Elmlea Infant and Junior School

HLTA – Cover Supervisor & Behaviour Support

Permanent - Term time Only

Part-time (up to 32.5 hours per week over 5 days, fewer days or hours will be considered) 

5 inset days attendance required per year

Salary: BG9 SCP17 (FTE £32,061)

Elmlea Schools are seeking a confident, caring Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to work as a Cover Supervisor with a focus on behaviour and pastoral support.

Working within our inclusive, high-achieving school community — where kindness, respect and community underpin everything we do — you will work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to promote positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing, and inclusion, helping every child to feel safe, supported and able to succeed.

 Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering pre-planned learning across the primary age range in the absence of the class teacher
• Creating a calm, purposeful and inclusive learning environment
• Supporting positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing and engagement
• Working closely with teaching and pastoral staff to meet pupils’ needs
• Upholding Elmlea Schools’ values and high expectations at all times

 The ideal candidate will:

• Hold HLTA status (or equivalent experience)
• Be confident leading classes across the primary age range
• Have strong behaviour management skills and a calm, consistent approach
• Be committed to inclusive practice and supporting pupils’ wellbeing
• Demonstrate a secure understanding of safeguarding

We offer a supportive school community, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a real difference to pupils’ learning and wellbeing.

 Tour dates: Monday 23rd February at 9:30am and Tuesday 24th February at 2pm, please email to book on tour via school email address.

 Safeguarding Statement

Elmlea Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you are shortlisted for a post within Elmlea Schools you will be required to complete a Criminal Convictions Disclosure Form to disclose any criminal convictions that would prevent you from fulfilling the role and an Enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information, where applicable, will be carried out if you are offered the post.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. Throughout the application process we ask for some personal data about you. We’ll only use this data in line with data protection legislation and process your data for one or more of the following reasons permitted in law:

• You have given us your consent

• We must process it to comply with our legal obligations

 You’ll find more information on how we use your personal data in our privacy notice for job applicants which can be accessed on our website.