Resource Base HLTA

Ralph Allen School, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7AD

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  19 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,614 actual

Resource Base HLTA job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant – Resource Base

Grade 6 SCP 18

32.5 hours per week

Term time - includes 1 Trust Development Day and 1 INSET

Start Date: ASAP

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to join our school, working alongside a highly skilled Resource Base Team and Additional Educational Needs team.

You will have previous experience working with children, young people, or adults with specific additional learning needs and ideally will already hold HLTA status or have a willingness to complete the training.

Your role will involve working closely with the Lead Teacher in the Resource Base to ensure students are able to access the mainstream classroom curriculum either through delivering support and lessons in the base or supporting pupils in their mainstream class. You will be required to assist with school break and/or lunchtime duties.

Full training will be given.

Our school belongs to the Palladian Academy Trust, which is passionate about providing opportunities for its pupils and staff. This is an exciting time to join the developing trust and to further your own career in education. You will be joining a lively community of schools that offers professional development and a supportive work environment as well as a generous local government pension scheme.

The Palladian Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A satisfactory DBS check is required for this post prior to commencement. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the protection of children as appropriate, in accordance with any agreed policies and/or guidelines, reporting any issues or concerns to their immediate line manager. 

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 Ralph Allen School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ralph Allen School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ralph-allen-school-bath

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