HLTA - SENDCo Support Lead
High Storrs School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 7LH13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
20 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 34 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Between £31,015 and £33,673
Pay scale
- NJC Grade 5 point 15-20
What skills and experience we're looking for
Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014, Minerva Learning Trust has expanded to a thriving family of schools, including primary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have a strong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schools from Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to GOOD.
High Storrs is a high-performing 11-18 secondary school on the Southwestern outskirts of Sheffield that has benefitted from a £27m refurbishment of our Grade II listed building. Serving a multi-cultural learning community with high expectations and high aspirations, we are an over-subscribed school.
Required as soon as possible we are seeking to appoint a hard-working and highly organised individual to undertake the important role of HLTA – SENDCo Support Lead.
The closing date is Monday 2nd November at 9am with interviews to be held w/c 9th November tbc.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Further information is available by contacting Rachel Farthing, Headteacher’s PA rfarthing@highstorrs-mlt.co.uk
The application form and information pack is available on the Trust website All Vacancies - Minerva Learning Trust . Please ensure that you do not fill in a Sheffield City Council application form in respect of this vacancy, ONLY MINERVA LEARNING TRUST APPLICATION
What the school offers its staff
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About High Storrs School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1706 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- High Storrs School website
- Email address
- rfarthing@highstorrs-mlt.co.uk
High Storrs is a high-performing 11-18 secondary school on the South Western outskirts of Sheffield that has benefitted from a £27m refurbishment of our Grade II listed building. Serving a multi-cultural learning community with high expectations and high aspirations, we are an over-subscribed school.
Minerva Learning Trust is an expanding Sheffield based multi-academy Trust with a vision of providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools. The Trust is passionate that all students should see their time at school as happy and fulfilling with their potential developed to the utmost. High Storrs School joined the Trust in April 2018.
We are seeking staff who believe in young people’s capacity to achieve, develop their own character, personality and sense of considerate citizenship. If you believe that learning is important for everyone in a school and share our passion, then you are exactly who we are looking for in an appointment to expand our staff team.
Arranging a visit to High Storrs School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rfarthing@highstorrs-mlt.co.uk.
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