Teaching Assistant Level 4/HLTA

Cromwell High School, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5BJ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE) +8% SEN 20 hours 45 minutes per week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). This fixed term contract is subject to 1:1 funding and will be for an initial period up to the end of August 2027 with the possibility of extension.

Teaching Assistant Level 4/HLTA job summary

Grade 5 (SCP 18-23): £31,537 - £34,434 FTE + 8% SEN
Term Time Only - Part time (20.45 hpw)

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of young people with severe and complex learning difficulties? Do you have the expertise, compassion and drive to help pupils achieve outstanding outcomes - both academically and personally? If so, Cromwell High School would love to hear from you.

About Us

Cromwell High School is a specialist setting committed to providing a nurturing, inclusive and aspirational environment for pupils with a wide range of needs, including ASC, profound learning difficulties and complex medical or communication needs. Our staff team is dedicated, skilled and deeply committed to ensuring every pupil thrives.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant Level 4 to join our supportive and professional team. In this key role, you will:

• Provide targeted 1:1 support to help prepare for learning, engage positively and achieve their best

• Use specialist skills and knowledge to support pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties

• Plan, deliver and evaluate individual learning within an agreed system of supervision

• Build strong, positive relationships with pupils, families, staff and multi-disciplinary professionals

• Support with personal care, communication, behaviour and independence, ensuring dignity and safety at all times

• Contribute to high-quality record-keeping, assessment and support plans

• Model and promote teamwork, professionalism and the ethos of the school.

About You

You will be someone who:

• Holds NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) and ideally HLTA status

• Has excellent literacy and numeracy skills

• Has experience working with pupils with a wide range of special educational needs

• Understands child development and the impact of different conditions on learning

• Communicates well with pupils, families, colleagues and professionals

• Can work collaboratively, lead others effectively and organise the classroom environment

• Is confident supporting behaviour, communication, personal care and therapeutic programmes

• Shows resilience, professionalism and a commitment to safeguarding

• Is flexible, reflective and eager to continue developing your professional skills

Why Join Cromwell?

• A warm, supportive and highly skilled staff team

• A strong commitment to professional development

• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference each day

• A school that values inclusion, integrity and positive relationships

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 Cromwell High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cromwell High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cromwell-high-school-dukinfield

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