Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Carr Infant School, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 5QA

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £8,935.50 - £9,568.55 Annually (Actual) Grade 7 Level 1-4 (£32,535 to £34,840 FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

11.25 hours per week (1.00pm to 3.15pm, Monday to Friday)

Term time plus two weeks

Carr Infant School is looking for a positive and enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to complement the work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.

You will have HLTA status or QTS/QTLS and GCSE qualifications in maths and English at grade C/4 or above, or equivalent, alongside significant experience of working with children in an educational setting and planning and delivering intervention programmes for children with a range of needs. You will have the skills to work alongside class teachers and our school SENCo to ensure that children are able to access an ambitious curriculum and make positive progress against their own personal targets. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is calm, caring and consistent in their approach, who is committed to maintaining our high standards and wants to make a difference, and who is willing to 'go that extra mile' to better the life chances of our children.

Carr Infant School is due to join Excel Learning Trust on 1 November 2026. The Trust offers a range of staff benefits, and further details regarding the benefits and information about the Trust can be found here.

The trust will be undertaking a job evaluation exercise in the near future and, therefore, the grade for this position may change.

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 Carr Infant School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: Up to 210 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carr-infant-school-york

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