Teaching Assistant

Highgate Primary Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9AS

27 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) Actual pro-rata salary - £19,257 - £19,875

Teaching Assistant job summary

Join Our Team at Highgate Primary Academy – Make a Real Difference Every Day

Are you a dedicated and enthusiastic professional who wants to help children thrive? Highgate Primary Academy is looking for a talented Teaching Assistant to join our warm, welcoming, and committed team.

We’re proud of our strong team spirit, low staff turnover, and shared belief that every child deserves the very best. If you’re passionate about supporting learning and want to be part of a school where your contribution truly matters, we’d love to hear from you.

Working hours: 8.30am - 3.15pm with 30 mins lunch. 4.30pm finish on Wednesdays.

What We’re Looking For:

• Recent and successful experience in a primary school setting
• A positive, proactive approach to supporting all pupils, including those with additional needs
• Strong relationship-building skills with children and colleagues
• A commitment to promoting good behaviour and resolving issues calmly and effectively
• A desire to make a genuine impact on children’s learning and development

What We Offer:

• A calm, happy, and hardworking environment
• A passionate and supportive team of staff
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities

At Highgate, we believe in nurturing both our pupils and our staff. If you’re ready to grow your career in a school that values teamwork, positivity, and high aspirations for all, we’d love to welcome you.

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 at recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org.

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!

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Highgate Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 356 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highgate Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highgate-primary-academy

We have high hopes for our pupils, and this is expressed in our vision of Making a Difference; To ourselves; To each other; To the World We Live In.

It’s important to us that children enjoy the time they spend here; but we also want them to achieve the very best they can. Our aim is to provide a learning experience that will help all children make rapid progress, whatever their starting point. We want to provide our children with the best possible start in life and help them acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding and ambition to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.

It’s vital that we work closely with parents and carers, and mutual trust and understanding are central to our shared responsibility for the education of your child. We encourage you to take an active interest in your child’s education and in school life; your contribution is valued and important. Our school is bursting with potential, and we are eager to capitalise on this energy – working closely with our partners, our community, carers and parents.

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.
We want our academy to be a fun and exciting place where children thrive upon success.

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