Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor
Highburton CofE First Academy, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0QT21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Teaching Assistant SCP 5-6 - 27.50 hours per week Lunchtime Supervisor SCP 3 – 2.5 hours per week (30 minutes per day) Full Actual Salary: £17,339.70 Contract Type: Term time only, fixed term for 1 year Weekly Hours: 30 hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - 01.09.26 to 31.08.27
Actual salary
- £17,339.70
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor at Highburton CE Academy
Teaching AssistantSCP 5-6 -27.50 hours per week
Lunchtime SupervisorSCP 3 –2.5 hours per week(30 minutes per day)
Full Actual Salary: £17,339.70
Contract Type:Term time only,fixed termfor 1 year
Weekly Hours:30 hours
Closing Date:14/09/2026
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed, caring and diligent person as a Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor working 1.1 with a child with complex needs.
We pride ourselves in providing a safe, happy and caring environment, where all pupils are nurtured and valued within a distinctive and inclusive ethos.
The successful candidate will:
- be able to provide a friendly and professional service to our children
- to assist with the personal needs of pupils including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
- to assist with the supervision of pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning
- provide high level supervison and support for pupils in the class room, dining hall and the playground
- help to develop social skills through play and promoting children’s physical and emotional wellbeing
- be dedicated and patient
- be able to work effectively with pupils and within a team of other staff members
- have a flexible manner which is honest and friendly and the ability to communicate at all levels
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
• a warm, welcoming, inclusive school with a friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated team of teachers and support staff
• opportunities to develop professionally and grow in your role
• a genuine opportunity to make a difference
Why join Enhance Academy Trust?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a successful and forward-looking academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As a Trust, we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples:
Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
Free annual flu jab
Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
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)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Highburton CofE First Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 10
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 161 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 10
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- ruby.pert@enhanceacad.org.uk
Highburton CE First Academy is a one form entry CofE First School, part of Enhance Academy Trust. We are a friendly, exciting first school for children from the ages of 4 to 10 years. We pride ourselves on our caring, hard-working Christian ethos and high standards. The school is located in beautiful countryside with strong community links. We aim to provide every child with the opportunity to succeed and ensure we work in partnership with parents. Our expectations of behaviour and respect are high and we provide an exciting curriculum in order to inspire a life-long love of learning.
Arranging a visit to Highburton CofE First Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ruby.pert@enhanceacad.org.uk.
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