Whole School HLTA - Gatley Primary School
Contract: Fixed Term 
Closing date for applications:
19 November 2026, 3.00pm 
Job Advert
Whole School HLTA - Gatley Primary School
Contract type: Full Time Fixed term till August 27 in the first instance
Location: Gatley Primary School
Required from: December 2026
Salary: Scale 6 Point 18 – 22 £32,578 - £34,811
Actual pro rata £24,477.66 -£26,153.93
Closing date: 19th November 2026 3pm
Interview date: 25th November 2026
About the Role:
Gatley Primary School is a thriving and oversubscribed three form entry, Ofsted graded Outstanding Primary School, which is part of the Education Learning Trust. Gatley Primary is friendly and welcoming, with exceptional students and highly dedicated staff. We are proud to be a Rights Respecting Gold school, ensuring the rights of both our children and staff are prioritised within every decision made.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic member of our support staff team to work alongside our whole school HLTA team in order to provide PPA cover, leadership and management cover and general teacher cover, from Nursery to Year 6, within a particular curriculum strength. This appointment is a key opportunity to join a thriving, supportive and committed team. Applications are welcome from experienced colleagues with the drive and commitment to consistently pursue the highest standards of teaching and learning, whilst nurturing a culture of strong belonging, where students and staff ‘Enjoy Learning and Achieving Together’.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding member of support staff with experience of covering whole classes, who has a real commitment to achieving high standards for all learners in all aspects of school life. They will also be able to demonstrate their skillset for the delivery of the whole primary curriculum (EYFS, KS1 and KS2) including flexibility and adaptability to teach across the school. The successful candidate will become an important part of our ‘HLTA team’, covering classes, providing a high-quality learning experience for pupils and supporting excellent standards of behaviour.
We offer the opportunity to join a well-established and happy staff team where excellent CPD opportunities are capitalised upon. As part of our HLTA team, you will attend our weekly staff meeting and will have your own dedicated PPA time. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to support the development of others and to contribute to whole school developments, particularly in relation to your own curriculum/pedagogical strengths.
About Education Learning Trust:
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package.
This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering access to our award-winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
- exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
- school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
- opportunities for professional development and leadership
- a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
- innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please send completed applications to vacancies@gatleyprimary.com
Interview Date: 25 November 2026