Teaching Assistant

**Salary: £24,796 - £25,989 pro rata per annum**

** Grade: CD**

** Contract: Permanent - Term Time Only + 1 week**

** Hours: 32.5 hours per week**

**Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Springwater School**

The Ascent Academies’ Trust was founded in 2012 and is a family of six special academies in the North East of England, over four different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated Outstanding.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools. We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.

We are looking to recruit to our TA2 and TA1 vacancies within Springwater Academy.

** Salary information**:
**TA1s (GTA's)**

Hours/ weeks: 32.5hours/wk, 39 weeks (TTO + 1 week)

Salary: Grade C £19,152 - £19,450 actual paid salary for working 32.5 hours per week/ 39 weeks

per year.

** TA2s (ATA's)**

Hours/ weeks: 32.5hours/wk, 39 weeks (TTO + 1 week)

Salary: Grade D £19,763 - £20,076 actual paid salary for working 32.5 hours per week/ 39 weeks

per year.

** What we need**:

- A commitment to and a passion for building a brighter future for young people with Special Educational Needs

- Someone who will embrace being part of a family of schools, sharing good practice and collaborating with others across a Trust.

- An enthusiastic and positive approach within the classroom part of the wider school and family of schools

- Commitment to own professional development and to enhance those of others in order that we can respond to the needs of our young people

- Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself

- A commitment to fresh and exciting methods to assist the delivery of the curriculum

- A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people in our academies

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent

**We can offer you**:

- An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do

- Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families

- Excellent career development and progression opportunities

- Comprehensive induction programme

- Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust

- Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working

- An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process

- A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

**Key Documents**

**Person Specification TA1**

**Job Description TA1**

**Person Specification TA2**

**Job Description TA2**

**Key Dates**

** Closing Date: Thursday 20th November 2025 at 9.00am**

**Interview Date: Friday 12th December 2025**

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

**Teaching Assistant**

**Salary**:£24,796 - £25,989 pro rata per annum

**Posted**:04/11/2025

**Closing date**:20/11/2025

**Closing time**:23:59