Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Ark St Alban's Academy
Birmingham
- £25,000 - £31,000 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Ark Support Staff Scale - Grade 6 point 8-19
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- November 2026
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2026
Job overview
Ark St Alban’s Academy
Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Location: Highgate, Birmingham
Salary: Ark Schools support pay scale 6 points 8-19 (actual salary £25,635 - £30,640)
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Annualised 40 hours per week, term time only (08:00 – 16:30, Mon – Fri)
Start date: November 2026
Closing date: Friday 16 October 2026
Join Ark St Alban's Academy as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) and play a pivotal role in helping every student achieve their potential.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate education professional to provide specialist support to pupils, deliver targeted interventions, and work closely with teachers to raise achievement across the curriculum.
As a HLTA, you will lead 1:1 and small-group learning programmes, support pupils with SEND and EAL needs, contribute to lesson planning and assessment, and help create an inclusive and nurturing learning environment where all students can thrive. You will also support whole-class learning, deliver activities planned by teachers, monitor progress, and provide valuable feedback to help shape future teaching and interventions.
Beyond the classroom, you will act as a specialist lead within the school, share best practice with colleagues, contribute to enrichment activities and educational visits, and play an important role in promoting students' wellbeing, independence and confidence. This role is ideal for someone who is committed to transforming outcomes for young people and believes that every child deserves an excellent education, regardless of their background.
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About Ark St Alban's Academy
- Ark St Alban's Academy
- Conybere Street, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B12 0YH
- United Kingdom
About Ark St Alban’s Academy
At Ark St Alban’s Academy, we achieve success by working together as a team of pupils, parents and teachers who all have a shared belief that every child can – and will – succeed.
Our school achieves outstanding results for our young people.
We challenge every pupil to make the most of their God-given talents by working hard to climb the mountain to university. We are committed to preparing every pupil to succeed at university and in a career of their choice. Our pupils make rapid progress through our academic curriculum from their very first day at Ark St Alban’s Academy and we make every minute matter in our purposeful and disciplined school environment.
Our sixth form is the pinnacle of our school. It offers a wide-range of rigorous qualifications, enrichment experiences and careers advice. Pupils are supported in accessing the most selective university courses and apprenticeship providers in the country and we follow the success of our alumni with great pride.
As part of the Ark Network, colleagues at Ark St Alban’s Academy collaborate with peers across the country in matters of curriculum design and assessment, and in pursuing sector leading professional development programmes and qualifications.
It is a school in which every colleague can make a real difference. We are ambitious both for ourselves, our young people and what we can achieve in our community.
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