83 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    3 November 2025

  • Closing date

    6 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 12 Point 12 – 19

HLTA job summary

Job Title: HLTA

Start Date: 3rd November 2025

Closing Date: 6th October 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Salary Range: Grade 12 Point 12 – 19

Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2026

Hours: 11 hours – 2 days a week

Responsible to: Headteacher/Senior Leadership Team

We have a wonderful opportunity for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated and supportive team, based at St Louis Catholic Primary School, part of the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust.

Do you have the drive, ambition and determination to secure positive outcomes for our pupils? Do you want to work in a forward thinking and aspirational school?

The HLTA role will include working with all of our children across the school as well as working with colleagues to support the teaching of the curriculum.

We are looking for a HLTA who will:

Become part of our supportive, welcoming caring school community

Work with a strong and enthusiastic team of staff who are committed to providing the very best for each individual in their care

Work with enthusiastic children who are eager to learn, have a positive attitude towards their learning and who enjoy coming to school

Be supportive of our Catholic ethos

Demonstrate consistently high expectations and excellent classroom practice

Take up excellent opportunities to develop professionally

Be committed to making a contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school

We can offer you:

The support needed to continue your own professional development.

The opportunity to work with a close-knit, enthusiastic and hard-working team of staff who are committed to providing the very best for each individual in their care.

The opportunity to inspire our caring and highly-motivated children through engaging learning.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school directly on 01373 463728 to arrange an appointment.

For any further information please contact the office on recruitment@thedcet.com

The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust (DCET) is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced disclosure application and satisfactory reference.

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.

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About St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
186 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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