Lead Teaching Assistant
Parliament Hill School, London, NW5 1RL16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: September 2025 – August 2025 1 year fixed term Full time, term time only
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 5 (£33,291 - £34,779), pro rata (£28,899 - £30,191)
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead teaching assistant to join out successful TA department at Parliament Hill School. The successful candidates will be contracted to work 35 hours per week allowing you to become integrated and work amongst a diverse range of young adults.
The ideal candidate will have recent experience of day to day running and management of the teaching assistant team. The role of the post-holder is to support teachers in teaching and learning and is not expected to take on full responsibility for the education of a whole class of students. The successful candidate will support other Teaching Assistants in the Special & Additional Needs Team to work effectively in lessons.
What the school offers its staff
We are proud of our richly diverse and fully comprehensive school community. Students benefit from a mixed sixth form through the highly successful LaSWAP consortium. The school is committed to providing the highest quality of learning and teaching opportunities for students, as well as excellent continuous professional development programmes for all staff. In 2019, PHS was recognised by SSAT under the Framework of Educational Excellence for the exceptional Professional Learning offered to staff, parents and other schools.
The school is ideally situated with excellent transport links into other parts of London and beyond. Gospel Oak over ground station is a five minute’s walk while Tufnell Park tube station is 10 minutes away. The school is also very close to the magnificent open space of Hampstead Heath which is renowned for its many recreational and sports opportunities as well as outdoor swimming facilities.
Further details about the role
An application form and further information are available on the school website: http://www.parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk/.
Alternatively please request an application pack at jobs@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk
Closing Date: Applications must be received by 9.00AM Monday 30th June 2025.
Interview date: TBC
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
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About Parliament Hill School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1218 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parliament Hill School website
- Email address
- jobs@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk
Parliament Hill School is a highly acclaimed girls’ school with excellent academic outcomes. Located on the edge of Hampstead Heath, we provide a vibrant environment for rich and stimulating learning experiences. Proud of our distinctive character as a diverse and fully comprehensive school, we value individuality and celebrate the relationships that make us a uniquely positive and supportive school community. We have an unswerving commitment to our inclusive culture and a well-established reputation for providing an education of the highest academic quality for girls. Students and staff benefit from our mixed sixth form through the highly successful LaSWAP consortium which is the largest school 6th form provider in Camden, with an unrivalled curriculum and opportunities for deep collaboration.
The school is committed to providing excellent continuous professional development programmes for all staff. Parliament Hill in collaboration with Torriano Primary School has formed the North London Alliance Research School as part of the EEF’s Research Schools Network. Our innovative cross phase partnership brings together primary and secondary teachers and leaders to implement evidence based EEF approaches to raise the attainment of all pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The school is ideally situated with excellent transport links into other parts of London and beyond. Gospel Oak over ground station is a five minutes’ walk while Tufnell Park tube station is 10 minutes away. The school is also very close to the magnificent open space of Hampstead Heath which is renowned for its many recreational and sports opportunities as well as outdoor swimming facilities.
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