Teaching and Learning Assistant - Speech and Language

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 2ES

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Term Time Only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 to £25,989.00 per annum (pro rata £17,384.27 to £17,660.16 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• A relevant qualification (NNEB, Level 3 NVQ in Education, Child Development, Diploma in Childcare Education, BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, education to graduate level) OR training in the care and education of children with recent experience in a relevant position.
• Experience of working with children who have complex communication needs to support children’s learning and development, adjusting activities according to children’s responses and needs, using specialist curricular and learning skills.
• Practical experience of working with children within an educational setting.
• The ability to work one to one, in small groups and with whole classes.
• The ability to contribute effectively to teachers’ planning and preparation of lessons.

What the school offers its staff

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school, with a nursery, for 2 to 11 year olds in Shipley, West Yorkshire. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We were graded as 'Good' by Ofsted during our most recent inspection in March 2019, including an 'Outstanding' grade for our early years provision.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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

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About High Crags Primary Leadership Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 336 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: High Crags Primary Leadership Academy website
• Email address: tracy.waite@highcrags.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01274 584068
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/high-crags-primary-leadership-academy

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy in Shipley, West Yorkshire is a 420 place, 4-11 primary school. High Crags joined the Trust on 1 April 2018. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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