HLTA - Enhanced Provision

Westwood Primary School is seeking to appoint a
HLTA to work in our Enhanced Provision

Salary: Level 4 £28,598 – £30,024 pro rata, per annum (£23,978 –
£25,174 actual)

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, term time only

Contract: Permanent

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, committed and highly motivated individual to join our school as a HLTA. This is an exciting

opportunity for individuals to join us to help support individuals and groups of pupils with additional needs by planning, preparing and delivering a child-led bespoke curriculum. This role would suit someone who is an effective team member and is passionate about making a positive impact to ensure that all of our pupils flourish, including those with the most complex needs.

Westwood Primary School is a four-form entry school, split across two neighbouring sites with lots of space for outdoor learning and sport. Our ethos is ‘Learning and Growing Together’ and our pupils are at the centre of all we do. We want to encourage our pupils to become inquisitive, confident, life-long learners, whilst making a positive difference to our local and global communities.

We are an active part of The Elliot Foundation Academy Trust who offer additional benefits to all staff including: flu vaccination vouchers, free eye tests, retailer discounts and Cycle to Work and Tech Schemes.

You will be joining a highly motivated and dedicated team of teachers and teaching assistants, supported by an experienced senior leadership team.

If you are interested in working with us and think you are the right person to join our team, we warmly invite you to visit our school. Please call our office on 01354 653033 to arrange a tour of our school and meet our Principal.

Closing date for applications: 1.00pm, Monday 10th November 2025. Our application form is available to download at Vacancies | Westwood Primary School (westwood-cambs.org) and should be sent with a covering letter of application to hradmin1@westwood-cambs.org

Westwood Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and behave in a way which reflects this.

Appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory safeguarding pre-employment checks including a Barred List check, Disclosure and Barring Service check and references. Online checks will be carried out for shortlisted candidates prior to interview.

Please note it is a criminal offence to apply for this post of employment if you are barred from working with children and young people.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide