Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Part-Time, Permanent, required for 1 September 2026, 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (5 days per week, term time only)

Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams, so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. The Brittons Academy wish to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and high calibre HLTA who will be committed to supporting students with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability). The successful candidate will be a practitioner who is committed to helping students achieve their best academically as well as socially. Experience of working with children with complex needs is essential.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working with children with complex needs is essential

• Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) qualification is required

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs

• Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance

• Effective time management, planning and collaboration

• Ability to provide a structured activity within a group setting

• Group dynamics and how to apply them

• Obtain and interpret information on pupils’ literacy/numeracy skills, individual learning targets and specific support needs

• Ability to recognise the range and implications of factors that impact pupil behaviour

• Minimum GCSE Maths and English or equivalent

Applications:

Closing date for applications: Monday 29 June 2026, 12pm

Early applications are appreciated as interviews will be arranged as and when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to commence or complete the recruitment process prior to the closing date.

Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly thereafter.

For further information about this role, please email Luisa Rapone (SENCo), LRapone@elatschools.co.uk

If you have any queries about the recruitment process and compliance, please contact Mrs G Chana at gchana@elatschools.co.uk

The Brittons Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students; therefore, all successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including an online social media check, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.

In accordance with ELAT policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence.

Please find our polices here Key Information – The Brittons Academy

We do not accept applications via agencies.