Education and Pastoral Assistant

Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School, Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1JG

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  30 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £11,584.00 - £11,768.00 Annually (Actual)

Education and Pastoral Assistant job summary

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

The Wensum Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Education and Pastoral Assistant to join our vibrant staffing team at Wells Primary and Nursery School. We are looking for a dedicated and nurturing person who will work as part of our school team to help deliver our vision of the school being 'anchored in the community and setting sail for success’ . We are a creative team working in the beautiful location of Wells-Next-The-Sea on the North Norfolk coast. We work to our strengths and take every opportunity to do the very best for our children and their families.

We are looking for an Education and Pastoral Assistant who demonstrates:

• A dynamic and enthusiastic approach to developing and shaping children's education and bringing out the best in our pupils.

• A positive attitude towards being part of a vibrant and forward-thinking staff team.

• A caring and nurturing person who works with children following our emotion coaching and relational approach.

The role is for 19.5 hours per week (3 days per week), 39 weeks per year, fixed term until 31st August 2026.

We would love to show you around so that we can share all that we do within our coastal community.

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Rachel Stroulger on head@wells-next-the-sea.norfolk.sch.uk

Safer Recruitment

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Wensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wells-next-the-sea-primary-and-nursery-school-wells-next-the-sea

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