Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)/PPA Cover
The Olive School, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8 0DF10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
29 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,824.00 to £28,142.00 per annum (pro rata £20,785.81 to £21,807.13 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
- A level 3 qualification (NVQ level 3 or A level).
- Experience of working with children in a primary school or other setting.
- Experience of working with children (either paid or unpaid capacity) in an education setting.
- The ability to prioritise conflicting demands.
- The ability to set clearly articulated targets to track progress and adopt strategies towards achieving them.
What the school offers its staff
About The Olive School, Manchester
The Olive School, Manchester is a new 420-place Muslim faith primary free school in Cheetham Hill. The school opened in September 2024 and admitted an intake of 60 pupils in Reception. The school will continue to admit a new intake of Reception pupils each year so that from 2030 it will accommodate pupils in the full 4-11 age range.
Like all Star schools, The Olive School, Manchester will have a leadership specialism. We will provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Olive School, Manchester
- School type
- Free School, Muslim, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 60 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Olive School, Manchester website
- Email address
- amreen.yousaf@olivemanchester.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0161 383 2760
School location
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