HLTA in Learning Gateway

The Trafalgar School at Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3HN

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April/May 2026

• Closing date

  30 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) Actual pay £11087

HLTA in Learning Gateway job summary

The exciting newly created role of Learning Gateway HLTA is a position that sits at the heart of our commitment to nurturing every young person’s wellbeing, confidence, and readiness to re-engage with learning. This is an exceptional opportunity to make a profound difference to students who are experiencing barriers such as anxiety, EBSA, low mood, or other challenges that impact their ability to thrive in a busy school environment. As part of our dedicated Learning Gateway team, you will build strong, trusting relationships, provide expertly tailored emotional and academic support, and play a central role in helping students rediscover their strengths, reconnect with their learning, and take steady steps toward reintegration into the mainstream classroom.

Main Duties:

• To provide day-to-day support, supervision, and guidance for students accessing the Learning Gateway provision due to EBSA, anxiety, low mood, or other medical barriers to mainstream learning.
• The role focuses on developing positive relationships, supporting learning activities, promoting wellbeing, and helping students build confidence and readiness for gradual reintegration into mainstream lessons.

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

The Trafalgar School at Downton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be subject to a full enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and online check before the appointment is confirmed.

References from current employers will be taken for shortlisted
candidates, employers may be contacted to gather further information. Without satisfactory references, an offer of employment will not be confirmed.

Unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 must be declared.

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 The Trafalgar School at Downton

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 794 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Trafalgar School at Downton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-trafalgar-school-at-downton-salisbury

The Trafalgar School at Downton is a friendly, rural, secondary school set in the historic village of Downton on the edge of the New Forest National Park.

Our values define us and underpin our ambition of a life fulfilled through empowerment. These values apply to our staff, as well as to our student community, so we seek a colleague who is:

Aspirational
Who has a strong desire to achieve greatness in everything they do. They are ambitious.

Compassionate
Who understands how other people feel and support each other. Staff recognise when someone is struggling and we help them.

Determined
Who is focused to achieve, even when a task is difficult. Staff remain committed to our end goal until we complete it.

Inclusive
Treats everyone fairly and equally and understands that difference is something which makes society better.

Integrity
Always does the right thing, even if no-one is watching

Respectful
Treats people, including ourselves and our environment, with respect. Shows consideration of other people’s feelings and wishes.

We are committed to empowering young people to be the source of their own success.

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