Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Kings Priory School, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 4RF

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,694.00 - £29,540.00 Annually (FTE) 35 hours per week, Term Time only (37 weeks per year) actual salary £21,654 (£14.35 per hour) to £23,097 (£15.31 per hour)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you an exceptional HLTA ready to make a real impact?

If you thrive on variety, responsibility and the chance to truly influence pupils’ progress, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

As a valued member of our team, you will:

• Take the lead in delivering engaging whole-class teaching support as part of PPA provision.

• Step confidently into short-term absence cover, ensuring continuity and high standards.

• Design and deliver creative, purposeful learning experiences alongside Class Teachers and Phase Leaders.

• Drive impact through targeted interventions that accelerate progress.

• Champion inclusion by supporting pupils with SEND and those in receipt of funding.

• Work collaboratively within a supportive, forward-thinking team committed to excellence.

This is a role for someone who wants to be trusted, empowered and recognised as a key contributor to school life.

We are particularly excited to hear from you if you:

• Hold HLTA status and have strong experience across the primary age range.

• Bring curriculum strengths in Music or Spanish.

• Have a proven track record of supporting pupils with additional needs in whole-class, small group and one-to-one settings.

• Are energetic, reflective and committed to inclusive practice.

• Have the confidence to lead, the creativity to inspire and the warmth to build meaningful relationships with children and colleagues alike.

Above all, we are looking for someone who believes every child can succeed — and is determined to help make that happen.

Join us and be part of a school community where your expertise is valued, your contribution matters and your professional growth is supported.

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 Kings Priory School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 1565 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kings Priory School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kings-priory-school

Kings Priory School is an all-through school providing high quality education to pupils aged 4 to 19. The result of a merger between a thriving independent school and an outstanding community primary school, we are an inclusive, non-fee paying School with excellent teachers, a family environment, motivated pupils and a commitment to educating the whole child, both in and outside of the classroom.

Kings Priory School is the top performing school in North Tyneside at Key Stage 4; pupils achieve exceptional outcomes which are well above national averages. In 2018 98% of pupils achieved a 4+ in English and 93% of pupils achieved a 4+ in mathematics. We are also very proud of the outcomes students achieve in the Sixth Form, where, in 2018, the average grade was a B- and many students went to read their chosen subjects at Russell Group universities.

The School operates across two neighbouring sites in the centre of the attractive coastal village of Tynemouth with short commuting links into Newcastle upon Tyne. Kings Priory School is part of Woodard Academies Trust multi-academy sponsor whose aim is to be a provider of world class education, transforming lives within and across communities. Our Christian Ethos helps to make our school a thoughtful community and we are welcoming, positive and open to pupils and staff of all faiths and none.

Kings Priory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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