Balfour Primary School requires an experienced, committed, adaptable and enthusiastic HLTA to join our hardworking team.   The right person will be able to work as a team member predominately covering classes across the primary age range, but also working with small groups.  The ideal candidate will have a 🎵 music specialism 🎶 to support the teaching of music across the school as part of planned PPA cover.

Balfour Primary School is a thriving and vibrant school at the heart of the Surrenden Campus serving the Preston Park, Fiveways and Hollingbury communities.  Our school is a large primary school with over 700 pupils on roll.  We are very proud of:

• the engagement and motivation of our pupils
• our inquiry based and thought provoking curriculum
• our friendly staff and governor teams
• the sense of community that exists with our families

Hours:  The post is term-time only, 31.25 hours per week.  8:30am - 3:45pm

Rate:  NJC Scale 6  (£32,061 - 33,699) pro rata.  Actual starting salary will be £24,662.31

Term: This post is permanent.

To apply: Please email your application form (CVs will not be accepted) to recruitment@balfour.brighton-hove.sch.uk

Please ensure that you write your application using the headings of the Person Specification.

Closing date:  11:59pm on 7th September 2026

Interview date: sometime before 18/09/2026

Application Form

Job Description

Balfour Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.  We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to have a staff body that matches the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Please be aware that online searches may be used if shortlisted for interview.

The Times Educational Supplement put it best when they said, “Midday supervisors are the lynchpins of an army of support staff that patrols school playgrounds and cafeterias to ensure pupils are fed, appropriate behaviour promoted and order prevails.”  If this sounds like the kind of rewarding challenge you’re looking for and you want to help create a positive environment for young children, why don’t you consider becoming a Midday Supervisor at Balfour Primary School?

Balfour Primary School is a thriving and vibrant school at the heart of the Surrenden Campus serving the Preston Park, Fiveways and Hollingbury communities.  Our school is a four form-entry primary school and is one of the largest primary schools in the country with over 700 pupils on roll.  We are very proud of:

• the engagement and motivation of our pupils
• our inquiry based and thought provoking curriculum
• our friendly staff and governor teams
• the sense of community that exists with our families

Hours:  Monday - Friday, 12:00 – 1:00pm, term time only

Salary:  NJC Scale 3 £13.26/hr   (£25,584pa, pro rata)

To apply:  Please email your completed application form to recruitment@balfour.brighton-hove.sch.uk  (CVs will not be accepted.) 

Closing date: ongoing

Interview date: ongoing

​Application Form

​Job Description

Important Notice: Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and online search.  We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to have a staff body that matches the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Please be aware that online searches may be used if shortlisted for interview. Our safeguarding policy can be found here: Safeguarding policy.

We are currently looking for individuals from our local community who have the skills and experience to contribute to the success of our school, and to help the governing body be more reflective of the diversity of our pupils.

As a large and thriving school, we’re keen to appoint individuals with experience in HR, risk management, finance, data analysis, safeguarding, SEND and Health & Safety to add to the existing range of skills on the board.

More information can be found in the advert below.

Please contact balfour.governor@balfour.brighton-hove.sch.uk if you would like to know more and to find out how to apply.