General Teaching Assistant

Starbeck Primary Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LL

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  5 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week, 8.45am until 3.15pm Monday to Friday. Term-time only, plus one week.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796 – £25,989
• Actual salary: £17, 236.04 - £18,065.31
• Pay scale: NJC Grade C/D SCP 3 - 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We would like to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated person who will make a positive contribution to the team and our children. This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week, term time only plus 1 week,8.45am until 3.15pm Monday to Friday.

The successful candidate 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.

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

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. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Local Government Pension 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

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. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

2. Letter to Applicant - GTA - FEB 26.pdf - 199 KB (opens in new tab)

04 - Person Specification - GTA - FEB 26.pdf - 178 KB (opens in new tab)

03 - Job Description - GTA - FEB 26.pdf - 241 KB (opens in new tab)

About Starbeck Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 239 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Starbeck Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@nsat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/starbeck-primary-academy

Founded in the late 1800s the school is steeped in community history and continues to be at the heart of the Starbeck Community. With two attractive Victorian buildings and extensive green outdoor areas, we are blessed with wonderful learning environments for our children to begin their education and school-life. We are a good school with core strengths in personal development & well-being, music, sport and SEND. Outcomes for children during the last formal round of assessments were excellent, in the top 20% of schools nationally and with the equal highest percentage of children across all Harrogate schools achieving the expected standard.

As part of Northern Star Academies Trust, a high-performing multi-academy trust with schools in Harrogate, Skipton and Keighley, we have access to a range of expertise and educational support, including a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Centre, Maths and English Hubs and school to school support functions.

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