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Higher Level Teaching Assistant – Team Leader

Job details
Posting date: 15 September 2025
Salary: £30,024 to £32,597 per year
Additional salary information: NJC Grade 5, point 15: £30,024 to 20: £32,597 gross per annum
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 01 October 2025
Location: High Storrs School, High Storrs Road, Sheffield, S11 7LH
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Minerva Learning Trust
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

Post: Higher Level Teaching Assistant – Team Leader
Location: High Storrs School
Pay scale: NJC Grade 5, point 15: £30,024 to 20: £32,597 gross per annum
Actual
Annual Salary: £27,149.02 to £29,475.64 (under 5 years of service)
Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week x 41 weeks per year
Start date: As soon as possible

Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014, Minerva Learning Trust has expanded to a thriving family of schools, including primary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have a strong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schools from Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to GOOD.

High Storrs is a high-performing 11-18 secondary school on the Southwestern outskirts of Sheffield that has benefitted from a £27m refurbishment of our Grade II listed building. Serving a multi-cultural learning community with high expectations and high aspirations, we are an over-subscribed school.

Required as soon as possible we are seeking to appoint a hard-working and highly organised individual to undertake the important role of Higher-Level Teaching Assistant Team Leader.

The closing date is at 9am on Wednesday 01 October 2025 with interviews taking place on Tuesday 07 October 2025.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.

Further information is available by contacting Rachel Farthing (PA to the Headteacher) via email recruitment@highstorrs-mlt.co.uk or telephone 01142670000.

The application form and information pack is available on the school website https://highstorrs.co.uk/our-school/vacancies Please ensure that you do not fill in a Sheffield City Council application form in respect of this vacancy, ONLY MINERVA LEARNING TRUST APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please provide telephone numbers and email addresses for yourself and referees.

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