High Level Teaching Assistant

Job title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Location: Worle Community School

Salary: PATH 7, £33,673 FTE, £24,085 prorated

Working hours: 31.25 per week

Contract type: Fixed term until 31/08/2027

Working weeks: term time only + 2 inset

About the Role

As the HLTA, you will work closely with the SENDCO to coordinate, plan and deliver targeted interventions for students. This is primarily an out-of-class role focused on running small group and 1:1 sessions to help students with their emotional wellbeing and support learning. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Plan and run individual and group sessions covering social, emotional and mental health needs.
• Use data to identify target students, complete routine marking and screening, and monitor the overall impact of support programmes.
• Maintain SEND support plans and databases, contribute to EHCP reviews, and assist with general admin, exam access arrangements, and routine audits.
• Provide feedback to parents and teachers, and support wider school activities such as break duties, homework clubs, and school trips.

About You

We are looking for a proactive, organised, and compassionate professional who is dedicated to helping young people overcome barriers to learning.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• At least 2 years of experience working closely with SEND students, preferably with knowledge and experience of working with students with SEMH needs
• A good standard of education, including GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to confidently work with secondary students from KS3 to KS5, as well as parents and outside agencies.
• The ability to plan effective group work and use data to measure the success of your interventions.
• Desirable: Recent training in evidence-based SEMH interventions such as ELSA and experience with provision mapping

About us

At Worle Community School, we work hard to make our students, staff and communities PROUD to be a part of Worle. We aim to be:

• Prepared
• Respectful
• Optimistic
• Understanding
• Determined

WCSA is a community school at heart - we focus on developing children and young people into well rounded individuals, who leave school not only with good grades, but also valuable life experiences and an aspirational mindset, with high expectations of, and for, themselves. At WCSA, we also look after our colleagues. We offer high quality development opportunities and a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace, highly supported by a hands-on team in all areas, from support, to teaching, to senior leadership.

We can offer you:

• Happy, engaging students
• A supportive trust and school community
• Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations
• A commitment to high‑quality CPD, with dedicated time and budget for your development
• A values‑driven ethos where diversity, equity and inclusion are lived every day
• Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and death‑in‑service cover
• Access to a fully funded Healthcare Scheme for all employees and their dependants
• Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies
• Family‑friendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy work–life balance

In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am, 23rd November. Interviews are expected to take place on 27th November. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.

Further details and additional information about our school may be viewed on our website. If you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact us to arrange that.

Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.

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Pathway Trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.