HLTA

Dudley Council; Limpsfield; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Hurst Green Primary School seeks an enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to provide essential support in a friendly environment. The role involves covering sessions, offering pastoral care, and utilizing specialist skills to aid teachers. This fixed-term position lasts for one year, allowing for an engaging interaction with students and the school community, starting September 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting education in primary schools.
• Ability to provide PPA cover and support individual children.
• Fluent in spoken English as part of essential requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide PPA cover up to 5 sessions per week.
• Offer pastoral care and support for students.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to enhance children’s learning.

Skills

Pastoral care

Collaboration

Teaching support

Communication with parents

Education

Relevant qualifications for teaching

Job description

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Job Details

HLTA

Hurst Green Primary School

Location: Narrow Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B62 9NZ

Pay range: Grade 7

Salary: £30,559 prorata

Hours: 32.5 per week

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year

Closing date: Sunday 6 July 2025

Interview date: Friday 11 July 2025

Start date: 1 September 2025

The Governing Body of Hurst Green Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Higher Level Teaching Assistant to be part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing PPA cover (up to 5 sessions per week)
• Offering pastoral care including facilitating social groups and individual support, providing outside play support, and liaising with parents and outside agencies
• Covering for absences and delivering interventions to individuals and small groups in collaboration with class teachers
• Utilising specialist skills and knowledge at an advanced level across various disciplines to support teaching staff in the development and education of children
• Working alongside teaching assistants to give guidance and share expertise
  
  
  

Hurst Green Primary School is a happy, caring, friendly two form entry school, with amazing children; committed and friendly staff; supportive parents and Governors. We are a popular and oversubscribed school in a residential area of Halesowen on the border of Dudley, Sandwell and Birmingham, educating children for over 50 years.

We encourage you to visit the school website at https://www.hurstgreen-dudley.co.uk/ and where possible we would urge you to visit the school and see for yourself what a special place it is; where children’s minds are engaged, their curiosity encouraged, their potential unlocked, their imagination ignited, and their lives enhanced.

All applications must be made online via WM Jobs. CVs and hand-written applications will not be accepted. Applications should be submitted by end of day on Sunday 6 July 2025.

Please contact Rachel Whitehouse, School Business Manager to arrange a visit or for further information on 01384 818210 or [e-mail]

Shortlisting will take place w/c 7 July with successful candidates being invited to interview on Friday 11 July.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Hurst Green Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches.

NB. We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised date should a large number of applications be received.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

Effective from September 2022, KCSIE states as part of the shortlisting process schools and colleges should consider carrying out on-line searches, as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. All shortlisted candidates are now subject to an on-line check and if there is anything concerning, then the shortlisted candidate will be asked to comment on it either prior to or at interview.

N.B., We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via [e-mail]

If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance; https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/

If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue, then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via [e-mail]

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About Dudley Council

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve.

At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities.

We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk

We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves.

In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:

• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents
  
  
  

We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan , Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info

Company Info

Website

http://www.dudley.gov.uk/

Telephone

01384 811300

Location

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Council House

Priory Road

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 1HF

United Kingdom