Educational Support Assistant

Monday to Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm (30 hours per week, with ½hr lunch break)

Permanent - Term time only

  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, Upper Batley High School, Batley Grammar School, Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School and Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School. We provide high quality education for all young people. This collaboration enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence throughout all of our schools, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters. 

At Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School we ensure that the children are happy at school, love learning and become the best they can be. Having been awarded Good in our recent Ofsted Inspection (May 2022) we continue to work towards providing a first class education for each and every one of our pupils.  Our shared values  underpin school life and create the nurturing environment that enables children to thrive.  The skills and dedication of our committed staff, allows our school to provide the best start to children’s education. 

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic Educational Support Assistant to join our Trust, based at Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School.  

The successful candidate will support learning under the supervision, direction and guidance of the Teacher and will have significant previous experience of working with children/young people and have excellent numeracy and literacy skills. GCSE Maths and English Grade 4 – 9 (A –C) or equivalent, is essential. 

If you are keen to make a difference to the progress and aspirations of our learners, then we would very much welcome your application. 

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

Interviews will be held Week Commencing 4 July 2022