English HLTA in Huddersfield

The role involves working as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) within the English team, helping students overcome barriers and achieve their potential. We seek a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and committed individual who can deliver effective, targeted sessions to make a measurable difference to students’ progress.

This role offers the opportunity to focus your expertise where it can have a significant impact: working closely with students, building their confidence, and helping them achieve success. It provides a chance to develop professionally within a supportive department committed to excellent teaching and learning.

The working hours are 37 per week, from 8:00 until 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 8:00 until 15:30 on a Friday.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a department passionate about developing confident readers, effective writers, and articulate young people. The role will primarily involve working with small groups of students across Key Stages 4, providing focused support to address gaps in knowledge, strengthen literacy skills, and improve confidence and achievement at GCSE level. You will plan and deliver purposeful interventions, monitor student progress, and adapt your approach to ensure that support is responsive and effective.

Our English department is committed to providing a rich, challenging, and engaging curriculum, underpinned by high expectations, thoughtful teaching, and a shared ambition for every student. At King James’s School, we are ambitious for the very best outcomes for every one of our students, believing that education is more than just examinations and lessons. Our school focuses on providing a holistic experience that inspires curiosity, builds confidence and character in our young people, and prepares them for their future by giving them strong foundations and happy memories. We are a community-focused school built on respect, inclusion, and the belief in valuing and developing people.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has excellent subject knowledge and a passion for English.
• Believes that every pupil can succeed with high expectations and effective support.
• Can build positive relationships and inspire confidence in learners.
• Understands how to identify gaps in knowledge and deliver sessions that address them.
• Can adapt their approach to support students with a range of starting points and learning needs.
• Is committed to improving standards of reading, writing, and communication.
• Values teamwork, professional reflection, and continuous improvement.
• Brings enthusiasm, creativity, and a determination to make a difference.

All applicants will be required to provide two references, which will be obtained prior to interview. As part of our safer recruitment processes, online searches will also be carried out on shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role involves direct contact with children and is therefore classified as regulated activity. In line with this, the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and candidates are required to disclose any relevant criminal convictions.

This post is paid at Grade 7, spinal column points 14-17. You will be paid for 45.3 weeks per year, which is the equivalent of term time plus one week. The starting salary is £26,583, increasing to £27,917.