36 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    23 January 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    18 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time: This is a casual contract, needed for cover throughout the whole week Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Casual

Hourly rate

Scale I, point 17-20 (£17.46 per hour)

What skills and experience we're looking for

To advance pupils’ learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individuals, small groups and whole classes where the assigned teacher is not present. To support the work of a qualified teacher and, under an agreed system of supervision, have responsibility for agreed learning activities. This involves undertaking specified work (see * below), involving planning, preparing and delivering learning activities to individual pupils/groups or, short term, for whole classes and monitoring, assessing, recording and reporting on pupil development, progress and attainment.

(*Under S133 of the Education Act 2002, specified work is defined as:

a) planning and preparing lessons and courses for pupils

b) delivering lessons to pupils. Includes delivery via distance learning or computer aided techniques c) assessing and recording the development, progress and attainment of pupils

d) reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

‘Pupils’ includes work with individual pupils as well as groups and whole classes).

To be a member of a multi-disciplinary team Arden Forest Infant School. He/she will operate with a high level of delegated authority under an agreed system of supervision.

(^ Under the Education (Specified Work and Registration) Regulations 2003 and its accompanying guidance, each class or group for timetabled core and foundation subjects and R.E. must be assigned a qualified teacher to teach them).

Contribute to the school’s statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

What the school offers its staff

We are a well-regarded and happy school where children feel safe and valued, we currently have a vacancy for a Higher level Teaching Assistant to join our team of committed and dedicated staff with immediate start.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Arden Forest Infant School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
Education phase
Primary school
School size
159 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 7
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
02476 315913

We are a well-regarded and happy school where children feel safe and valued, we currently have a vacancy for a Higher level Teaching Assistant to join our team of committed and dedicated staff with immediate start.

Arden Forest Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Arranging a visit to Arden Forest Infant School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kemp.s6@welearn365.com.

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