Teaching and Learning Assistant
Holden Lane Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 6JS18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.50 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,350- £20,286
What skills and experience we're looking for
Principal: Mrs C Jones | Required: September 2026 | Teaching and Learning Assistant | Permanent | Term Time | 32.5 hours per week | Level 4, Actual Salary £19,350 to £20,286
Holden Lane Academy are looking to appoint a dynamic, passionate, and driven Teaching and Learning Assistant to join the committed and hard-working teaching team at Holden Lane Academy. The successful candidate will have the strongest commitment and passion to continue to drive the success of the Academy forward and will be a very motivated team player in a highly effective staffing team.
We are very proud of our academy and are committed to working together to provide an exciting curriculum for all our pupils. Our children are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe that all children are entitled to a high quality education and should regard their academy as a safe, exciting and enjoyable place to be. We strive for everyone involved in our academy to feel valued and special, so that every day they feel, that they have achieved success. To create this environment, we need the very best people, who we will support to be outstanding practitioners. Do you want to be a part of this success? If you do, we would love to receive your application.
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public, including staff and students in accurate spoken English is essential for the post, therefore postholders must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.
Our Purpose
At Holden Lane Academy we are committed “To enable children to be happy, successful and eager to
learn, helping them to grow into young people who are fulfilled and able to make positive contributions to society”.
Our whole academy community works to our STARS values:
Safety
Trust
Achievement
Respect
Support
Why Holden Lane?
Holden Lane Academy is a small inclusive Primary academy in the Sneyd Green area of Stoke-on-Trent. It has bespoke facilities that support our exciting curriculum. We have extensive and stimulating outdoor play and learning areas.
The academy also has recently benefited from a significant investment in digital infrastructure. At Holden Lane Academy, our aim is to provide high quality experiences in all aspects of academy life.
We want to enable children to be happy, successful and eager to learn, thus helping them grow into young people who are fulfilled and make a positive contribution to society. We aim to do this in the context of a warm and welcoming ethos. Our academy is a place where success is celebrated and high self-esteem, standards and achievement are positively fostered.
The Academy is part of the Alpha Academies Trust which is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists of two Secondary Academies, four Primary Academies and a Central Team. Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of Primary and Secondary Academies in North Staffordshire. Our purpose is to deliver a first-class education for every child that overcomes inequality. This means that we recruit outstanding staff and make their professional development a number one priority.
What the school offers its staff
The Benefits of Working for Our Trust
The Trust offers a benefits package which includes a local government pension scheme, Staffordshire Pension Fund, discounted gym membership for on-site gyms and a 25% discount at Nuffield Health Stoke Fitness & Wellbeing Gym, free on-site parking, subsidised meals and a Cyclescheme. We also offer an Employee Assistance Programme through Life and Progress including counselling services to ensure that our staff are looked after and supported.
Alpha Academies Trust are committed to staff development and all staff are encouraged to be members of the Chartered College of Teaching. This is financed by the Trust and colleagues are encouraged to access their resources and embark upon their qualifications.
For all successful applicants the Alpha Academies Trust will support with the option to further your career by progressing or swapping to become an associate teacher on the appropriate pathway to teaching. This can be discussed at interview or at any time during your employment with Alpha.
We’re Disability Confident!
Alpha Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Employer which means that it has made commitments to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. Should you require any reasonable adjustments during any point of the application process, please contact our Trust HR Team at recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk to discuss.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Holden Lane Academy
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 225 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Holden Lane Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01782 882100
Arranging a visit to Holden Lane Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk.
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