Higher Lead Teaching Assistant - PE Lead

Alexandra Park Junior School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 2BE

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,434.00 - £38,220.00 Annually (FTE) Point 23-27 of the School Support Staff pay spine, currently £34,434- £38,220 per annum (FTE). Actual Salary £30,081 - £33,388

Higher Lead Teaching Assistant - PE Lead job summary

Higher Lead Teaching Assistant - PE Lead

Permanent

Salary: Point 23-27 of the School Support Staff pay spine, currently £34,434- £38,220 per annum (FTE). Actual Salary £30,081 - £33,388 pay award pending.

Working hours: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.20pm, 30 minutes for lunch

The Role: We are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our team as PE Lead, commencing in September 2026.

This is an excellent opportunity for a person with a passion for physical education, sport and healthy lifestyles to lead and develop PE provision across our junior school. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality PE lessons, support and coach colleagues in the delivery of PE, monitor pupil progress and assessment, and play a key role in ensuring excellent outcomes for all pupils.

In addition, the postholder will coordinate the school's extracurricular sports programme after school, and will work closely with staff and senior leaders to promote participation, wellbeing and sporting achievement throughout the school.

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about inspiring children through sport, has excellent communication and organisational skills, and is committed to raising standards in teaching and learning.

Alexandra Park Junior School

Alexandra Park Junior School, based in Glodwick, Oldham, has more than 350 pupils with three forms in each year group. Our vision is simple: ‘To Learn, Be Happy and Achieve Our Best’.

We recognise that every child is a unique member of our school community. We are a happy school where every child is valued and encouraged to achieve their best, developing their full potential both academically, socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Our school has a warm family feel and a sense of belonging for everyone who joins our community. We have a strong training and CPD programme (supported by The Pinnacle Learning Trust Research School), opportunities to develop your skills, and a solid, supportive team of staff who have fostered a caring and welcoming atmosphere at the school. We are proud of our strong links to the local community.

Teaching in primary education offers an incredibly rewarding career where every day brings new opportunities to inspire and make a difference. Yet, males remain unrepresented in the primary sector. We are proud to champion diversity and encourage all individuals to consider a career in primary teaching. By sharing experiences of male primary teachers we aim to challenge stereotypes and show that primary teaching is a profession where everyone can thrive. Click here to learn about Dan’s experience in the primary sector and why he believes “representation matters”.

Our colleagues underpin our mission and values, sharing high expectations and collaborative opportunities through supportive networks. We genuinely care about each other and the real difference we can make to pupils’ futures, and we want to recruit hard-working, conscientious and self-motivated staff who share our vision.

You can get a feel for the passion we have at Alexandra Park Junior School School through our website, but please do organise to come in and meet us in person. That’s the best way to get a sense of the dynamic and broad education that our children are enjoying and what your future at Alexandra Park Junior School can be.

Proud member of The Pinnacle Learning Trust

We are a locally focused, cross-phase Trust, with a rigorous culture of high aspirations and strong academic performance that will improve the life chances of our young people through an understanding of the communities we serve. Our academies provide high quality inclusive education and an ethos whereby our children and young people learn by example and grow morally and socially.

Our vision for our workforce is one in which diverse, dedicated, skilled and high-performing staff are operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment; enabling everyone to feel valued, respected and encouraged in order to contribute their best to support us in achieving our mission.

Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, as well as the opportunity to contribute to the development of others via our Research School. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

We are delighted to be the winners of the MAT Excellence Award for Wellbeing Trust of the Year 2025, and have been recognised by Edurio for a Trust Value Award, for the second year running. We offer various health and wellbeing benefits, including an Employee Assistance programme offering counselling, GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, etc.

Read our ‘Join the Pinnacle Learning Trust’ booklet to discover what our trust can offer you.

Closing Date for applications: Friday 3rd July 2026 12:00 noon

Shortlisting Date: Monday 6th July 2026

Provisional Interview Date: Wednesday 8th July 2026 (AM)

To apply, please click "Apply Now".

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from under- represented groups and ethnic minorities.

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.

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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 Alexandra Park Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alexandra Park Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alexandra-park-junior-school-ol8-2be

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