TA/HLTA dual role - Landywood Primary School

A highly effective Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant with additional roles is required for September 2026

The hours will be 30 hours per week:

• 16 hours per week supporting children's learning in a Key Stage 2 classroom as a class-based Teaching Assistant
• 2 afternoons per week releasing staff for PPA across school (please see below)
• 2 afternoons per week delivering specific, tailored 'keep up' sessions
• 1 day delivering targeted teaching (please see below)

The combined salary will be £19341 term-time, full time equivalent which will be pro-rata to 20 hours plus 10 hours paid at a higher salary grade according to qualifications (please see below)

Landywood Primary School is a "Good School" (Ofsted 2022) seeking to appoint an outstanding, highly motivated and committed Teaching Assistant.

This exciting role will be to support English and Maths lessons each morning, Monday - Thursday (we do not teach English and Maths lessons on Friday at Landywood) in a Key Stage 2 class.

The successful applicant will also be responsible for facilitating Key Stage 2 English and Maths 'keep up' sessions on two afternoons, plus two afternoons delivering lessons across school as a HLTA. We also require the successful candidate to deliver targeted teaching for one day per week as a HLTA.

Within this role, we require the successful candidate to work four hours per week, which equates to two afternoons to release teachers for their PPA, meetings etc. We also require the candidate to deliver targeted teaching for one day per week. If you are not a qualified HLTA, we would pay you as a Cover Supervisor (a higher rate of pay than the Teaching Assistant salary). We would support your development through paying for your training to become a HLTA.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has successful experience across the whole of the primary age range.
• Has an excellent knowledge and understanding of high quality primary education.
• Will be able to work in a creative, imaginative and inspirational way, consistently motivating children and staff.
• Will nurture, inspire and raise aspirations of all children, understanding how they learn best and never give up on them.
• Will have a commitment to working strategically as part of a team, to improve standards across the school but also the ability to work independently too.
• Will be a positive role model in school.
• Has excellent whole class teaching skills when releasing staff.
• Has the skills to plan, deliver and evaluate highly effective interventions to support differing children's learning needs.
• Has high expectations of achievement and behaviour.
• Is committed to fostering excellent relationships between parents, carers and the community to promote community cohesion.

In return we can offer:

• A hardworking and dedicated staff team.
• Amazing children.
• A vibrant, happy school with a real sense of community.
• A friendly and supportive environment and hard-working staff.
• A well-resourced school with amazing spacious grounds.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.

This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

An enhanced DBS check will be required and an online search will be carried out.

Please contact the school for further details on 01922-270-077. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

For more information, please read the attached Information Booklet.

Closing date: 11th May 2026

Interview date: 19th May 2026