Ridgewood Community High School, Eastern Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2AT (195 on roll)
Tel: 01282 953653
School website: www.ridgewood.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for your interest in joining our team as a SEND Specialist HLTA. This role is due to our expanding pupil numbers and will to provide PPA cover across the school. A good understanding of KS1 and KS2 curriculum is essential to support our pupils with cognition and learning needs. You will be working with a excellent Curriculum team with years of SEND and Primary knowledge to help you prepare resources and lessons for each class, ensuring learning is meaningful, accessible and ambitious.
This will include:
Teaching all primary subjects
Using themes and topics to create meaningful links across learning
Our School Values - Our work is underpinned by our core values, and we are looking for someone who shares and actively promotes these in their daily practice:
Communication and Interaction - We listen, we connect, we communicate. We recognise every form of communication. We provide the right tools and support so that all pupils can express themselves and build meaningful connections
Cognition and Learning - We believe in every learners potential. We create personalised learning pathways that encourage curiosity, independence, and achievement for every pupil, at every stage.
Social, Emotional and Mental Health - We care deeply and support holistically. We promote wellbeing, resilience, and positive relationships through consistent care, empathy, and understanding.
Sensory and/or Physical Needs - We make learning accessible for all. We adapt environments, resources, and approaches to remove barriers so every pupil can take part, feel included, and achieve.
Ridgewood Community High School is a specialist Generic Learning Disability school, providing a nurturing and inclusive environment for approximately 195 pupils. The school benefits from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities designed to support a wide range of learning needs, enabling every young person to thrive both academically and personally. A strong ethos of transforming lives underpins all aspects of school life, with a particular emphasis on high-quality pastoral support, wellbeing and personalised provision. At Ridgewood, staff work collaboratively to ensure that every pupil develops independence, confidence and the skills needed for life beyond school. We offer a rewarding and purposeful working environment, where staff are committed to making a meaningful and lasting difference.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.
This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro rata basis.
The closing date is 25/06/2026 at 12 noon
Please see the job description and person specification for the full range of qualifications and experience
First Aid Qualification
Medical Training
Price/Team Teach
Relevant SEND training ELKLAN, Colourful Semantics etc.
supporting pupils with SEND, particularly cognition and learning needs.
understanding of curriculum adaptation in English and Maths.
Liaising with class teams to support curriculum planning and supporting individual pupil strategies.
Please see the job description and person spec for the full range of qualifications and expericence
Mr M Siney- School Business Manager
29/06/2026
An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community
Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.
