Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Permanent – Grade G

37 hours per week

£36,581 to £40,444 pro rata salary range

£18.96 to £20.96 per hour

Newfield School is an impressive, well-resourced special school in Blackburn, Lancashire, providing high-quality specialist education, care and therapy for children and young people aged 4-19 with a wide range of needs, including autism, PMLD, SLD, complex medical needs, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.

We are looking to appoint a number of enthusiastic and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistants to join our busy, demanding and rewarding school, starting in January 2027.

The HLTA role at Newfield can be deployed in a number of ways. We are looking for candidates to lead in the following areas:

• Sensory Integration
• Behaviour
• Communication and Interaction – this post will be supported by the following apprenticeship Speech & Language Support Practitioner | Level 5 Apprenticeship | Best Practice Network.

Candidates should be aware that if the needs of the school change, they could be deployed to any of the key requirement roles (attached).

You will support pupils’ education, health, medical, physical and general care needs following agreed plans, promote effective communication for all pupils using a range of agreed strategies e.g.: Makaton, PECS, communication aides etc. and take a lead role in the management of pupils and the classroom under the direction of the teacher.