16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    27 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£28,201 - £29,643 (actual salary)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Ascent Academies’ Trust was founded in 2012 and is a family of six special academies in the North of England, over four different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated Outstanding.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools. We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.

The principal responsibilities of these posts are to contribute to raising standards of pupils’ achievement and undertake a range of learning activities. The successful candidates will have some supervisory responsibility of other staff including the provision of training where required. Candidates should be well organised and be able to work as part of a team, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be flexible.

Candidates will possess 5 x GCSE A*-C or equivalent including Maths and English.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do

• Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families

• Excellent career development and progression opportunities

• Comprehensive induction programme

• Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust

• Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working

• Access to a range of subject and SEND specific networks, regionally and nationally

• An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process

• A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

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

About Mowbray Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 16
School size
321 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Arranging a visit to Mowbray Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email koliver@ascenttrust.org.

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