Pay: £120–£140 per day (DOE) Start: ASAP Contract: Long‑term, full‑time DBS: Enhanced DBS on the Update Service required
Are you an experienced HLTA or a strong SEN practitioner looking for your next step? Do you thrive in a nurturing, structured environment where every child is supported to reach their full potential? Are you considering teacher training in the future and want a role that will genuinely prepare you?
A specialist SEN provision in the West Drayton/Harmondsworth area is seeking a committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join their growing team. The setting supports pupils with Autism, severe learning difficulties and complex communication needs, offering a calm, therapeutic and highly personalised learning environment.
Set on a large, green, environmentally friendly site, the school benefits from sensory rooms, therapy spaces and extensive outdoor learning areas. The team is warm, collaborative and deeply child‑centred — every decision is made with pupils’ wellbeing and progress in mind.
What Will You Be Doing?
* Leading small‑group and 1:1 learning sessions
* Delivering planned lessons and activities under teacher direction
* Supporting pupils with ASC and complex needs using structured SEN strategies
* Using tools such as visual timetables, sensory integration and augmentative communication
* Helping pupils regulate, communicate and engage in learning
* Working closely with teachers and therapists to meet EHCP targets
* Contributing to planning, assessment and classroom organisation
Does This Sound Like You?
* Do you hold HLTA status or a Level 4 qualification?
* Or do you have strong SEN Learning Support experience and feel ready to step up?
* Have you supported children with ASC or severe learning difficulties before?
* Are you confident leading learning activities and supporting behaviour calmly and consistently?
* Do you have an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service?
If you’re nodding along, you’re likely a great fit.
Bonus Skills (Not Essential)
* Team Teach or similar behaviour training
* Experience with PECS, Makaton or AAC
* Understanding of safeguarding in specialist settings
What’s In It For You, once perm?
* A competitive salary package
* Clear internal progression routes — including pathways into teacher training
* A supportive, collaborative and forward‑thinking team
* Ongoing CPD and specialist SEN training
* Company pension
* On‑site parking
Final Question…
Are you ready to join a specialist setting where your work genuinely transforms children’s lives and where your own career can grow?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Peak Education Recruitment Ltd is a specialist Education Recruitment Consultancy that supports Teachers and Support Staff find short and/or long-term temporary and/or permanent employment in Primary, Secondary and Special Education Schools throughout the UK. We are committed to Safer Recruitment and undertake checks on all candidates we work with. As part of the registration process, each candidate will be required to have a current DBS Disclosure and a subscription to the DBS Update Service, if you do not have one, we can support you with an application. We will also need to see all original relevant qualifications certificates before any work placement is agreed
Salary description
£120.00 - £140.00 per day