Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Scissett Middle School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9JX11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
3 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28375.84
Pay scale
- Grade 9
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to join our friendly and highly successful school.
Scissett Middle School is a thriving, over-subscribed and truly unique school which caters for pupils between the ages of 10 and 13. We work in strong partnership with Kirkburton Middle School so staff and pupils benefit from the resources of a large school and the personal touch of a small school. Teachers in both of our schools can really enjoy their work as pupils have outstanding behaviours, matched with a zest for learning. We encourage our staff to take risks and enjoy their teaching as we believe this leads to strong relationships and exceptional progress.
‘The school’s systems and high expectations for behaviour mean that pupils’ conduct is excellent in lessons and during social times. As a result, the school is calm and orderly, and this allows pupils to concentrate on their learning.’
‘Staff are proud to work at the school. Leaders are considerate of staff’s workload and well-being.’
(OFSTED, February 2025)
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to develop a strong understanding of the journey from KS2 to KS3 and beyond, working alongside experienced primary, middle and secondary colleagues. You will be joining our friendly and forward-thinking school at a very exciting time; a school that genuinely values the well-being of all and one that is committed to supporting your ongoing professional development.
This successful candidate will support teaching and learning through the delivery of targeted interventions in both literacy and numeracy. The role will also involve general cover supervision duties across the school.
You will:
- Be a highly effective classroom teacher
- Be organised and committed
- Have a strong moral purpose which puts pupils at the centre of everything
- Believe in high achievement for all
- Be committed to the extra-curricular life of the school
Visits are warmly welcomed and highly recommended – please come and see what we do.
For further information about this post please contact Claire Turnbull, SENDCo.
If you wish to apply for the post of Higher Level Teaching Assistant, then then please complete the application forms found on https://www.themast.co.uk/job-vacancies
Application is via the Trust’s online application form only, separate submissions or supporting documentation will not be accepted; all information should be provided within the relevant sections of the application form. You have the option to save and edit your application prior to submission ONCE you have populated each section. As the application form is hosted on Microsoft Forms, you may wish to copy and paste any larger sections of text into the form.
The application form requires you to provide in addition to personal details, educational achievements and employment history clear and concise examples of how you meet the following areas:
- Relevant Experience
- Education and training attainments
- General and specialist knowledge
- Skills and Abilities
- Additional factors in continual professional development
If you require support to complete the application please contact recruitment@themast.co.uk or telephone 01484 598898 to speak to the HR department.
The closing date for applications is at 11:00am on Friday 3 October 2025
We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early. You are therefore advised to get your return you application as soon as possible.
The interview date is expected to take place on Thursday 9 October 2025
The start date for the successful candidate is 3 November or as soon as possible after that date.
If we have not contacted you by Tuesday 7 October, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. Please accept this as acknowledgement of the time and interest you have shown. We will review applications as they come in so early applications are encouraged.
We value the individual and encourage difference. To achieve this, we start with inclusive recruiting practices. Starting from our job descriptions to blind recruiting, structured shortlisting and scoring we ensure that all employees applying are only measured against their skills, achievements and values.
The Mast Academy Trust and its members, trustees, governors, executive leaders and Headteachers are committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and ensuring that safer recruiting procedures are in place; it expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment.
Appointments will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer:
- The opportunity to work in a very special school; one which is forward thinking, dedicated to the improving the lives of all children and continuously seeks to be the best it can possibly be
- Highly motivated pupils who are eager to learn and engage in lessons
- A school that doesn’t do fads or gimmicks; one which puts teacher workload and wellbeing at the centre of every decision we make
- A commitment to your future development through a well-structured CPD programme
- The chance to work as part of a small multi-academy trust who are relentless in their drive to deliver the best learning experiences to all
- Annual salary increments plus inflation linked increases.
- Automatic enrolment into a Teacher Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates.
- Enhanced occupational benefits (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave).
- Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to Health and Wellbeing services including, GP consultations, Private medial operations, Physiotherapy, Counselling and mindfulness, wellbeing clinics, nurse support services, chronic illness and cancer support, menopause support.
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one.
- Funding of a wide range of accredited training courses and apprenticeships.
- A range of working patterns dependent upon the role.
- For employees on all year-round contracts, a minimum of 28.5 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service) holiday entitlement.
- Death in service benefit.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this position. The Mast Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Scissett Middle School
- School type
- Academy, ages 10 to 13
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 587 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Scissett Middle School website
- Email address
- scissettoffice@themast.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01484 865444
Scissett Middle is a thriving, over-subscribed and highly successful school catering for pupils between the ages of 10 and 13. Teachers at Scissett Middle School can really teach as pupils have outstanding behaviours for learning. We encourage our staff to take risks and enjoy teaching as we believe this leads to exceptional progress and strong relationships.
Arranging a visit to Scissett Middle School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email scissettoffice@themast.co.uk.
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