Higher Level Teaching Assistant - St Swithuns Catholic School
Higher Level Teaching Assistant - St Swithuns Catholic School
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£ 14431 - 16385
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Job Description
St Swithuns is an oversubscribed Good school with a friendly welcoming environment where every child is valued.
The governing board of our wonderful school is looking to appoint a qualified and experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) on a fixedterm basis to cover maternity leave. You will be required to teach whole classes across the school throughout your working week including covering teacher absences and be able to support pupils across the school in order to make progress in a range of subjects including working with individuals and small groups.
The successful candidate will have a positive and caring manner with excellent communication skills. You will need to have the flexibility to teach classes as required and be committed to providing the children in your care with the best learning experience possible. If you have specialist skills such as sports for example this would be advantageous.
Hours: 3 days per week (to be discussed)
22.5 hours per week 8.30 am 4.00 pm term time only (39 weeks)
Salary: Band 6 FTEprorata
Contract:Fixed term 3rd September 2025 13th February 2026
Closing Date: 16th May 2025
Interview Date: 22nd May 2025
Required Start Date: 3rd September 2025
Key Responsibilities:
be responsible for planning and preparing lessons/learning activities and delivering these across a range of subjects and year groups
be responsible for recording and reporting development progress and attainment.
manage and supervise positive pupil behaviour.
Essential
Recent successful experience teaching in primary school
A passion for working with children and for teaching and learning
GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) grade C or above
An HLTA qualification or higher with proven experience working as an HLTA is desirable
Confidence to cover classes when necessary
Excellent positive behaviour management skills
A positive attitude and flexible to the demands of the role
The skills to work independently and with initiative
The ability to form and sustain positive relationships with all children and stakeholders
The ability to plan evaluate pupils progress and adapt lesson plans when necessary
Acute selfawareness emotional intelligence and the ability to work well as part of a team
A clear understanding of assessment for learning in order to feedback and respond effectively to pupil learning
Understand confidentiality and safeguarding procedures
Application Procedure
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please telephone the school office onto arrange a visit or email Please apply using the application formand submit by email or post to School Business Manager St Swithuns Catholic Primary School Taswell Road Southsea PO5 2RG.
PCC & St Swithuns Catholic Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level and any other background checks including overseas checks will be required prior to any offer of employment.
This advert is in no way exhaustive and we welcome queries about this post via email to or via the telephone.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
As part of any recruitment process St Swithuns Catholic Primary School collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. St Swithuns Catholic Primary School is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Completing and sending an application in for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not used in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process and we will destroy or delete your information. For more detailed information on what we collect how we use store delete data and your rights you can access a privacy statement on our web site.
You will need to demonstrate that you have a Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
We would like to thank you in advance for your application however please note we will only contact those applicants shortlisted for interview.
Employment Type
Intern
