13 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    1 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    18 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours

Contract type

Fixed term - 1st of January 2026 - 31st of August 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Full-time equivalent salary

FTE £32,061.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Excellent practitioners who are competent in literacy and numeracy and hold relevant teaching assistant qualifications.

  • Practitioners with experience of working within a school setting.

  • Practitioners able to work as part of a team in a lively learning environment.

  • Practitioners that are confident working across EYFS to KS2 leading groups, supporting learning and covering classes.

What the school offers its staff

  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

  • Access to workplace and wellbeing support services.

  • A genuine sense of belonging in a family of schools rooted in strong values.

  • A comprehensive induction and support programme.

  • A culture where curiosity, collaboration, joy and challenge drive professional growth.

  • A real commitment to work–life balance: your wellbeing matters to us. We want you to thrive, both at work and beyond it.

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

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

White Woods Primary 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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Dinnington Community Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
185 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01909 550034

Our core values are captured in the words: ready respectful, safe. Every decision we make is driven by a desire to ensure a world class education for every child and foster a life long love of learning in every member of our school community.

We believe passionately in helping our children develop a strength of character during their time in the school. This is forged through the quality of the relationships between pupils, their peers and their teachers. We believe strength of character comes from a deep sense that the individual is valued and respected by those closest to them

It is our shared aim that every child looks back on their time at Dinnington with affection and pride, having the confidence to achieve anything in their future life.

Arranging a visit to Dinnington Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email t.dolphin@dcp.wwpat.org.

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