HLTA (Maternity Cover)

Watling Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 1GB

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  9 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,142.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) £24,189 to £26,664 actual salary

HLTA (Maternity Cover) job summary

VACANCY - HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT

Due to the ongoing growth of our school, we are looking for an experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will gain broad experience, working across Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 providing planned and ad hoc cover.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the school by email: watlingprimary@thedenbighalliance.org.uk

Job title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (maternity cover)

Start date: ASAP

Contract type: Full-time, fixed term until August 2026 - 39 weeks plus INSET days

Hours: 36.75 hours - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 8:15 - 4:00pm, Thursday 8:15 - 4:30pm (half an hour for lunch each day)

Salary: £28,142 to £31,022 FTE

£24,189 to £26,664 actual salary (depending on experience)

Deadline for applications: Friday 14th November 2025

Interview date: We will contact candidates individually to arrange interviews.

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 Watling Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 164 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watling Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watling-primary-school

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