Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Full-time

Leigh Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F63-249-S
• Posted:24/04/2025
• Pay:£24,339 per annum actual salary
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:12/05/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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Shape Futures at Snowfields Academy's New Minster Campus as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant!

Are you a passionate and dedicated Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) looking for an extraordinary opportunity to make a real difference?

Leigh Academies Trust is thrilled to invite applications for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join the pioneering team at Snowfields Academy's brand new Minster campus, set to open its doors in September 2025! This isn't just a job; it's a chance to be part of something truly special from the ground up.

Imagine being instrumental in creating a nurturing and stimulating learning environment where students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) can flourish and achieve their full potential. As a founding member of the Snowfields Academy's new Minster team, you'll play a vital role in shaping the academy's culture and making a lasting impact on young lives.

As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting our students' learning journey. This will involve actively participating in all stages of the planning cycle, including the collaborative development and preparation of engaging lesson plans. You will also be responsible for creating and adapting resources tailored to meet individual pupil needs, ensuring that learning activities are both accessible and challenging. Furthermore, you will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to the planning and leadership of out-of-school learning experiences, enriching the curriculum and broadening our students' horizons in line with the academy's policies and procedures.

You’ll be an integral part of the teaching team, ensuring that Snowfields Academy remains a place where every student feels supported, challenged, and inspired.

If you are a motivated and compassionate individual with the skills and dedication to support our students, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to join our team and help shape the future of Snowfields Academy.

This is a permanent position offering a salary of £24,339 per annum actual salary (£28,297 full time equivalent), based on 37 hours per week, term time + 1 week.

Information about the trust

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 20,000 students and employing 3,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Holly Neve
• Address:LAT Head Office,
  Carnation Road,
  Rochester,
  Kent,
  ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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