General Teaching Assistant

Hookstone Chase Primary School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7DJ

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week, term-time only Monday to Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 7 months
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796 - £25,989
• Actual salary: £16,811.89 - £17,620.75
• Pay scale: NJC Grade C/D, points 3-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hookstone Chase Community Primary is looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant to work alongside our teaching team, supporting pupils before and during school. This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week, term-time only Monday to Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate kindness, care and patience, have a good sense of humour and be an excellent communicator. Resilience and a sense of responsibility in terms of providing the highest level of care and support for pupils and colleagues are essential. Good organisational skills and creativity to support the children are required.

You will be a creative individual, with a passion for primary education and child development. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children we look forward to hearing from you.

We can offer a commitment to your professional development, the opportunity to work in partnership with colleagues from primary and secondary schools across the MAT and the chance to be a part of something truly special. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we would love to work with you.

Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)

https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details.

Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, an Enhanced DBS clearance is required on appointment of this post.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
• A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

03 - Job Description GTA- FT July 26.pdf - 223 KB (opens in new tab)

04 - Person Specification - GTA - July 2026.pdf - 184 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hookstone Chase Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 297 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hookstone Chase Primary School website
• Email address: ellisons@nsat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hookstone-chase-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Hookstone Chase Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ellisons@nsat.org.uk.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Harrogate and North Riding Of Yorkshire