Vacancies

All posts in and around our schools in the Northern Star Academies Trust are posted below. Please do keep coming back to check any latest vacancies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours expected at Northern Star Academies Trust.

Specialist Leader for Access and InclusionJob Type: Fixed Term contract. 37 hours per week - all year round, although Term Time Only plus additional weeks would also be considered. We are a flexible working employer.
Salary: NJC Scale N: £48,471- £52,504 (FTE)

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The Specialist Leader for Access and Inclusion for the Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon Locality will assume a pivotal role in spearheading initiatives aimed at enhancing student attendance across Primary and Secondary schools. This strategic position necessitates close collaboration with the Local Authority, school leaders, attendance officers, and all stakeholders to combat persistent absenteeism, harmonise attendance policies, and offer specialised support for students with Special Educational Needs.

Accountable and responsible to the Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon Locality Board, this role is based at Harrogate High School.

For more information and to submit an application please click the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

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Closing date:
Sunday 19th May at 11.59pm.

Interviews:
TBC

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CleanerJob Type: 15 hours per week - Monday to Friday, 3:00pm – 6:00pm (Permanent and Term Time Only)
Salary: Grade A/B, NJC02 (£22,366 FTE) Actual salary £7582

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We are looking for reliable and enthusiastic individuals to join our Facilities team at Hookstone Chase Primary School, and support the school in ensuring the environment is safe, clean and compliant for all.

15 hours per week - Monday to Friday, 3:00pm – 6:00pm
(Permanent and Term Time Only)

We are seeking to appoint reliable and trustworthy cleaners on various part-time contracts to carry out cleaning duties within allocated timescales, whilst taking a flexible approach in order to meet the school’s requirements. Duties will include (but not exhaustive):

  • General dusting of furniture, fixings and fittings
  • Emptying waste paper bins
  • Wiping surfaces, fixtures, fittings & paintwork
  • Cleaning around toilet areas
  • Dust control mopping / sweeping of floors
  • Vacuuming floors
  • Using cleaning materials as instructed

For more information and to submit an application please click the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Sunday, 28th April 2024

Interviews:
TBC

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General Teaching Assistant/Higher Level Teaching AssistantJob Type: Part-Time. Permanent. 29.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term-time only plus 5 training days.
Salary: GTA - Grade C/D points 3 – 6 (£22,737 - £23,893 FTE). Actual salary: £10,405 - £10,994. HLTA - Grade F, SCP 13 (£26,873 per annum) : Actual Salary: £5,915. Total actual salary: £16,320 - £16,909.

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We are looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant/Higher Level Teaching Assistant to work alongside our teaching team, supporting pupils in school. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the staff team with a passion for helping every child reach their potential. You will spend your morning working in the role of GTA and then supporting in the afternoons as a HLTA. 

For more information and to submit an application please click the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Friday, 26th April 2024

Interviews:
TBC

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Head of Design TechnologyJob Type: Full-Time. Permanent.
Salary: MPS / UPS plus TLR 2.2 (£5,709

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Harrogate High School are seeking to recruit an outstanding Head of Technology to join our strong, vibrant staff team.  We provide an excellent and challenging education, which seeks to enable all students to make outstanding progress in their learning and gain a great sense of personal development and achievement. We strongly believe in personalisation and encouraging enquiring minds. The school highly values the importance of developing a community environment in which mutual respect and individual talents are nurtured.

This is an important leadership post within the school’s leadership team.  As the successful candidate, you will embrace the Harrogate High School pledge and take responsibility as Head of Technology to oversee high quality teaching and learning across the Technology department.  You will be fully supported by an experienced team of peers who share a vision of effective teaching and learning founded on collaborative planning, assessment and instruction, and who help each other to continually improve practice. We have an open-door culture and reflective ethos where we use lesson study to learn from each other regularly.

For more information and to submit an application please click the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Thursday 25th April 2024

Interviews:
w/c 29th April 2024

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Deputy HeadteacherJob Type: Full Time
Salary: L16 – L21 £64,800 – £77,195

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Northern Star Academies Trust seek to recruit the very best people to work across our Trust Partnership To be an inspirational leader that creates an ethos and culture of high staff morale. The Deputy Headteacher will support the Headteacher in all aspects of leading the school. In return we will support the Deputy Headteacher in their readiness for Headship and develop them to understand all aspects of leading the school.

For more information and a link to apply please visit the candidate portal here: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

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Closing date:
Thursday 18th April (11.59pm)

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Head of Learning Support and Inclusion (SENCo)Job Type: Full Time
Salary: MPS / UPS plus TLR 2.2 (£5,709)

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Harrogate High School are seeking to recruit an outstanding and experienced SENCo to join our strong, vibrant staff team to lead our Learning Support & Inclusion provision.  We are a values-based school that works to improve the life chances of the young people we serve where all our children are able to enjoy their learning and flourish in a safe and happy environment.

 

Our motto of Learning First which is underpinned by our CARES values help us deliver the best for our students. Everyone who plays a part in Harrogate High School life is very proud of the school and we all strive to maintain it as a fantastic place to learn and a key part of the community. We are delighted to be a part of Northern Star Academies Trust and make the most of the links we have with our brilliant partner schools.  You will work in promoting our culture, ethos and embodying the Trust’s vision and values by ensuring the highest standards and expectations in leadership, teaching, learning, behaviour and management, community engagement and resource management.

 

This is an important post within the school’s leadership team.  As the successful candidate, you will embrace the Harrogate High School pledge and take responsibility as Head of Learning Support and Inclusion (SENCo) bringing an innovative and creative approach to supporting the strategic direction and growth of our Learning Support and Inclusion provisions. Through effective resource management and development you will be able to achieve excellent outcomes for our pupils. Your reward will be the opportunity to shape a child’s future every single day.

As an excellent teacher, you will be instrumental in laying the foundation of outstanding standards of education and creating a stimulating and purposeful environment teaching classes and small intervention groups within your provision.  You will be fully supported by an experienced team of peers who share a vision of effective teaching and learning who help each other to continually improve practice. We have an open-door culture and reflective ethos where we use lesson study to learn from each other regularly.

 

You will have high expectations, a commitment to raising standards, possess up-to-date knowledge and understanding of learning support and inclusion, with a passion to enhance the learning experience of all our students. You will have the opportunity to share your expertise with all staff at Harrogate High School through our CPD programmes. You will also take an active role in achieving our trust wide Sustainability aims.

 

We can offer a commitment to your professional development as you will be encouraged to join an appropriate professional learning programme, the opportunity to work in partnership with colleagues from primary and secondary schools across the MAT and the chance to be a part of something truly special.  

 

For more information and a link to apply please visit the candidate portal here: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
9am Thursday 11th April 2023.

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Headteacher - Byron Primary SchoolJob Type: Full-Time. Permanent
Salary: L21 - L27

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Description:

The role of Headteacher is immensely rewarding and provides an incredible opportunity to make a difference on a scale that’s unlike any other. It is of critical importance to us that the appointed person is wholly child-focused, demonstrates strong and effective pastoral and curriculum skills and the essential qualities of, integrity and humility,  resilience and tenacity and most of all kindness and empathy. 

It is important to us that the appointed candidate will be totally aligned to our values of Nurture, Sustain, Aspire and   Thrive and wholeheartedly committed to our mission: to nurture learning in a sustainable environment so that our whole community can thrive, aspire and succeed. 

  • Values driven and community focused
  • Highly inclusive and ambitious for every child
  • Passionate about environmental sustainability (it is our USP!)
  • Committed to recruiting, retaining and developing a diverse workforce
  • Exceptional colleagues working hard to achieve true and meaningful collaboration
  • Supported by a thriving and award-winning Governance community

Every Link : Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Byron Primary School

Key dates:

Closing date:
Thursday, 18th April 2024

Interviews:
w/c 22nd April

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Hub CaretakerJob Type: Permanent. Full-Time.
Salary: Grade C/D SCP3-6 (£22,737 - £23,893)

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Willow Tree Primary School and New Park Primary Academy are located in Harrogate, within easy reach of both York and Leeds and close to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. 

The schools are 2 miles apart and the role is across both sites daily so the candidate must have their own transport.

The successful candidate will have experience of general maintenance and must be prepared to learn the intricacies and upkeep of the Willow Tree Swimming Pool as well as undertaking general Health and Safety training courses, as appropriate. 

The role requires the candidate to successfully complete the Pool Plant Operators course within the first 6 months of appointment. 

This role will include:

  • Management of site security
  • Locking up at both sites
  • Ensuring sites are safe and Health and Safety issues are dealt with
  • Responsibility as part of the caretaking team for the swimming pool plant operation and pool water testing at Willow Tree Primary
  • Managing/completing general maintenance tasks
  • Managing/completing monthly H&S checks
  • Maintaining records to ensure compliance
  • Re-stocking domestic supplies
  • Portering

Every Link : Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Sunday, 14th April 2024

Interviews:
w/c 22nd April

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Hub CaretakerJob Type: Permanent. Full-Time.
Salary: Grade C/D SCP3-6 (£22,737 - £23,893)

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Description:

Willow Tree Primary School and New Park Primary Academy are located in Harrogate, within easy reach of both York and Leeds and close to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. 

The schools are 2 miles apart and the role is across both sites daily so the candidate must have their own transport.

The successful candidate will have experience of general maintenance and must be prepared to learn the intricacies and upkeep of the Willow Tree Swimming Pool as well as undertaking general Health and Safety training courses, as appropriate. 

The role requires the candidate to successfully complete the Pool Plant Operators course within the first 6 months of appointment. 

This role will include:

  • Management of site security
  • Locking up at both sites
  • Ensuring sites are safe and Health and Safety issues are dealt with
  • Responsibility as part of the caretaking team for the swimming pool plant operation and pool water testing at Willow Tree Primary
  • Managing/completing general maintenance tasks
  • Managing/completing monthly H&S checks
  • Maintaining records to ensure compliance
  • Re-stocking domestic supplies
  • Portering

Every Link : Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Sunday, 14th April 2024

Interviews:
w/c 22nd April

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Teacher of Computer ScienceJob Type: Full-Time. Permanent.
Salary: MPS/UPS

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This is an exciting opportunity for a well-qualified Computer Science teacher. The successful candidate will be expected to play a full part in the academic, pastoral and social life of the school, to act as personal tutor and to take part in the school's programme of professional development. We offer a fantastic environment for a talented colleague to excel at the cutting edge of Computer Science teaching. 

Link to apply: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Key dates:

Closing date:
Monday, 15th April 2024

Interviews:
TBC

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Catering AssistantJob Type: 20 hours per week. 38 weeks per year.
Salary: £10.42 per hour

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Catering AssistantJob Type: 16 hours per week. 38 weeks per year.
Salary: £10.42 per hour

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JM, CA 16hrs Skipton Girls

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