HLTA
The Kingsway School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4QX21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring Term
Closing date
8 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday- Friday- 8.00am-4.00pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 5 – Pts 12-17 £28,598-£31,022 (full year) £24,789-£26,891 (actual)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Details of the Role:
We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTAs) to join our dynamic SEND department. This role is a fantastic opportunity for individuals who are committed to supporting the learning and development of pupils with a range of additional needs.
As an HLTA, you will work closely with teaching staff and the SEND team to plan, deliver and assess targeted interventions, as well as provide in-class support. You will play a key role in helping pupils achieve their full potential in a nurturing and inclusive environment. We are looking for specialisms to support areas of need for our students.
Key Responsibilities:
- Delivering tailored interventions to individuals and small groups
- Supporting the planning and delivery of differentiated lessons
- Covering classes during teacher absence as required
- Assisting with the assessment and tracking of pupil progress
- Supporting pupils with SEND in accessing the curriculum and developing key skills
This may involve delivering learning activities for individuals, groups/whole classes of students under an agreed system of supervision.
We are particularly interested in applicants who have prior experience in:
EAL
Dyslexia
Autism & ASD
SALT
The successful candidate will be organised and self-motivated, have a high level of accuracy and proficient IT skills. They will enjoy working in a team and be able to form strong relationships with team members and students.
For full details, please refer to the full job description and person specification attached.
Please return applications to:recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
What the school offers its staff
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
opportunities for professional development and leadership
a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.
It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please return applications to recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Kingsway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Kingsway School website
- Email address
- recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
The Kingsway School is a large successful 11-16 comprehensive school, located in between the popular Cheadle and Gatley areas of Stockport.
Students from all backgrounds thrive at The Kingsway School. Our students are not only encouraged to develop their own skills and talents to the full, but also to learn the importance of contributing to the wider community. This is a high achieving school, with a sustained focus on learning and a curriculum designed to inspire and challenge.
Our students and staff are committed to our ethos of Opportunity, Achievement and Respect.
What makes our school special?
Our commitment to staff wellbeing with our collaborative Staff Wellbeing Charter.
The fully inclusive nature of our school community including our resourced based students (SEN) and students from minority ethnic backgrounds (EAL).
Our mantra for Engagement, Challenge and Progress in all lessons.
A well-established, traditional and academic curriculum that supports students in the next stage of their education and future career pathway.
Our promotion of SMSC and British values through the curriculum, extra-curricular and whole school activities.
Our commitment to careers advice and informing students on career pathways, evidenced by our IAG Gold Award.
Our passion for the promotion of STEM based subjects within the school curriculum, and extra-curricular offer, evidenced by the MOSI STEM Excellence Award.
Our student leadership team and the impact they have on improving their school, evidenced by our representation on the British Youth Parliament.
Our work with local, national and global charities including a sister school in Kolweny, Kenya, evidenced by our International School School status.
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