Education & Pastoral Assistant

Kinsale Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 5SG

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,073.00 - £10,073.00 Annually (Actual)

Education & 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.

Kinsale Junior School is a co-educational school for children from 7 to 11 years old, situated in the suburb of Hellesdon in the north-west of Norwich.

We offer a stimulating environment for learning, where every child can thrive and do well. We believe that every child deserves the best education possible and we aim to provide just that. We set out to give children a sense of purpose, encourage their confidence, to enjoy learning and prepare them for the modern world. We view our partnerships with parents and carers as vital for each child's success. With support from home, we feel confident of enabling children to make the most of their opportunities in school and those that lie ahead.

Kinsale Junior School has strong links with the Zoological Society of East Anglia. We have the privilege of working with their staff on many exciting projects both within school and at their zoos. Our curriculum is built around the values of conservation, ecology and sustainability. Our aim is to help our pupils develop the ability to realise their potential, become successful learners, confident individuals and become well-rounded, ecologically aware citizens of the future.

This role is part-time - 17.5 hours per week. We are looking for a dedicated, friendly and resourceful person to join the supportive team of staff; someone to work in the classroom to support teaching and learning. This role will involve working with a class, in small groups and occasionally on a one-to-one basis. Part of this role will involve working alongside our lunchtime supervisory team to support children either on the playground or in the Dining Hall. The successful candidate would be someone who is: creative, shows initiative and enthusiasm, has high expectations, is flexible and able to work as part of team, and is able to 'think outside of the box'.

C 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 Jo Philpott (Deputy Head) on jphilpott9yrf@nsix.org.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.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kinsale Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 223 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kinsale Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kinsale-junior-school-norwich

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