General Teaching Assistant

Western Primary School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0NA

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,007.00 - £14,007.00 Annually (Actual) Band 4 (SCP 2 - SCP 4). FTE: £24,413 - £25,185 per annum

General Teaching Assistant job summary

Fixed Term until August 2026. Part-Time, Term Time Only + Training Days (39 weeks per year)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated General Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and supportive school team. We have additional hours available to support children in our Breakfast and After School clubs as part of this role, offering the opportunity to make a real difference to children’s learning and wellbeing throughout the school day. You will work closely with teaching staff to support learning across the curriculum, promote positive behaviour, and help create a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment. Through involvement in our wraparound care offering, you will play an active role in ensuring pupils are well cared for and engaged in fun, enriching activities before and after school.

Core Role - General Teaching Assistant (including daily Midday Supervisory role)

• 24.5 hours per week
• Monday, Tuesday, Friday 08:30 - 15:30 and Wednesday, Friday 13:00 - 15:30
• Actual Salary: £14,007 per annum

Optional Additional Hours - Breakfast and After School Club

• Up to 13 hours per week available
• Breakfast Club Monday, Tuesday and Friday 07:30 - 08:30
• After School Club Monday - Friday 15:30 - 17:30
• Rate: £12.65 - £13.05 per hour

About Our School

Recognised as outstanding across all areas by Ofsted in June 2018, Western Primary School is a successful two-form entry primary school. Our school vision is to develop kind, ambitious, curious, confident, and successful young people who are excited about their futures. Kindness, Honesty, and Respect are the underpinning values of our school.

Here at Western Primary School, we think of ourselves not just as a school, but as a thriving community - a true reflection of the strong, supportive network that has grown here over the years. Our dedicated staff, governors, pupils, and their families all play a vital role in shaping the warm, inclusive environment we’re so proud of.

As a founding member of the Red Kite Learning Trust, we’re also fortunate to be part of a wider family of schools, sharing expertise and support. It’s these powerful relationships that enable our children to truly flourish - not just academically, but personally and socially too.

Here’s what you can expect when you join us:

• Generous pension scheme: Employer contribution rate of 19%, plus a wide range of benefits and discounts. Full details HERE
• Flexible working options: We support work-life balance and are open to exploring suitable arrangements
• Supportive environment: We prioritise respect, equality, diversity, and well-being
• Community culture: Collaboration and generosity are at the heart of our team
• Professional development: We invest in your growth at every stage of your career

About You

To be a good fit for this role, you will be:

• Capable of working with individual pupils and small groups, under the direction of the class teacher to provide for each individual child’s stage of development and interests, regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• Able to support the class teacher in managing the classroom and its resources
• Keen to develop their role within the team with flexibility to meet the changing needs of children within our school
• Able to provide 1:1 support to pupils with Special Educational Needs.
• Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification is desirable but not essential

Next Steps

Let’s Connect: We would love to speak to you to answer any questions you might have about this role or our school. To arrange a convenient time to speak in person, or visit us ahead of applying, please email Sally Downes (sallydownes.rklt.co.uk).

Adjustments: Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please include these within Part Two of our application form under the section ‘Disability and Accessibility’.

Applicant Guidance: Red Kite Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer which welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to promoting diversity and want a workforce which reflects the local population of each of our schools. Our recruitment guidelines and privacy notice for applicants can be found HERE.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Western Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 494 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Western Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/western-primary-school-harrogate

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