SEND – Year Team Leader HLTA

Teaching Vacancies; Stockport; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport School in Stockport is seeking an outstanding practitioner for the SEND Year Team Leader HLTA role to support students with SEND. You will lead your Year team’s Learning Support Assistants and coordinate in-class timetabled SEND support, ensuring effective collaboration with SENCO and pastoral staff.

The role requires close liaison with Heads of Curriculum and subject departments to adapt SEND provision and deliver targeted interventions to develop students’ independence.

Qualifications

• Year Team Leader HLTA overseeing assigned Learning Support Assistants.
• Under SENCO, organise, coordinate and lead SEND timetabled in-class support for a Year group.
• Collaborate with Heads of Core Curriculum/Subject departments to support SEND across areas.
• Provide bespoke interventions to develop independence skills for SEND students.
• Appointment subject to satisfactory DBS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Organise, coordinate and lead the Year team Learning Support Assistants.
• Lead in-class timetabled SEND support for a specific Year group.
• Meet weekly with the Pastoral Head of Year to discuss evolving SEND needs and timetable changes.
• Liaise with Heads of Curriculum/Subject departments to share SEND feedback.
• Deliver bespoke interventions to promote independence and progress.

Job description

Mile End Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6BW

Pay:

Meets national minimum wage

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

02/11/2026

About this job

What skills and experience we're looking for We are seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner to the post of SEND

• Year Team Leader HLTA. The successful candidate will be a dedicated and committed professional who under the line management of the SENCO, will be responsible for organising, coordinating and leading their assigned Year team Learning Support Assistants, upon timetabled in-class support of students with SEND in a particular Year group.

SEND Year Team Leaders will be expected to make weekly contact/meet with the Pastoral Head of Year to discuss evolving change within the needs of individuals and groups and plan for how SEND support provision and timetables can adapt to support with the address of those changes.

SEND Year Team Leaders will also be expected to liaise with Heads of Core Curriculum/Subject departments upon a regular basis to share feedback from the SEND team and to understand how and where the SEND team may be needed to help support with students in those Curriculum/Subject areas over the coming weeks.

In addition to the principle focus of enhancing in-class timetabled support of students and of improved collaboration and communication between SEND, Pastoral and Attendance, and Curriculum/Subject areas, SEND Year Team Leaders and their team will also provide a range of specific and bespoke interventions for students aimed at developing their independence skills.

The closing date for applications is
9.00am on Monday 2nd November 2026, although the school reserves the right to close the deadline sooner dependent upon applications.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the DBS. What the school offers its staff Stockport School is an over-subscribed successful school with year on year improving results.

Commitment to safeguarding The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.