Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School; Batley Grammar School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Hyrstmount Junior School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. The Trust also operates two community centres called The Fields and the Yorkshire Rose Teaching Partnership for adult education and the Smart Academy. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters. 

Manorfield Infant and Nursery School is a large infant school in the centre of Staincliffe, Batley, delivering a great education for children aged between 2 and 7 years old. We are proud of our caring school ethos and our high aspirations for all. The children at Manorfield School show very positive learning behaviours and we work hard to ensure that the very youngest children get the best start to their educational journey regardless of their background or starting point. Our school values are resilience, confidence, inclusive, nurturing, transformational and respect. We try to embody our values in everything we do and we firmly believe that giving children the very best start to their education ensures their future academic and pastoral success.  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) with exceptional ability to join our team and play a crucial role in supporting both teachers and young people.

The post holder will be vital in helping learners to build independence, stay focused and engaged in the tasks and lessons, help explain different tasks and activities, assist with a wide range of classroom and school-based activities,  including planning and delivering engaging lessons, working with small groups or individual learners to provide targeted support, and assisting with classroom management.

The successful candidate will complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed-upon learning activities. This will involve planning, preparing, and delivering learning activities for learners, monitoring, assessing, recording, and reporting on their progress and development, and leading the classroom in the teacher's absence, ensuring continuity and consistency in learning.

You will also collaborate with teachers to develop and implement individual plans for learners with special educational needs. Your goal is to create a positive and inclusive learning environment where every child can thrive, be included and be accepted.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive forward thinking school and Trust, who in return for your commitment and hard work, will support you to achieve your own career goals and aspirations.   

Please contact the People and Talent team at: recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.