Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Ditton Lodge Primary School

Ditton Lodge Primary with Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy 

HLTA

Contract: Part Time / Permanent (28 hours per week, 38 weeks per year)

Salary: Scale 5, SP 12-17 (FTE: £28,598 – £31,022 / Actual: £18,095 – £19,629 per annum)

Start date: January 2026

Ditton Lodge is looking for an outstanding HLTA to cover classes and lead groups across Ditton Lodge Primary and Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy.

Children only get one chance to receive a high-quality school education. At Ditton Lodge and Houldsworth Valley we are committed to ensuring our children get the best possible start in life and we are on a journey to achieve this. As a member of the team, you will gain access to a range of professional development opportunities.

In exchange, we are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, and innovative individual who is seeking a new challenge.

We are looking to appoint someone who:

• is child focused
• has a passion for education
• can inspire a love of learning and nurture success
• has high expectations of themselves and the children they work with
• is highly motivated and willing to help the school on its journey of improvement.

As part of the Unity Schools Partnership, we offer: 

• a friendly and welcoming school
• a caring, team ethos where everyone is valued
• dedicated colleagues who enjoy working together as a team
• a supportive and driven leadership team
• significant training and development available through opportunities for professional development, research, teacher training and collaboration between schools and across phases
• an excellent and involved local governing body

Please contact  the Headteacher Lisa Tweed for any further information regarding the post on ltweed@houldsworthvalleyacademy.co.uk

Closing date: 9:00am, 09 December 2025

Interview date: 12 December 2025

Please apply via the following application link: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/296887EPM

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs.  Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

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

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.