1:1 Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Springwell Leeds Academy; Leeds; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Springwell Leeds Academy is seeking a 1:1 Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our KS3 team on a temporary 1-year post. This role focuses on delivering bespoke learning experiences and 1:1 student support within our primary-style nurture model.

You will work with specialist teachers to create engaging, inclusive interventions, mentoring students and shaping progress for pupils with EHCPs. The post involves community-facing opportunities and safeguarding responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with additional needs.
• Ability to engage and manage learning in a busy classroom.

Responsibilities

• Lead 1:1 support for assigned pupil(s) within KS3 as part of a nurture model.
• Collaborate with specialist teachers to design bespoke learning experiences.
• Develop and deliver PSHE and pastoral curricula; create engaging projects.

Job description

1:1 Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Temporary 1 year post (in the first instance)

At Springwell Leeds, we define education through connection and well-being rather than rigid systems. Operating within a primary‑style nurture model, you will join our Key Stage 3 team as a critical 1:1 HLTA.

This is not a passive support role; it is a dynamic position funded by the local authority to fulfil the specific provisions of individual EHCPs. You will be the primary architect of a key group of individual students’ daily progress. We require a candidate who is as resilient as they are insightful.

Working with significant autonomy, you will collaborate with specialist teachers to design and execute bespoke learning experiences. We are looking for an intelligent problem‑solver who can adapt in the moment to spark genuine joy and engagement in pupils who find traditional environments challenging.

For the right candidate, the role expands beyond the classroom into the heart of the community. You will have the agency to lead one‑to‑one community‑based interventions, mentoring students as they navigate real‑world complexities.

Your Impact & Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership: Take ownership of PSHE and pastoral curricula, utilizing your imaginative flair to make academic concepts accessible and compelling for your student.
• Innovation & Advocacy: Develop bespoke projects and campaigns tailored specifically to your students’ unique profiles to foster confidence and participation.
• Professional Mentorship: Act as the expert advocate for your students, ensuring they are seen, understood, and supported through a lens of high expectations.

This position would suit a candidate with a proven track record of being an advocate and supporting the learning of vulnerable pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. It would suit an individual who is passionate about making a real difference to students’ life chances and supporting them in achieving their potential in essential life skills. The ability to be creative and use imaginative flair to engage is essential, along with having resilience, drive and high expectations to inspire students to achieve. As we are a growing Academy with a teacher training school in the Trust, it may also provide an opportunity for further opportunities in the future.

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.

Further pre‑employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

As you will be working with children, this post requires you to undertake regulated activity. It is an offence to seek to work in regulated activity with a group with which you are barred.

We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under‑represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/ countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.