General Teaching Assistant/Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Thorner Church of England Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 3JD16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
15 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Higher Level Teaching Assistant – 12.5 hours per week over 5 days, Term Time Only + 5 training days General Teaching Assistant – 17.5 hours per week over 5 days, Term Time Only + 5 training days Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA) – 2.5 hours per week, Term Time Only
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temporary until 20th July 2026
Pay scale
- HLTA Grade: F SCP 8 – 13, TA Grade: C SCP 2 - 4, MSA Grade: C SCP 2 - 4
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant with SEN experience who is enthusiastic, caring, flexible and inspiring to work under the direction of our Headteacher, SENCO and Classroom Teachers. We need someone who is a strong team player and wants to contribute to all aspects of school life. The successful candidate will demonstrate a positive approach with the main aim of helping pupils to continue to make progress and reach their full potential. They should have a commitment to supporting high standards of teaching and learning, be keen to work as part of a close team, as well as have the ability to develop warm relationships with children, colleagues and parents.
As an MSA you will be required to supervise children in the lunch hall and in the playground to ensure a positive, caring and safe environment.
What the school offers its staff
Our vision at Thorner C. of E. Primary School is to inspire, develop and nurture all of our children, rooted in a strong sense of belonging, enabling them to flourish, succeed and go forward into the world with the skills, compassion and resilience to make a positive difference.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Elevate Multi Academy Trust (Elevate) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children within its family of Academies. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Elevate and its Academies believe that the child’s welfare is always of paramount concern, and that all children have a right to be protected from abuse regardless of their age, gender, disability, culture, language, racial origin, religious belief or sexual identity. All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately in accordance with Elevate’s Child Protection
and Safeguarding Policy.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Thorner Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 180 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thorner Church of England Primary School website
- Email address
- office@thornerschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 2892541
Thorner Church of England Primary School is a village school that is at the heart of a vibrant and incredibly supportive local community. As our website demonstrates, the children are supported in their learning and development by extremely dedicated staff, governors and parents.
We work hard to provide a safe, caring and inspiring environment to enable our pupils to flourish and achieve their very best.
We are all very proud of Thorner school and would love to show you all of the exciting teaching and learning that is happening both in and out of the classroom.
We hope our website enables you to gain an insight into life at our school, but please do not hesitate to get in touch if you require any further information.
Mrs G. Whawell (Headteacher)
We are proud to be members of North Star and Polaris Teaching School Alliances. North Star and Polaris formed a unique partnership in 2016 to support school improvement (mainly across North Yorkshire) and work with around 60 primary schools in the region. Our collective aim is to improve outcomes for all children through a self-sustaining, dynamic system of school improvement and support across North Yorkshire and beyond.'
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