HLTA

The Downs Primary School and Nursery, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3RB

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  18 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,072.32 Annually (Actual)

HLTA job summary

HLTA REQUIRED SEPTEMBER 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, reliable, and well-organised person to join our team as a permanent HLTA.

We would like to hear from you if you:

• have an appropriate HLTA qualification or willing to work towards one
• have experiences/expertise which can enrich our pupils' learning
• have experience across a broad range of year groups in KS1 or KS2.
• are adaptable, organised and flexible.
• have experience of teaching a whole class and small groups

We can offer a school which has:

• a team of friendly, supportive, committed team of staff
• motivated and happy pupils
• a happy workplace
• good resources and learning environment
• an exciting curriculum
• A strong commitment to and support for staff well being
• A range of employee benefit schemes

If appointed, you will undertake a range of activities including class-based support, class cover, interventions and catch-up booster lessons.

32.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

39 working weeks per year (44.7 paid weeks per year)

Salary: Scale 5 point 9 - £21,072.32 pro rata per annum

Closing date: Thursday 18th June 2026

Interviews: W/C 22nd June 2026

‘PCLC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service’

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 The Downs Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Academies, None, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 402 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Downs Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-downs-primary-school-and-nursery-harlow

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