Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Mill Hill Primary School, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 1AE

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  11 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 May 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: £12,065.00 - £12,867.00 Annually (Actual) Salary is based on Grade F Scale Point 09-13 £26409-£28163

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated HLTA looking to make a real difference in children's lives?

Here at Mill Hill Primary School we are seeking to appoint a qualified Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to join a welcoming and supportive team in Northallerton. Mill Hill Primary is a vibrant school with 236 children from 3 – 11 (due to be 2 – 11 in September) and we run a one class per year group structure. We are based in the heart of Northallerton and our community links are very important to us. Staff work very well as a team and we are a warm, welcoming and inclusive school – no two days are ever the same!

Working across the school, your role will be to release staff for their PPA time. You will work closely with class teachers and play a key role in supporting pupils as they journey through our school. The PPA work will be alongside another professional and will allow the successful candidate to develop a specific area of curriculum interest. There will also be time ringfenced within the working hours for your own planning and preparation.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is positive, flexible, and passionate about helping young children thrive
• Holds a Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent
• Has experience working in a school setting
• Understands how to adapt their practice to meet the needs of individual learners
• Works effectively as part of a team and is committed to high standards of teaching and learning
• Cheerful, friendly and caring

In return, we offer:

• A friendly, inclusive, and forward-thinking school
• A supportive leadership team and a supportive environment
• Happy and welcoming pupils, staff and governors
• The opportunity to be part of Mill Hill Primary School which is part of Arete Learning Trust.

Job Details

Hours of Work: 19.5 hours per week (Mon – Wednesday 08.15 – 15.45) , Term Time only plus PD days (39 Weeks Per Year)

Position Type: Fixed Term (1 year) until September 2026.

About the Trust

Areté Learning Trustcurrently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

• Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
• Are committed to our Trust values.
• Show initiative and are responsive to change.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
• Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
• Are team players.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you would like to find out more about the role, or arrange a visit to the school, please contact the school office on 01609 772382 or email: millhill@arete.uk. If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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.

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About Mill Hill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 224 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mill Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mill-hill-primary-school-northallerton

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