Teaching Assistant Level 3

Healing Primary Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN41 7RS

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salaray - £19,135.06 to £19,438.73

Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary

Our Vision to empower and inspire children, adults and communities to be ambitious, healthy and kind, dedicated to making our world a better place.

Our Fantastic Five Values

D - Harbour children deserve joyful (delight)schools that ignite creativity and learning through play. We invest in colleagues to ensure success and promote lifelong well-being for everyone.

A - We recruit the best colleagues and nurture talent in safe environments, inspiring our children to strive for excellence (ambition). By learning from the best, we improve and give back to our communities.

N - Harbour schools are rooted in care, valuing respect and empathy (nurture). We create supportive environments where children and colleagues thrive, preparing them for the future.

C - We promote pride, inclusion, and civic responsibility, celebrating diversity and community. Colleagues will experience belonging through collaboration, well-being, and continuous development.

E - Success comes when colleagues are empowered to innovate, take risks, and learn from failure. At Harbour, we encourage creativity and collaboration, helping both children and colleagues achieve their goals.

Our Magnificent Seven Behaviours

We will act with integrity, honesty and transparency in all that we do
We will trust our fellow professionals and value their skills and knowledge
We will work collaboratively and encourage others to do the same
We will work inclusively, building and celebrating inclusive and diverse communities
We will be kind to ourselves and in all our dealings with others, acting with
compassion and empathy
We will communicate regularly and with clarity with our stakeholders and with each
other, welcoming and reflecting on constructive feedback from others

We will be aspirational for all, wanting the best for ourselves and for everyone

Job title: Level 3, Teaching Assistant

Location: Healing Primary Academy, Fords Avenue, Healing, DN41 7RS

Contract: Fixed Term, 32.5 hours per week, Term Time plus 5

Salary Scale: Scale 3, Points 5-6 (£25,583- £25,989) FTE

Pro Rata Salary for this post: £19,135- £19,438

Interview date: 14th Jan 2026

Start date: ASAP

What does a Teaching Assistant do?

In a nutshell:

You will spend your day with a group of children, get to know them and help watch them grow and develop. It's an amazing job and one that's critical to helping the children with their learning.

Our children are amazing and we intend to help them to continue to be amazing, regardless of what life throws at them. This is a key role in enabling that to happen.

If you are thinking of applying, we are looking for people who:

- Are committed, adaptable and caring, with a professional manner, who are patient and deeply caring - unflappable!;

- Are able to demonstrate creativity, resilience and interpersonal skills to complement our highly effective team;

- Can be an effective team player and willing to be fully involved in the life of the school;

What can we offer you in addition to the salary and holidays above?

- Be part of a dedicated team committed to achieving high standards;

- A supportive, warm and welcoming ethos;

- A vibrant learning environment - for you and our children;

- An experienced and supportive leadership team, who are committed to the well-being of all staff;

As part of Harbour Learning Trust all staff have opportunity to access:

- Employee Benefits Scheme including Local Government Pension Scheme

- Employee Screening and Wellbeing Service

- Cycle to Work Scheme

We always offer the opportunity to discuss our roles and visit our Academy before you apply. Please note that all applications must be submitted through My New Term.

We welcome visits to the school or an informal chat about the role. Please contact the Principal Claire Knight on 01472 882261

For further information, please contact: grimsby.hr@harbourlearningtrust.com

Harbour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Trust carries out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. References taken up upon interview.

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

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 Healing Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 336 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Healing Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/healing-primary-academy

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