Higher Level Teaching Assistant

What skills and experience we're looking for

Connect Academy Trust is looking to appoint highly skilled HLTA’s to support the children's learning. The role will include delivering interventions and covering classes during planned or unplanned teacher absence. This would be an ideal role for an aspiring teacher or a recently qualified teacher wishing to gain more classroom experience.

As part of your role you may be required to

• cover teacher or support staff absence, e.g. for sickness absence, courses etc;
• plan, manage and deliver interventions across a key stage;
• cover the class to allow a teacher to run interventions;
• attend meetings as required sometimes at the start or end of a school day
• plan, teach and evaluate lessons daily with some support from teachers (Y6 Intervention HLTA) ;
• assess and mark work completed with teaching groups and classes

You could be the person we appoint if you are

• inspiring and motivated;
• committed to excellence, inclusion and high expectations;
• plan, prioritise and liaise with teachers on daily timetables;
• highly effective in the planning, teaching and evaluation of all lessons;
• able to maintain positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and families;
• willing to motivate others, seek and accept advice;
• rigorous in ensuring all pupils make good progress;
• able to contribute to the wider life of the school;
• willing to train in the appropriate qualifications;
• ready to lift the ceiling on expectations of children.

What the school offers its staff

To help you achieve this, we can offer you

• support to develop your skills through school-centred, multi academy trust wide and external continuing professional development and teamwork;
• wonderful staff and pupils who are keen to learn;
• a very dedicated team with a strong positive ethos;
• a well-resourced and highly professional school.

Further details about the role

If you are interested, please complete an online application form. If you have any questions relating to the post, or if you are unable to access the online application, please email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk

Closing date

Tuesday 2nd June 2026 @ 9am

Interviews

Monday 8th June 2026

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required to be undertaken and an on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare disqualification Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Medical checks Online and social media checks Prohibition from teaching Right to work Satisfactory references Suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.