HLTA

Harlington Lower School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6PD

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,142.00 - £30,024.00 Annually (FTE) LEVEL 4A NJC SCALE 11-15 TERM TIME ONLY PRO RATA

HLTA job summary

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who is committed to driving high standards of learning whilst nurturing the ‘whole child’.

Harlington and Sundon Lower Schools are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves on our values-based education and a close-knit team that fosters a warm, positive, and caring ethos across both of our wonderful village sites.

As an HLTA across our schools, you will be a key driver of pupil engagement and achievement by delivering high-quality teaching to individuals, small groups, and whole classes. This role includes leading classes to cover PPA or short-term absences, ensuring consistency and maintaining high expectations for both behavior and learning. You will be instrumental in supporting our pupils to become independent learners, consistently modelling our teaching and learning principles.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have a passion for the outdoors and a desire to lead our Forest School provision. While prior experience or a Forest School qualification is not essential, we are looking for someone with the energy to inspire children in a natural environment and the willingness to undergo training if required. Our children are looking for someone who is kind and adaptable, with the ability to inspire curiosity in the classroom and confidence in the woods.

In return, we can offer a highly supportive and collaborative environment. We are committed to your professional growth and can offer a planned programme of CPD built around our core principles of teaching and learning, as well as opportunities for other CPD.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.

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 Harlington Lower School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 140 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harlington Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harlington-lower-school

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