Higher-Learning Teaching Assistant

Discovery Academy, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3LE

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  6 October 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,966 - £26,034

Higher-Learning Teaching Assistant job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.

To start: November 2025

Higher-Level Teaching Assistant full-time salary £31,022-£33,699

This is a permanent, part-time role, 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only Plus Inset Days with an actual salary of £23,966- £26,034 (TMBC Grade F, Points 17-22)

The Higher-Level Teaching Assistant role start time will be from 08:30 to 15:30.

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

The Local Governing Board of Discovery Academy wish to appoint a teaching assistant level 4 wellbeing mentor.

The successful candidate will be part of a team delivering pastoral/wellbeing provision across the school and with the primary aim of removing and overcoming barriers to

learning for children who are vulnerable, open to services or requiring support to ensure that they fulfil their educational and wider potential. Barriers could be internal or

external and include issues surrounding safeguarding, poor home engagement and support, attendance and behaviour.

The post holder will support the leadership and pastoral team by attending meetings with social care and external agencies. They will keep accurate records and support with ensuring that the correct provision is in place or signposting is available for children and their families both within and outside of school. Additionally, the role will include supporting children within the school setting.

Candidates should have experience of working with children and families, running all levels of social care plans from EHA, attending meetings, keeping accurate records and writing plans and reports.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

•Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 17th October 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.

• Shortlisting will take place on Friday 17th October 2025

• Interviews will take place w/c Monday 20th October 2025

Please note we may close the advert as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as you are able.

• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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 Discovery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 220 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/discovery-academy-hyde

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