Level Teaching Assistant; HLTA

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job reference REQ Date posted 22/05/2026 Final date to receive applications 12/06/2026 Location Scunthorpe (Willoughby Road Primary Academy) Salary Grade F Points 14 to 19 (£29,540 to £32,061 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £24,866.13. Annual weeks 38 (Term Time only) Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Education Support Attachments Job description - Support -

Willoughby Road Primary Academy is looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our academy in September 2026 on a full time, temporary basis.

Your new role

As a HLTA, you will complement teachers’ delivery of the curriculum and contribute to the development of other support staff, pupils and academy policies and strategies. You will work collaboratively with teaching staff and assist them in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources. You will supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teachers. You will provide support to pupils, teachers and the academy in order to raise standards of achievement for all, by utilising your advanced levels of knowledge and skills when assisting with planning, monitoring, assessing and managing classes and to encourage pupils to become independent learners.

You will provide support for pupil welfare and support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of academy life.

Please see the attached job description for the essential criteria and more information about the role.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

Your new school

Willoughby Road Primary Academy is located in Scunthorpe. The academy strongly believes in giving individual attention to the needs of the children in our care. We support the development of lifelong learners through development of life skills that include responsibility, resilience, respect and readiness for learning. It is our mission to offer every child a high quality education in a supportive, safe and challenging environment in which they feel valued and are inspired to become life-long learners who are ‘striving to be the best’.

Good relationships exist with local partnerships including the Scunthorpe schools as well as other academies within Delta Academies Trust.

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.

CPD

At Delta Academies Trust, we’re committed to your ongoing development and supporting your ambitions, this includes our internal leadership development programmes, Leadership Pathways

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing.

Inspiring Our Students Beyond The Classroom

Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

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