Higher Level Teaching Assistant – HLTA (SEMH

Higham Lane North Academy,

September / October 2026 start

Salary: £28,985 to £32,127 (dependent on service and experience) (pay award pending effective 1 April 2026 not included - likely to be at least an additional 3.3%)

37 hours per week, 39 weeks (Term-Time only plus 5 INSET days)

Higham Lane North Academy is delighted to welcome applications for the post of Higher Level Teaching Assistant for a September / October 2026 start.

At Higham Lane North Academy, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:

• excellent continuous professional development
• reduced workload
• behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn
• a range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing
• free, onsite parking
• subsidised eye care for extended VDU users
• a Gym Membership Scheme
• a Cycle to Work Scheme
• free lunch for duty staff
• an Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
• an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials

Applications are invited from suitably-qualified and enthusiastic individuals to advance pupils' learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individuals, small groups and occasionally with whole classes where the assigned teacher is not present. The successful candidate will support the work of a qualified teacher and, under an agreed system of supervision, have responsibility for agreed learning activities.