Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 8BN

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,478.00 Annually (Actual) Term time plus 3 days

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Grade 9: Actual annual salary - £17,478

21.75 hours per week, over three days, term time, plus 3 Inset days

Temporary until 17 July 2026 in the first instance

To commence on as soon as possible

Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School; Batley Grammar School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Hyrstmount Junior School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters.

At Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School we ensure that the children are happy at school, love learning and become the best they can be. We are committed to providing a first class education for each and every one of our learners and have high aspirations for all. Our shared values underpin school life and create the nurturing environment that enables children to thrive and succeed. The skills and dedication of our highly committed colleagues, enables our school to provide the best start to children’s education.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant with exceptional ability to join our team and play a crucial role in supporting both teachers and young people.

The post holder will be vital in helping learners to build independence, stay focused and engaged in the tasks and lessons, help explain different tasks and activities, assist with a wide range of classroom and school-based activities, including planning and delivering engaging lessons, working with small groups or individual learners to provide targeted support, and assisting with classroom management.

The successful candidate will complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed-upon learning activities. This may involve planning, preparing, and delivering learning activities for learners, monitoring, assessing, recording, and reporting on their progress and development, and leading the classroom in the teacher's absence, ensuring continuity and consistency in learning.

You will also collaborate with teachers to develop and implement individualised plans for learners with special educational needs. Your goal is to create a positive and inclusive learning environment where every child can thrive, be included, and be accepted.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive forward thinking school and Trust, who in return for your commitment and hard work, will support you to achieve your own career goals and aspirations.

Please contact the People and Talent team on 01924 942076 / recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Closing date for applications is Friday 28 November at Midday

Interviews will be held soon after, for a January 2026 start.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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 Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 411 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/healey-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-batley

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