SEND HLTA

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Coventry; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary school in Coventry is seeking a SEND HLTA for maternity cover, starting November 2025. The role focuses on supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, ensuring high-quality provision and positive progress. Candidates should have relevant experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for fostering student growth. The school offers a supportive environment and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

High quality, ongoing professional development

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Local government pension scheme

Employee discount scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Passionate about SEND and dedicated to ensuring children are safe and thriving.
• Ability to lead Adjusted Provision and deliver high quality teaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Adjusted Provision, supporting children with SEND.
• Ensure high standards of learning and achievement.

Skills

Experience of working with children across the primary age range

Knowledge and understanding of child development

Strong numeracy and literacy skills

Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours

Motivation to work with all children and young people

Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships with children

Job description

Overview

SEND HLTA – Adjusted Provision Lead – Maternity Cover

Hours: 8.15am to 4.15pm, Monday to Thursday and 8:15am to 3:45pm on Fridays (with half an hour unpaid break), term time only plus Teacher Training Days

Grade: 4 – £25,989 FTE; Pro Rata to days and hours worked - £21,333

Contract: Maternity Cover - FTC from November 2025 - 23 October 2026

Start date: November 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a SEND HLTA to join our fantastic school, leading our Adjusted Provision (Wings) as part of our excellent SEND Team. The successful candidate will be highly passionate about SEND and dedicated to ensuring that children are safe, happy and thriving. They will ensure that children make positive steps of progress and improve outcomes through high quality SEND provision. They will be organised, resilient and able to use their initiative, and will be confident working independently but will also be able to work effectively as part of a team. The core focus of this role is to lead our Adjusted Provision, supporting children identified as having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities with an EHCP; including delivery of high quality teaching and provision, effective use of resources, and ensuring high standards of learning and achievement for all pupils. The successful candidate will be supported by our Assistant Headteacher/SENDCo and our ambitious senior leadership team.

Ideally the successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working with children across the primary age range
• Knowledge and understanding of child development
• A desire to further develop their skills
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills
• An approachable and resilient attitude
• A passion for supporting all children to be the best they can be
• Motivation to work with all children and young people
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours

As a successful primary school working as part of a multi-academy trust, we can offer:

• High quality, ongoing professional development as part of the Castle Phoenix Multi-Academy Trust
• A supportive, friendly and hardworking staff team united in driving to achieve the best outcomes for every child
• Friendly, happy and well-behaved children eager to learn
• Excellent support network through our hardworking, committed staff including fortnightly training related to your role in school
• A range of benefits including cycle to work, free parking, the local government pension scheme and an employee discount scheme, generous holiday entitlement and a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy

Visits and applications: Our Assistant Headteacher/SENDCo, Azra Foric, would be delighted to meet you and discuss the opportunity. To arrange a visit, please email Azra Foric.

Closing date: Midnight 5 October 2025

Interviews: 17 October 2025

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.