23 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    2 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Fixed term - 31.08.2027

Pay scale

Actual salary £20,305

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role

This is a new and exciting role which will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to support the development and delivery of high quality, effective educational provision for up to eight Key Stage 2 children with mild to moderate ASC and/or Speech, Language and Communication needs.

Working alongside the Unit’s teacher and teaching assistant, the new HLTA will play a key role in developing the unit, facilitating the delivery of an engaging and innovative curriculum within a nurturing and supportive environment. We have high expectations for what all children can achieve and are committed to supporting our pupils to be the very best they can be.

Given the nature of the role, the successful candidate will bring experience of supporting children with SEND, including supporting children with ASC and/or S&LC needs. This may have been through specialist provision in a mainstream school or in a special setting.

Just as important is that you share our passion and commitment for excellence – for doing the best we possibly can for the children in our care, and the enthusiasm and drive to make the Hatch SEND Unit an exceptional place for pupils to learn and grow.

More detail is provided in the attached job description. If you would like to discuss the role in more detail and/or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Emma Johns (Headteacher) via the school office on 01823 480616.


What the school offers its staff

About ACE

The Academies for Character and Excellence is a Multi-Academy Trust with 20 primary schools across Devon, Somerset and Torbay. Initially established in 2016, the Trust achieves strong outcomes for all pupils through an innovative curriculum, focused on academic excellence, character education and metacognition.

We are growing a family of schools that prioritises working together in collaborative partnerships which are mutually supportive, and which enable both pupils and staff to flourish. Whilst we are ‘stronger together’, we recognise that the distinctive characteristics of each of our schools is what makes them special, and ensures they are rooted in the heart of the communities they serve.

What we offer:

  • The opportunity to work in an exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
  • Exceptional professional support through Trust Improvement Groups and specialist expertise
  • Working with like-minded professionals who share a commitment to doing the best they can to support pupils to grow and flourish
  • The opportunity to play a key role in an exciting and important new chapter in the school’s journey.


Further details about the role

About the school

Hatch Beauchamp is a village about 10 minutes to the east of Taunton. It is home to the small primary school with 30 children across two classes, and with a reputation for being particularly caring and inclusive. The schools prides itself on its Christian values, and aims to ensure all pupils feel happy, secure and valued – enabling them to make a positive contribution as young people in their community.

The new unit will support 6 to 8 Key Stage Two children with mild to moderate ASC and/or speech, language and communication needs who may struggle to make good progress in a mainstream class on a full-time basis. Pupils will be supported by a team of three in the unit (teacher, HLTA, LSA) who will deliver tailored provision, underpinned by the ACE curriculum. Staff assigned to the unit will be supported by a wider team in the school as well as specialist staff from across ACE.

The unit will benefit from a specially designed classroom, an ‘experience workshop’ and outdoor space to support effective, tailored provision. However, it is important that unit and its pupils are an integral part of the wider school, with opportunities built in for children to integrate with their mainstream peers wherever possible.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk

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Additional documents

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

About Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
30 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
07450 125066

Arranging a visit to Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk.

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