HLTA - Cover Supervisor & Behaviour Support

Elmlea Junior School, Bristol, BS9 3UF

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,061.00 Annually (FTE) BG9 SCP17

HLTA - Cover Supervisor & Behaviour Support job summary

Elmlea Infant and Junior School

HLTA - Cover Supervisor & Behaviour Support

Permanent - Term time Only

Part-time (up to 32.5 hours per week over 5 days, fewer days or hours will be considered)

5 inset days attendance required per year

Salary: BG9 SCP17 (FTE £32,061)

Elmlea Schools are seeking a confident, caring Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to work as a Cover Supervisor with a focus on behaviour and pastoral support.

Working within our inclusive, high-achieving school community — where kindness, respect and community underpin everything we do — you will work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to promote positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing, and inclusion, helping every child to feel safe, supported and able to succeed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering pre-planned learning across the primary age range in the absence of the class teacher
• Creating a calm, purposeful and inclusive learning environment
• Supporting positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing and engagement
• Working closely with teaching and pastoral staff to meet pupils’ needs
• Upholding Elmlea Schools’ values and high expectations at all times

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold HLTA status (or equivalent experience)
• Be confident leading classes across the primary age range
• Have strong behaviour management skills and a calm, consistent approach
• Be committed to inclusive practice and supporting pupils’ wellbeing
• Demonstrate a secure understanding of safeguarding

We offer a supportive school community, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a real difference to pupils’ learning and wellbeing.

Tour dates: Monday 23rd February at 9:30am and Tuesday 24th February at 2pm, please email to book on tour via school email address.

Safeguarding Statement

Elmlea Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you are shortlisted for a post within Elmlea Schools you will be required to complete a Criminal Convictions Disclosure Form to disclose any criminal convictions that would prevent you from fulfilling the role and an Enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information, where applicable, will be carried out if you are offered the post.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. Throughout the application process we ask for some personal data about you. We’ll only use this data in line with data protection legislation and process your data for one or more of the following reasons permitted in law:

You have given us your consent

We must process it to comply with our legal obligations

You’ll find more information on how we use your personal data in our privacy notice for job applicants which can be accessed on our website.

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 Elmlea Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 356 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elmlea Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elmlea-junior-school

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