Nursery Lead Practitioner HLTA

Contract:
Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, term time only plus 1 week

Location:
Harrogate, North Yorkshire – Starbeck Primary Academy

Starbeck Primary Academy, part of Northern Star Academies Trust, is seeking to recruit a Nursery Lead Practitioner (HLTA), to join our team from September 2026.

Founded in the late 1800s, the school is steeped in community history and continues to be at the heart of the Starbeck community. With two attractive Victorian buildings and extensive green outdoor areas, we are blessed with wonderful learning environments for our children to begin their education and school‑life.

As part of Northern Star Academies Trust—a high‑performing multi‑academy trust with schools in Harrogate, Skipton, Bradford and Keighley—we have access to a range of expertise and educational support. Our schools work closely together to ensure that we remain at the forefront of best practice in teaching and learning.

The primary intention of our curriculum aligns with our school vision – Include, Inspire and Achieve. This vision is achieved through our values of Respect, Resilience, Challenge, Inspiration and Self‑Belief, which are interwoven into the very fabric of everything we do. We ensure that learning is based around engaging and fun topics and themes, and that there is a whole‑school entitlement for all children to learn outside the classroom.

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Nursery Lead Practitioner, with a passion for primary education and child development, and the skills, experience and dedication to educate children across our school.