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HLTA / Teaching Assistant

Summercroft Primary School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BJ

This job expired on 10 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 08.30-15.30, Wednesday 08.30-16.00
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Between £19395 and £19573
• Pay scale: H3 - H4

What skills and experience we're looking for

"Pupils at Summercroft Primary are curious and enthusiastic learners...[They] respond positively to staff’s high expectations of their learning and their behaviour...Pupils listen carefully to adults and to each other. There is a culture of mutual respect." - Ofsted, December 2022.

Summercroft Primary School is looking to appoint a dynamic and passionatehigher level teaching assistantinKS2.Thesuccessful applicant will take on the role of supporting the children with their learning, developing their independence and nurturing them to become confident and self-motivated learners. There will be HLTA responsibilties on someafternoons.

The successful candidate will be reliable, enthusiastic and committed to children's learning. They must be able to demonstrate the ability to use their own initiative, have excellent behaviour management skills and a flexible approach to their work. We are also looking to increase the diversity of our team.

We can offer you a supportive, positive and caring environment which values a good work-life balance, with friendly children who are eager to learn and have fun. Our staff are dedicated, supportive and committed to providing engaging and creative opportunities of learning for all our children. A bespoke inductionpackage with a commitment to high quality CPD, excellent support staff and dedicated, experienced mentors are on offer to our successful candidates. We are also part ofEnvision, a local partnership of nineteen schools who work together to share good practice.

We hope that having read the job description you are interested in the role with all the benefits of support and training that are a part of working at Summercroft Primary School. If you would like more information or to visit the school, please contact Emily Richardson on 01279 307477 or drop an email toadmin@summercroft.herts.sch.uk

This role is pro-rata, term-time only.

Summercroft is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

What the school offers its staff

Car parking on site

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Parking On site

Socials

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

Summercroft are an equal opportunities employer and an anti-racist school. We aim to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and staff. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to have an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This job post has expired.

Additional documents

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

TA job description.pdf - 91.9 KB (opens in new tab)

HLTA job description.pdf - 92.3 KB (opens in new tab)

HLTA Person-Spec.pdf - 107 KB (opens in new tab)

About Summercroft Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 443 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Summercroft Primary School website
• Email address: admin@summercroft.herts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01279 307477
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/summercroft-primary-school

Nursery and Primary School ages 3 to 11 years.

Arranging a visit to Summercroft Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@summercroft.herts.sch.uk.

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