23 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£26,409.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE) NJC 9 - 11

SEND Inclusion HLTA job summary

The person

We are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with a passion for SEND and Inclusion, who wants to make a difference to the pupils and families they serve. You will have high standards, be a good communicator and collaborate effectively with others. The ability to show care, compassion and be able to use your own initiative is imperative.

You will be an experienced LSA with experience of supporting pupils with SEND. You will have the ability to lead a group with direction from the SENDCO. You will contribute in creating a supportive environment that meets the needs of children with a range of needs which are supported by a SEND support plan or EHCP. You will have high expectations for children's learning and future lives. The ability to build strong and meaningful relationships with pupils, families and other stakeholders is essential.

Job Description

You will support the development of children who have identified SEND needs. You work with individuals and teach small groups which contribute to creating a nurturing environment. You will contribute to next step planning, ensuring outcomes of SEND Support Plans and EHCPs are met and that children progress. You will hold a belief that there are no limits to learning and commit to ensuring that every young person achieves their potential.

Responsibilities include:

  • Work alongside the SENDCO and class teaches to create a nurturing, communication rich environment whereby both staff and pupils flourish

  • Embed an ethos of aspiration, high expectation, low threat whereby staff model expectation through positive interactions with pupils and their families

  • Model excellent communication and interaction with pupils and their families and positive behaviour management strategies; ensuring behaviour expectations are understood by all

  • Deliver interventions, make observations and contribute to next step planning

  • Recording observations and outcomes to support identifying achievements

  • Supporting children in fulfilling their academic potential but recognise that school is about much more than that

  • Engaging children in their learning by being enthusiastic and approachable

  • Work closely with families; building positive and effective relationships that support pupils to feel safe, secure and make progress

  • To support the pupils in the development of skills, e.g. managing emotions and behaviour, speech, motor-control, communication, sensory regulation, basic skills such as vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling and mathematics by encouraging concentration, communication, sharing and other social skills

  • To closely monitor the way in which the children are managing the school environment/the demands of the school day and make adjustments as appropriate to accommodate the children's needs

  • To assist with children at the beginning and end of the day and in the playground as required and to have an awareness of and adherence to all school safeguarding procedures and participate in training as appropriate

    Examples of the role and responsibility of a similar level may be undertaken and are not excluded simple because they are not itemised.

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 Tithe Farm Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
444 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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Tithe Farm Primary is a medium sized primary school based in Houghton Regis, between Dunstable and Luton. We are a Local Authority Community School, offering a good education to children aged two to eleven. Community and life enrichment dominate our school ethos - we want our children to be the best they can be academically, with a broad range of experiences to enhance their learning. Our children have a high profile in our local community as exemplary ambassadors for our school - we are really proud of them. The school team supports professional development by providing support to other schools in Central Bedfordshire - this means that there are great opportunities for career development beyond the school. Ambition for staff is similar to that for children, there are no ceilings on your learning and if you work hard you will go far!

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