Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Hillcrest Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 4DRThis job expired on 21 November 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
21 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only +5days
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 Months
Pay scale
- SO1 (SCP 23-25) £34,434 - £36,363 Actual Salary: £29,747 - £31,413
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hillcrest Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for ork under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff to support access to learning for pupils and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
Potential applicants have:
- Experience of working with children in an educational setting.
- Level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistant status (or willingness to work towards).
- A minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics at Grade 4 (C) or above.
- Level 2 Numeracy/ Literacy (or willingness to work towards).
- Awareness of how to adapt teaching resources and strategies to meet diverse pupil needs.
- Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate learning activities to meet defined objectives
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hillcrest Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 465 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Hillcrest Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@hillcrest.leeds.sch.uk
About Hillcrest AcademyHillcrest Academy is a thriving two-form entry primary school at the heart of the Chapeltown and Harehills communities in Leeds. For more than a century, the academy has proudly served local families, bringing together pupils from a rich range of cultural, linguistic and faith backgrounds. This diversity is one of our greatest strengths, helping to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where every child is valued, respected and supported to succeed.
The academy provides education for approximately 420 pupils aged 3 to 11 and is proud to be part of The GORSE Academies Trust, a highly successful partnership of 15 academies and educational settings across Leeds. Through this network of excellence, Hillcrest Academy benefits from collaboration with outstanding professionals and schools, while contributing to the Trust's mission of ensuring that all children and young people can excel regardless of backgroundAt Hillcrest Academy, we are committed to ensuring that every pupil thrives both academically and personally. Through exceptional teaching, strong pastoral care and consistently high expectations, we provide children with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to achieve their full potential. Our curriculum is designed to inspire curiosity, foster a love of learning and prepare pupils for success in the next stage of their education and beyond.
We are proud that Ofsted recognised the strength of our provision, judging the academy to be strong in all areas. This reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering the highest standards of education and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to flourish.
Principal
Vicky Oddy
Ofsted
Ofsted recognised the academy's strengths, stating:
Our ambition is simple: to ensure every child leaves Hillcrest Academy with the knowledge, character and confidence to lead a happy and successful life.
- “This is a school where everyone is welcome. Staff support pupils consistently well to succeed both personally and academically. Pupils flourish.”
- “Pupils' behaviour is excellent. Classrooms are calm and focused places to learn. Pupils' positive attitudes to learning are clear to see.”
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