HLTA

The Hemel Hempstead School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sept 26

• Closing date

  24 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 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: £20,846.00 - £20,846.00 Annually (Actual) H4 + fringe pro rata

HLTA job summary

HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT
The Hemel Hempstead School

Grade: H4

Hours: 33.75 hours per week

Contract: Term-time plus INSET

Actual Salary: £20,846 pa

Start Date: September 2026

Hemel Hempstead School is looking to appoint a dedicated Higher-Level Teaching Assistant with experience working with KS2 students.

We are a popular oversubscribed school where traditional values are combined with the latest technology to deliver a very effective and modern curriculum.

Key Area’s of Responsibility

Leading on a specific area of SEND by setting student targets, planning and delivering high quality intervention.

Working directly with low ability learners to access learning at KS1 & KS2 levels.

Support the social and emotional inclusion of students who are functioning significantly below their chronological age.

Supporting colleagues within the learning support team to deliver intervention and provide support to students, ensuring high quality and consistency.

Demonstrating an informed and efficient approach to SEND support by adopting relevant strategies to ensure targeted students make progress.

Working with small groups of children or supporting whole classes, under the direction of the SENDCo AND Deputy SENDCo.

Leading other support staff in ensuring high quality support for children with SEND, as well as other groups of children being supported in the classroom and The Hub, our SEND base.

Reporting to the class teacher and SENDCo, creating a ‘joined up’ approach to the support of pupils with a variety of needs including learning, behavioural, communication, social, sensory or physical difficulties and medical needs.

Post holders will support the school to fulfil its responsibilities under the SEND Code of Practice.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, further details and an application pack is available from HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424.

Diversity: Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 24 June at 9am

Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 Hemel Hempstead School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1286 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Hemel Hempstead School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-hemel-hempstead-school-hemel-hempstead

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