Higher Level Teaching Assistant

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Somerlea Park are looking for a dedicated HLTA to join our team from 1^st September 2025 – working closely with class teachers to support, inspire, and make a real difference in the classroom every day.

Join the Team at Somerlea Park Junior School – a small, happy school at the heart of Somercotes, where both staff and pupils are valued and supported.

We are a friendly and inclusive school community, guided by three simple yet powerful rules: Be Kind, Be Ready, and Work Hard. Our pupils are at the centre of everything we do, and our bespoke curriculum is shaped by our core values of Aspiration, Communication, Equality and Diversity.

This HLTA role is fixed-term contract until August 2026. The role is for 32.5 hours (full time) and will include classroom support, HLTA led group intervention as well as whole-class teaching as appropriate.

This is a truly exciting time to become part of our journey, as we look ahead to the next phase of school improvement – including the development of a brand-new, state-of-the-art school building, with building works commencing this year.

If you’re committed to making a real difference and want to be part of a dedicated, forward-thinking team, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

The school is part of the Learners’ Trust, which is a medium-sized MAT comprising of seventeen primary schools, one special school, over three-thousand five-hundred children and spanning the three Local Authority regions of Rotherham, Derbyshire and Derby City. 

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.

We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.

Why do we exist? 

Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future

• Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
• Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
• Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect

How will we act?

We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;

 Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)

Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)

Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)

Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)

Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)

Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)

Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)

What is our strategy?

We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;

• Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
• Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
• Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
• Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation  

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person.

Please apply via My New Term on the below link: 

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144949/EDV-2025-SPJS-97783

Provisional Interview Date: 9 June 2025

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Please be aware that Derbyshire County Council is placing this advert on behalf of this organisation and you should refer directly to its website for details of the terms and conditions attached to this post. Any queries regarding this advert or the recruitment process should be made directly to the organisation.