17 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    17 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,992.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (FTE) Will be pro-rated

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

Ringstead CE Primary School

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Are you looking for an opportunity in the new academic year to make a difference int he lives of our pupils, whilst enhancing your skills?

Are you looking for a supportive start to your teaching career?

Are you a Teaching Assistant, looking to develop your career and enhance your expertise?

‘Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their lives. Proverbs 22 v 6’

Ringstead CE Primary School is proud to offer a fantastic opportunity for a friendly and enthusiastic HLTA, to join our popular school. This is a promising opportunity, that is perfect for a knowledgeable and passionate practitioner, who is eager to become part of a small village school, that has big ambitions.

At Ringstead CE Primary we place teaching and learning at the centre of our school, through a challenging, stimulating, and creative curriculum. We encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promote Christian values through the experience we offer all our pupils. Our aim is to develop resilient, enthusiastic children who are equipped for the next stage of their educational journey.

Position: Fixed-term until August 2026

Hours: 24 hours per week

Start Date: 1st September 2025.

Pay Scale: Grade G8-G12. This will be £14,486.07 actual per annum

39 weeks per year

Location: Ringstead CE Primary School, Church Street, Ringstead, Kettering NN14 4DH.

The ideal candidate will be approachable and passionate , who shares in our values and vision, to provide and deliver high standard lessons as a reflective practitioner, whilst contributing to a stimulating and inviting learning environment, recognising the needs of all learners. We place wellbeing and mental health at the centre of everything we do, and all stakeholders of our community work hard to support this. Therefore, you will have the ability to develop relationships with pupils to ensure they feel safe and happy, to reach their full potential.

In return, we are proud to offer you a collaborative and close-working environment, where wellbeing is prioritised by a supportive leadership network. Our team of staff work collaboratively with the wider community and stakeholders of the school, to create an exciting and rewarding environment that inspires and challenges everyone to be the best that they can be.

"Staff enjoy working at the school. They talk about the collaborative environment in which they work. The school and the Trust provide training so that staff can improve their practice" - Ofsted 2024

Ringstead CE Primary has been a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust (PDET) since 2015, alongside 35 other schools in the Northamptonshire, Rutland and Peterborough area. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and provides wider access to a vast array of employee benefits, wellbeing resources and career and development opportunities.

We warmly welcome you to visit our school and see what makes Ringstead CE Primary so special. Please contact head@ringstead.pdet.org.uk where we would be happy to organise a suitable time.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Visits to the school are encouraged.

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 are not accepted.

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About Ringstead Church of England Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
128 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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Our whole community, from Staff to Governors, Parents and Trust members, all work together, to provide the best for our pupils and families we serve. We want our children to enjoy their time and education with us, to achieve the highest possible standards in all aspects of their lives, and to enable them to be happy learners and citizens for the future. As a Church of England School, we are particularly conscious of the need to create opportunities for all pupils to grow up in a community and a society where we can all live and work successfully together through mutual respect, tolerance and understanding. We have been a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust since 2015;we operate within a wider community of 33 schools across Northamptonshire, Rutland and Peterborough, and these strong links make special contribution to our children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and learning. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing finances and other central services for the academies within the Trust.

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