Two roles available: SEN Teaching Assistant and SEN HLTA

Overstone Combined School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 0NY

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,995.00 - £27,769.00 Annually (FTE) Bucks pay range 1-2: pro rata £18,099 -£23,273, depending on experience and level

Two roles available: SEN Teaching Assistant and SEN HLTA job summary

SEN Teaching Assistant and Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) required.

Two permanent, time-time only positions to start in September.

Teaching Assistant: 33.75 hours per week

Monday – Friday, 8.15am - 3.30pm with a half hour lunch break (unpaid)

HLTA: 37.5 hours per week

Monday – Friday, 8.15am – 4.15pm with a half hour lunch break (unpaid)

About us

Overstone Combined School is a primary school in the heart of the village of Wing. Our friendly school serves offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum. We have a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body.

We have close links with neighbouring schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high-quality continuing professional development. We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational person to join our warm and welcoming team.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to take that next step in their career and to demonstrate positive impact on outcomes for children. You will be working within a warm, vibrant and caring school at the heart of its community.

If you are an excellent practitioner, keen to transform children’s lives, then we would like to hear from you.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to become a SEN Teaching Assistant or HLTA within the positive, caring and collaborative atmosphere of our unit and school. If you want to become a member of our dynamic, talented and supportive teaching team this might be the role for you.

Please see the attached job description and person specification below for more information.

About you

You will be positive and consistent in your approach, build excellent relationships with pupils and be willing to adapt your practise according to need.

The post is suitable for experienced Teaching Assistants. SEN experienced desirable.

Be a reflective and proactive practitioner
Be committed to working as part of a team
Be resilient, positive and have a good sense of humour
Be able to create a stimulating and well-organised learning environment
Make a positive contribution to our school’s improvement
Put the children at the heart of all that you do

If you are passionate about education and think you can make a positive and confident contribution to our school, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Other information

Overstone Combined School is a popular school with amazing facilities. We have superb outdoor sports facilities and our own forest school area from which we run a successful forest school curriculum.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you think this might be the job for you. If you have any questions, or would like a tour of the school please email Kim Warren at sbm@overstone-wing.org or telephone 01296 688799.

For further information please see the attached job description and person specification. To apply, please complete the application via My New Term.

The closing date for applications is midnight Friday 13th June, interviews to be confirmed. The school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date for the right candidate, early applications are encouraged.

Overstone Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS check and any offers will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Overstone Combined School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Overstone Combined School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/overstone-combined-school

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