Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Job Description

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Required for September 2026

32.50 hours per week 39 weeks per year - term time plus 5 inset days.

08:15am - 15:15 with a 30-minute lunch break.

Scale 5 and Spine point 9-12 depending on experience

£27,254.00 - £28,598.00 per annum (FTE)

Actual Salary £20,521.53 - £21,533.52

Are you passionate about making a difference for all children?

We are seeking an enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our team of HLTAs, who provide whole class teaching for PPA cover and short-term absence, across the school. Our HLTA's deliver general class support, including the delivery of specific interventions, when not covering whole classes.

Experience would be preferred.

Cann Hall is a two-form entry school judged as GOOD by OFSTED.

We are part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, an innovative and forward-thinking Trust based in Essex and Greenwich. This unique partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes for children across our schools.

The Compass Partnership of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).

Our successful candidate will also be health checked and references will be requested before appointment, the post is permanent and is subject to a satisfactory probation period.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

For further information about our school please visit our website.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please email cannhall@compassps.uk to arrange a tour of the school.

Information about the School

Cann Hall Primary School is a two-form entry school catering for children from 4-11.

We know that effective education is the key to securing promising futures for our children in what continues to be a fast changing world, where jobs and careers are increasingly global rather than just local or national. Many of these jobs are yet to be created or imagined. Knowledge and skills do not stand still and no nation on the planet can afford to be complacent in a worldwide competitive environment.

As a school we know this means we have to keep moving forward – keeping children equipped with the latest skills and knowledge they need to succeed and a love of learning, so that we can prepare them really well with all they need before they move onto secondary education.

Our children are happy, behave well and love their learning and develop effective knowledge, skills and attributes that enable them to be confident, responsible and compassionate whilst developing a respect for humankind and the world in which we live. We want every child to have the core skills of literacy and mathematics mastered and learnt through a rich and creative curriculum that encompasses science, technologies, humanities and the arts. In addition, we have a rich extra-curricular programme and facilities for ‘wrap around care’. In short, we want to create a learning community that has every child skipping through our gates each day!