HLTA focus on Emotionally Based School Avoidance EBSA .

HLTA – Focus of Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)

FOXFORD SCHOOL

Grade 4 - Point 6 to 14 - £25,898 - £29,540 FTE

Pro rata £22,473 - £25,633 based on 37 hours per week for 39 weeks per year

Fixed Term until 21 July 2027

Are you passionate about making a difference to children’s lives? If so, we may have the job for you.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated professional to join our team at Foxford School as a High-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to provide specific support to our Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) students. In this role you provide high level support to our students experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance, working closely with teachers, pastoral teams, and families to improve attendance, emotional wellbeing, and engagement on learning.

You should already have experience of working with children and have an understanding of how to motivate students to learn. You should have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to build positive relationships with students, parents and staff.

This role will involve supporting students who may exhibit behavioural, emotional or social problems in school, to achieve their full potential.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking and an employee discount scheme.

• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition.

• Annual Support Staff Conference for all Support Staff across the Trust.

We are proud to be part of Castle Phoenix Trust. This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop professionally. The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best. Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

Closing date: 9:00am Friday 5 June 2026

Early applications are encouraged as the Trust reserves the right to call suitable candidates to interview prior to the closing date.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

Staff are accountable for the way in which they exercise authority, manage risk, use resources and protect students, who they are responsible for or in contact with, from discrimination and avoidable harm. All staff, where paid or voluntary, have a duty to keep young people safe and to protect them from harm. When an individual accepts a role that involves working with children and young people they need to understand acknowledge that the responsibilities and trust are inherent to that role. There will be a requirement that staff observe their obligations in accordance with the Trust’s safeguarding procedure and report any concerns in accordance with the procedure to the appropriate person.