Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Hookstone Chase Primary School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7DJ7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2026
Closing date
18 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Term time only (plus 5 days) role working 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.15am until 3.15pm.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,064 - £31,537
Actual salary
- £21,886 - £23,613.08
Pay scale
- NJC Grade G, SCP 13-16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hookstone Chase Primary School is looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated HLTA to work alongside our teaching team, supporting pupils in school. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the staff team with a passion for helping every child reach their potential. This is a permanent, term time only (plus 5 days) role working 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.15am until 3.15pm.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate kindness, care and patience, have a good sense of humour and be an excellent communicator. Resilience and a sense of responsibility in terms of providing the highest level of care and support for pupils and colleagues are essential. Good organisational skills and creativity to support the children are required.
You will be a creative individual, with a passion for primary education and child development. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children we look forward to hearing from you.
We can offer a commitment to your professional development, the opportunity to work in partnership with colleagues from primary and secondary schools across the MAT and the chance to be a part of something truly special. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we would love to work with you.
**** Please be aware that school will be closed to enquiries due to the Christmas holidays from 20 December 2025 until 4 January 2026. Enquiries sent to the recruitment email will be picked up on the following dates: Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd December and Friday 2nd January 2026 ****
Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)
https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies
Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
What the school offers its staff
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
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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.
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About Hookstone Chase Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 297 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hookstone Chase Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@nsat.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Hookstone Chase Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@nsat.org.uk.
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