Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Filby Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3HJ9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
13 April 2026 or sooner
Closing date
30 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
20 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,598.00 FTE per annum
Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary
Tel: 01493 369241
Email: office@filbyprimary.org.uk
- Salary: £28,598.00 FTE per annum
- Permanent
- Part time
- 32.5 hours per week (M-F)
- Term time + 1 week
- Starting 13 April 2026 or sooner
As a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), you will play a vital role in supporting both pupils and teachers to create an inclusive and engaging learning environment at our wonderful village school. Working closely with class teachers, you will help to enhance pupils' learning experiences, ensuring they are supported in reaching their full potential.
Through providing tailored assistance for pupils, you will encourage independence, boost self-confidence and promote inclusion, enabling all students to access the curriculum and achieve success.
The ideal candidate will take an active part in leading teaching in Key Stages 1 and 2, support behaviour management in line with school policies and cover class teaching regularly. You will observe pupil progress, provide feedback to teachers and contribute to the assessment and planning process by monitoring and recording achievements.
In this role you will demonstrate professionalism and integrity and contribute to the school’s ongoing drive for excellence. With a strong commitment to safeguarding, you will work in accordance with statutory guidance and school policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all pupils.
Visits to the school are welcomed. If you would like to discuss the role or request a visit, please contact the Headteacher at office@filbyprimary.org.uk
Please refer to the job description and recruitment pack for full person specification.
How to Apply:
A job description and recruitment pack can be found under Attachments.
Click ‘Apply for job’ and you will be redirected to apply.
Closing date: 30 January 2026, 9am
Interview date: 4 February 2026
Evolution Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks, including a social media search. This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and a successful applicant would be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. We’re open to flexible working arrangements for roles where suitable. Please include your preferred working hours in your application for consideration.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Filby Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Filby Primary School website
School location
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