning, embrace challenges, give and earn respect and grow our community. Our classrooms, our corridors and our systems are built on these values: this supports our culture where we can meet individual needs and close the gaps for our students.
Mangotsfield School is a local secondary school firmly rooted in, and proudly working within, the community which it serves. The school is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings on the north-eastern outskirts of Bristol. Mangotsfield School benefits from being part of a wider trust and partners with Downend School to deliver 16-19 opportunities for all students.
We can offer you:
- Happy, engaging students who thrive on inspirational leadership
- A supportive trust and school community
- Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations
- A commitment to high‑quality CPD, with dedicated time and budget for your development
- A values‑driven ethos where diversity, equity and inclusion are lived every day
- Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and death‑in‑service cover
- Access to Health Shield, a fully funded healthcare scheme
- Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies
- Family‑friendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy work–life balance
In order to apply for this role please fully complete an application form via Eteach by 9am, 13th November. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.
Further details and additional information about our trust may be viewed on our website.
Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.
Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child
Pathway Trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our students.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Mangotsfield School and Castle School Education Trust (CSET) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Mangotsfield School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Mangotsfield School website
Everything at Mangotsfield School is based around its school
values driven by Headteacher, Hetty Blackmore. Having first
joined the school as a newly qualified teacher when she was
23 years old and returned to lead it later in her career, she is
very proud of the journey the school is on.
Mangotsfield School is proud to serve its community and has
been part of the local community since 1957. They have just
celebrated being rated as a ‘Good’ school by Ofsted (visit
March 2022).
There are wonderful resources and facilities on site, allowing
students to embrace curricular and extra-curricular
challenges from DT, art, dance, drama and a climbing wall to
name a few. There is a lot of open space, which is green and
calm. And this sense of calm is echoed in the school itself.
The school has a proud sporting history and teams have
travelled as far as Wembley to take part in national
competitions. The school is also on a mission to broaden
horizons with many co-curricular trips taking place, such as a
Year 7 trip to Slimbridge Wetlands for art research and a
Year 8 trip to Tyntesfield House to explore gothic horror
within the English curriculum.
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