25 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    5th January 2026 or ASAP thereafter

  • Closing date

    3 November 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 31.5 Hours per Week (Term Time plus 5 days) 8.30am – 4.00pm (Monday–Thursday), 8.30am – 3.00pm (Friday) (20-minute & 40-minute unpaid break each day) (With opportunity for additional paid overtime)

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£21,292 - £23,400

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner to the post of SEND Year Team Leader - HLTA.

The successful candidate will be a dedicated and committed professional who under the line management of the SENCO, will be responsible for organising, coordinating and leading their assigned Year team Learning Support Assistants, upon timetabled in-class support of students with SEND in a particular Year group.

SEND Year Team Leaders will be expected to make weekly contact/meet with the Pastoral Head of Year to discuss evolving change within the needs of individuals and groups and plan for how SEND support provision and timetables can adapt to support with the address of those changes.

SEND Year Team Leaders will also be expected to liaise with Heads of Core Curriculum/Subject departments upon a regular basis to share feedback from the SEND team and to understand how and where the SEND team may be needed to help support with students in those Curriculum/Subject areas over the coming weeks.

In addition to the principle focus of enhancing in-class timetabled support of students and of improved collaboration and communication between SEND, Pastoral and Attendance, and Curriculum/Subject areas, SEND Year Team Leaders and their team will also provide a range of specific and bespoke interventions for students aimed at developing their independence skills.

What the school offers its staff

Stockport School is an over-subscribed successful school with year on year improving results.

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.

If you are interested in applying to take on an important role with responsibility as part of our SEND team to help us to continue our drive for further success then I would be pleased to receive an application from you.

The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 3rd November 2025, although the school reserves the right to close the deadline sooner dependent upon applications.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the DBS.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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 Stockport School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1349 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01614833622

The school is a very popular over-subscribed school with year-on-year improving results.

School location

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