Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Winchelsea School

Job Introduction

Winchelsea School Website

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Special School)

• Sub Section: 
• Salary details: Pay Band 7 pro rata salary £24,116 - £27,352 (full time equivalent £32,061- £36,363)
• Employment Status: Part Time
• Hourly Rate:
• Hours: 32.50 per week
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Weeks: 39
• Closing date: 26 June 2026
• Interview date:  To be confirmed

Start Date: as soon as possible

We wish to appoint an experienced and highly motivated HLTA to help and support our pupils.  It is intended that the post holder will be required to support interventions, teacher’s management time, PPA and absence as well as undertake classroom support work on occasions. This is a challenging role and it is expected that the post holder will be:

• an existing HLTA or hold equivalent or higher qualifications
• able to lead and support other teaching assistants
• able to work across the entire 4 – 19 age range
• able to deliver, assess and report on lessons to a high standard in line with school policies and expectations and using school planning
• proactive in enhancing children's learning and skilled in helping children to progress in their learning 
• able to make learning enjoyable and purposeful 
• nurturing and caring 
• have high expectations of children's behaviour 
• an excellent team player enthusiastic about the role

If you are interested in the above position, please send your application to recruitment@winchelsea.poole.sch.uk

Winchelsea school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.  The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, and rigorous checks of shortlisted candidates background credentials.

If you have not been contacted by the school by 3 July 2026, then could you please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We may however, contact you prior to the closing date. 

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.

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