Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Brushwood Junior School
Location: Chesham
Overview
Brushwood Junior School is a two-form entry junior school with 256 pupils on roll. We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and highly motivated Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to work alongside our dedicated staff team, supporting a small group of pupils with SEND needs.
Required from: 1st September 2025
Term time only
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Bucks Pay Grade 3 - £28,129 to £30,174 FTE (actual £21,323 - £22,873)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 26/09/2025
Interviews to be held: 2nd October 2025
About us
Our School Ethos
Brushwood Junior school is a happy, caring, vibrant community. We are very fortunate to have ample space and facilities to support outdoor learning and enjoy the benefits of being surrounded by open fields and woodland. We are passionate about promoting good mental health and emotional well-being and offer our children a wide range of additional experiences to support and nurture their development. Our school values of respect, confidence, collaboration, resilience, and ambition underpin everything we do.
We work to inspire children to be confident, independent, active learners and to foster a life-long love of learning. We work together to ensure Brushwood learners thrive.
We aim to:
- Inspire children to achieve the very best they can
- Help children to see there are no boundaries to what they can achieve
- Show children ways of achieving their ambitions
- Develop and secure children's confidence in their own abilities
- Develop independent thinking skills to equip children for life
- Help children understand the world in which we live and to question injustices
- Make learning relevant to children's lives
- Develop high self-esteem in children
- Create an environment which celebrates and respects differences
- Ensure that children know their views are valued and important and they can make change happen
Our School Values
CONFIDENCE, COLLABORATION, AMBITION, RESILIENCE, RESPECT
The school values were agreed by all children and staff at the school. We expect all members of our school community to model these values in all areas of their work and behaviour.
At Brushwood we endeavour to provide a well-ordered and stimulating environment in which learning can flourish so that your child has the maximum opportunity to succeed to the best of his or her ability. Brushwood is a 'CAN DO' school, finding routes to success for the whole school community.
About the role
Please see attached Job description.
About you
Please see attached Person specification.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 786023
Email: [email protected]
Brushwood Junior school is committed to safeguarding children and our successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place throughout our recruitment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
