Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Closing date: 12/02/2025 10:00 pm
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Contract type
Permanent
Work pattern
40 weeks, 35 hours/week (term-time plus training & development days)
Salary
£26,342.00 actual salary
Start date
TBC
Location
Raise Education & Wellbeing School
54–56 Holmeswood Road,
Great Lever, BL3 3HS
The Role
We are looking to add to our busy support team by appointing an HLTA with the skills to deliver effective,
compassionate and comprehensive support to the wider team using a range of tools to assure the best
outcomes for our children and young people. Experience and qualifications In core subjects would be
desirable.
The role will involve working alongside the senior team to implement Raise policies and procedures and
promote the highest levels of quality care, education, development and engagement and ensure the best
possible chances for young people to within their education and wellbeing provision.
Job Description
Primary purpose of the role:
The HLTA will:
- Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils.
- Undertake teaching small groups as well as acting as cover teacher when required.
- Promote pupils’ wellbeing, independence, self-esteem and social inclusion.
- Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in
learning and experience a sense of achievement. - Lead an intervention area and or fulfil pastoral support duties e.g. Thrive, nurture, catch up and
recovery, stretch and challenge or personal development, enrichment sessions and youth champion
role. - May be required to supervise and line manage TA’s and or intervention support.
- Promote and utilise trauma informed and attachment aware practises across school activities.
- Build positive relationships with learners to achieve the best outcomes.
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Application form
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How to apply
- Firstly, please download the Job Pack, the link is above.
- Ensure you read the job description and that you meet the criteria of the person specification.
- Please download and read the Privacy Policy for Applicants.
- Download the Application Form, fill in and email the completed form to recruitment@raisetheyouth.co.uk
Please note: We do not accept CVs.
The benefits of working with Raise
Time to teach
- Small class sizes
- Full TA support
- Generous PPA time
- Support of our multi-disciplinary team
- Modern assessment and learning platforms

Opportunities
- Work with supportive colleagues across curriculum areas
- Receive regular CPD and updates
- Develop new skills and competencies
- Access training and professional development
- Be part of our ‘grow our own’ talent pool

Wellbeing
- Excellent work life balance
- Paid Wellbeing days
- Mindfulness courses
- Employment Assistance Programme (including Counselling and legal and financial advice)

Values
- Trauma and Mental Health Informed approaches
- Attachment Aware
- Compassionate and supportive
- Restorative

Rewarding
- Making a real difference to pupils’ lives
- Autonomy within your role
- Freedom to be innovative within your subject and beyond
- Supportive SLT, proprietor & governors
- Team ethos
- Competitive salary

Our School
Raise Education and Wellbeing school is a trauma-informed independent SEMH special school that caters for 11 to 19 year olds (up to 25 if their needs require) with education and healthcare plans.
In addition we provide a Day 6 service to councils for children that have been permanently excluded, providing them with specialist assessment in order to determine their overall needs.
We are a new school, having registered in 2016 and received an Ofsted judgement of Good with Outstanding features, in 2017 & 2022.
It’s in our name to Raise the Youth, and we place child’s welfare and wellbeing paramount, treating all our students with a person-centred approach, with dignity, compassion and respect. We are a compassionate learning and developmental organisation with a strong team who support one another, and a school which has outstanding features and fully committed towards being outstanding in all areas. We provide a quality education with the freedom to teach, whilst meeting needs and supporting aspirations to encourage learning for life.
What Ofsted said about our school:
“Pupils enjoy attending this school. They like the wide range of experiences in which they can participate and the way staff help them to succeed. The school’s curriculum is ambitious for all pupils and reflects the school’s ethos. It has been designed to help pupils to overcome their considerable barriers to learning”.
Raise the Youth Foundation CIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, disability, or age. All applicants are considered based on their merits and abilities for the job. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. We operate a strict safeguarding policy which is consistently and rigorously applied.