HLTA
Gooseacre Primary Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 0NU15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
8 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,247.00 - £23,757.00 Annually (Actual)
HLTA job summary
Join Our Team as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant!
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious Teaching Assistant or current HLTA ready for your next career move? Do you thrive in a role where you can inspire others and help children flourish? If you're passionate about education and want to make a real difference, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
About the Role:
As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant at Gooseacre Primary, you’ll be a vital part of our teaching team, helping to shape meaningful learning experiences and support pupils to reach their full potential. In this role, you will:
- Work closely with teachers to plan and prepare lessons, bringing your creativity and insight to every stage—from initial planning to evaluating and refining learning activities.
- Create and adapt engaging learning resources that meet the diverse needs of the pupils you support.
- Help plan enriching out-of-classroom learning opportunities, including trips and activities that align with our academy’s values and enhance the curriculum.
This role profile is not exhaustive. Full details can be found in the job description and person specification.
We’re Looking for Someone Who:
- Is a qualified, enthusiastic, and ambitious educator who inspires and excites children in their learning.
- Sets high expectations and is committed to helping every child succeed, regardless of background or ability.
- Acts as a positive role model for pupils, colleagues, and the wider community.
- Understands and champions inclusion and safeguarding.
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Brings energy, resilience, and a genuine desire to make a difference.
What We Offer:
- Professional Growth – Access to high-quality CPD and career development opportunities.
- Enhanced Benefits – Generous annual leave, employee support programmes, extended parental leave, and more.
- Supportive Environment – A strong, visible leadership team that supports your success.
- Career Progression – Opportunities for advancement within the Astrea South Yorkshire region.
- Further Qualifications – Support to pursue additional professional qualifications.
- Work-Life Balance – Systems and structures that help you focus on what matters most.
Why Join Us?
Gooseacre Primary is a forward thinking school which serves children from the community of Thurnscoe. As a trust we are committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students.
Interested in Applying?
If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply or contact our recruitment team on recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
Closing Date:
The closing date for applications is 8 June 2025. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Gooseacre Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 342 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gooseacre Primary Academy website
Welcome to Gooseacre Primary Academy
Gooseacre Primary Academy is located in Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, close to Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. We currently have over 300 pupils on our roll and ten classes in the school: Foundation Stage 1 and 2, three Key Stage 1 classes and seven Key Stage 2 classes.
The school has seen a remarkable pace of improvement in recent times and in June 2020 Ofsted judged us to be “a good school”. We are proud to have achieved this status for a second time, which is due to considerable dedication and effort from the whole team of staff and wider academy community. We are committed to maintaining our rate of progress. We will build on our strengths, ensuring good practice is embedded into the school and drive forward new initiatives to enhance our performance further.
We are delighted to now be a part of the Astrea Academy Trust. The Astrea vision enables individual academies to flourish with real autonomy, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support and collaboration.
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