Teaching Assistant

Harrogate High School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 27.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:30am – 2:30pm) Term Time Only. All working patterns can be discussed including part time, split days and job share.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796 - £25,989
• Actual salary: £15,410.90 - £16,152.36
• Pay scale: NJC Grade C/D, points 3-6
• Additional allowances:

  SEN allowance of £891.71 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated General Teaching Assistants who will make a positive contribution to the achievement of all of our students. The role will require you to work alongside students in all year groups and provide support and guidance both socially and emotionally, and also to support academic progress. Applicants should be kind, resilient and patient with a good sense of humour and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills. The desire to see each student flourish and reach their full potential using a variety of support strategies is crucial. The successful candidate will have an awareness of safeguarding procedures and be driven to support students reach their fullest potential.

For further information please download the Job Description and Person Specification.

What the school offers its staff

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Excellent CPD opportunities

• Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.

• A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.

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

Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

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03 - Job Description General Teaching Assistant.pdf - 246 KB (opens in new tab)

04 - Person Specification - General Teaching Assistant.pdf - 170 KB (opens in new tab)

About Harrogate High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 672 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harrogate High School website
• Email address: recruitment@nsat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harrogate-high-school

Harrogate High School is a thriving 11-16 state-maintained independent academy to the North East of Harrogate with approximately 600 students.

We are a friendly, inclusive school small enough to give every student our personal care and attention, but large enough to provide a good breadth and quality of education. We place learning first for all our students, providing good quality teaching and a flexible curriculum within a culture of mutual respect and responsibility. We strongly believe that this is the key to raising the achievement of all our young people.

We are proud of our

Sustained academic improvements and creative curriculum.
Superb new facilities enabling all students to enjoy excellent learning environments.
Flexible curriculum and innovative teaching.
Personalised approach to personal development and well-being.
Shaping our future programme including outstanding careers advice and guidance.
Excellent transition programmes at every key stage and beyond.
Collective responsibility towards our own and wider community.
Our School CARES Values - Courage; Aspiration; Respect; Equality and Self Control

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