Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Victoria Junior School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0RA26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 27.5 hrs per week - Term time only, monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33366 - £35235
Actual salary
- £20933.26 - £22105.84
Pay scale
- SO1 SP 23 - 25
Hourly rate
- £17.29 - £18.26
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Be part of our school’s exciting future and make a real impact! We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Higher Level teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our dynamic team as we look to expand our age range from September 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting teaching and learning across school. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to plan and deliver whole class teaching, cover teacher absences, and contribute to the development of our curriculum.
We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, a ‘can do’ mentality, and the drive and determination to ensure that the pupils with whom you work with can overcome barriers to learning and progress; helping to keep them safe, happy and successful throughout their time with us.
The vacancy is for a full time (27.5 hours per week), term time only position.
What the school offers its staff
Rothwell Victoria Junior School is a ‘Good’ school in South Leeds.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection (May 2023) states:
‘Parents are overwhelmingly positive about their children’s experiences at Victoria Junior School. Staff know the pupils well and put them at the heart of everything they do. The school’s vision and values are evident in the day-to-day life of the school. Leaders expect pupils to work hard and show care and respect to others’.
We can offer the successful candidate:
- Fantastic children with a desire to learn
- A welcoming and friendly team
- A caring and supportive environment, committed to professional development
School visits are strongly encouraged. If you would like to visit the school prior to applying, appointments will be on Thursday 3rd April at 9:00am or 3:30pm. Please call the school office to book onto one of these sessions or email recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
The closing date for completed applications is 12noon on Monday 21st April 2025.
Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 6th May 2025
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Further details about the role
Further information including job description and application forms can be found and downloaded from our website. https://www.rothwellvictoriajunior.co.uk/key-info/current-vacancies
Application forms and job packs can also be requested by emailing recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
All completed applications should be returned to recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk by the date and time stated.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Victoria Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 150 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Victoria Junior School website
- Email address
- recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 393 3926
We are a small, friendly, family school, with great children and a friendly team of staff. Situated in Rothwell, about 3 miles south of Leeds City centre, we serve a local community which is economically and socially diverse and draws its pupils from the surrounding area. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is above average. A small number of our pupils are from ethnic minority families. The school is one and a half form entry with 161 pupils aged 7-11 years on roll. Most of the children transfer to us at the end of KS1 from our local infant feeder school – Cockburn Haigh Road Academy.
The school caters for a very wide ability range and aspires to provide an exciting, creative curriculum that is meaningful and relevant to our children. The OFSTED inspection in May 2023 judged Victoria as Good overall with Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare judged to be strengths of the school. The report states:
• The school’s vision and values are evident in the day-to-day life of the school.
• Leaders expect pupils to work hard and show care and respect to others.
• The provision for personal development is of a high quality. Leaders provide an impressive range of opportunities to help pupils develop their understanding of the world
• Leaders have carefully planned the curriculum that they want pupils to study in all subjects
• Leaders are highly knowledgeable about the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
We have very good links with our local Family of Schools and extended services cluster, which provides excellent opportunities for networking and collaborative work.
We are looking for a self-motivated person who is passionate about education and interested in working within a team who are determined to make a difference to children’s futures.
Unfortunately, due to school holidays, visits to the school may not be possible. However we very much welcome interested applicants making an appointment for a telephone conversation with the Head Teacher prior to submitting an application. This can be arranged by emailing: amanda.burrow@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
Arranging a visit to Victoria Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk.
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