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Classroom Assistant x 2 - Fixed Term for 1 Year

Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9ND

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  4 June 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  15 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm
• Contract type: Fixed term - One year
• Pay scale: C5 £13.26 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required from 1st September 2026 (until 31st August 2027)

Do you have any experience and/or training with primary aged children?

Are you an excellent practitioner who knows how to motivate polite, well behaved children and support teaching colleagues to bring them on with their learning?

Can you embrace the challenge of supporting children to make progress with their learning regardless of their starting point?

Can you manage the daily challenges that come with supporting a child displaying behavioural difficulties whilst supporting that child to make progress despite those difficulties?

We require 2 x Classroom Assistants from September 2026. The successful candidate should be prepared to work across any age group within the school if required. Both positions would be fixed term for one year.

What the school offers its staff

Hillcrest is a large primary school (402 pupils at time of publishing advert) located on the outskirts of Downham Market, Norfolk and set on large grounds. We are a welcoming and friendly school to work in, with wonderful children who are keen to learn; supportive governors and families; a committed and hardworking staff team.

A visit to the school is strongly recommended.

For more information or to arrange a visit please email head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk

Completed forms can be returned to the school via email to head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk or by post.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Classroom Assistant Person Specification May 26.doc - 1010 KB (opens in new tab)

Classroom Assistant Job Description Hillcrest May 26.docx - 20.7 KB (opens in new tab)

About Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 411 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School website
• Email address: mtry@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01366 388191
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/downham-market-hillcrest-primary-school

Hillcrest Primary School is a three-form entry Primary School, currently rated as Good by Ofsted (January 2018), on the outskirts of Downham Market. With less than a 5-minute drive to Downham Market Train Station, you find yourselves on a direct line to either Kings Lynn or London.

Hillcrest is in an exciting place, continually developing new ways of energising and motivating the next generation of pupils through the following means...
• Our bespoke Text-Linked Curriculum is designed to raise the profile of Reading and ensure the children see the links between all of their learning;
• Our Independent Learning programme encourages the children to take responsibility for their own learning and to make sensible choices that improve their outcomes;
• From September 2021 we have introduced an Outdoor Learning Curriculum which will take advantage of the wealth of outdoor space at our disposal, including a Forest School, to further engage the children with their learning

Arranging a visit to Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mtry@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk.

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