Higher Level Teaching Assistant

King's Meadow Academy, Pontefract, WF9 5BP

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Unqualified G6 12-17 actual £19,566-£21,224 (FTE £28,598-£31,022), Qualified G7 18-23 actual £21,577-£23,599 (FTE £31,537-£34,434)
• Additional allowances:

  Unqualified G6 12-17 actual £19,566-£21,224 (FTE £28,598-£31,022), Qualified G7 18-23 actual £21,577-£23,599 (FTE £31,537-£34,434)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Thank you for your interest in the role of Higher Level Teaching Assistant.

Waterton Academy Trust is looking to appoint an inspiring and dynamic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join the leadership team at King’s Meadow Academy a one and a half form entry school, located in Kinsley, Pontefract.

If you are an ambitious, talented and highly motivated Higher Level Teaching Assistant with a passion for ensuring children learn and achieve, and if you work hard and have the drive and energy to make a difference to children’s lives and their learning, then Kings Meadow Academy could be the school for you!

King’s Meadow Academy is an average sized school and joined Waterton Academy Trust in 2018. The Trust consists of 13 primary phase schools, 2 Assessment Resource Units and 4 Pre Schools in the Wakefield and Barnsley area. As part of this Trust both staff and children enjoy varied opportunities for collaboration in all areas of the curriculum.

The school is committed to providing a stimulating, creative environment so that all children enjoy learning, make outstanding progress and reach their potential. By offering an engaging and language rich curriculum, the school is constantly striving to provide high-quality learning opportunities which challenge and inspire all our pupils.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and talented individual to take a key role in our team. We are looking for someone with a genuine passion for education - someone who is driven to make a difference to the lives of the children they work with.

Interested candidates are welcome and strongly encouraged to visit King’s Meadow Academy prior to applying available dates are Tuesday 6th January 2026 and Thursday 8th January 2026 at 4pm.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Warm Regards,

Lauren Penny

Executive Headteacher

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 King's Meadow Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 243 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Meadow Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-meadow-academy

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