Wilds Lodge School – Rutland
£25,674 Actual Salary (inclusive of £3,000 for HLTA responsibilities)
Permanent and Term Time Only
Start date: September 2026
Job role
We are excited to offer the opportunity to join our wonderful school and work with our exceptional
learners. We are currently recruiting for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our well
established, friendly and supportive team where your input will be key in achieving positive
outcomes for our young people
The appointed person will support teachers in the delivery of lessons, produce and present learning
material, and help with administrative tasks such as marking. You will also support and maintain a
high level of learner engagement through collaborative preparation and delivery of an innovative,
creative and flexible curriculum. We ask that you use a collaborative and multi-agency holistic
approach to delivering a therapeutic education provision which includes attention to health and
safety awareness, risk management and the safeguarding of young people.
The HLTA will be expected to achieve positive outcomes for all young people by leading by example,
providing professionalism at all times and ensuring high levels of commitment, good child care
practice and safeguarding to young people.
What you'll need to succeed
We are seeking people who thrive on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding
environment, who are passionate about supporting the development of social, life and
independence skills and who truly want to make a difference in the lives of young people. Experience
of working with people with autism is not necessary, but a commitment to learning is.
You will have a broad knowledge of strategies used for working with children and young people with
social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH) and those who have a diagnosis of autistic
spectrum disorder (ASD).
About Wilds Lodge
Wilds Lodge School is an independent 38 week specialist boarding and day provision for boys and
girls (girls are accepted as day learners only) for learners aged between 5 and 19 with social,
emotional and mental health difficulties, set in Empingham, Rutland. All the learners at the school
have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). It was established in 2007 and aims to place an
equal emphasis on the educational, social and psychological development of our learners. The key to
the success of the school is a strong ethos, developed by a highly experienced and capable staff, and
the strength of the relationships between the staff and the learners.
We are a friendly school where staff are supportive of each other inside and outside of the
classroom. We pride ourselves in ensuring all members of staff including our support staff have
access to regular training. All our members of staff attend regular training on child protection;
mental health and multi-agency working. All staff access a wide range of training on areas of SEN
such as Autism, attachment and ADHD.
