Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QW

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 November 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £30,023-£32,046 FTE

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) job summary

Tel: 01953 603061

Email: head@browickroad.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.browickroadprimary.co.uk

Headteacher: Helen Laflin

NOR: 234    Age range: 3-11 years

• Salary – Grade F, £30,023-£32,046 FTE (dependent on experience)
• Temporary – maternity cover
• Part Time
• 11.5 hours (2 days)
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required as soon as possible

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School is a thriving and popular primary school in the heart of Wymondham.

We are looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to work 2 days a week on a temporary maternity cover contract.

The successful candidate will:

•  have proven experience of working successfully with children in a primary school;
• have high aspirations for children in their care and be able to support them to make progress, however small the steps;
• have high expectations of children’s behaviour;
• be calm, positive and patient;
• be able to use their own initiative and “think on their feet”;
• enjoy working as part of a team and be able to contribute ideas and accept feedback;
• have the interpersonal skills to develop positive and supportive relationships with children, colleagues and parents/carers;
• be committed to the school’s strong safeguarding culture.

We can offer:

• a wonderful opportunity to work in our amazing school and be part of our cohesive and highly skilled staff team;
• excellent professional development opportunities and support;
• a school with a caring and inclusive ethos, often commented on by parents/carers and visitors;
• delightful, keen, creative and well-behaved children who contribute much to their school and the wider community.

Hours: 11.5 hours (ideally over 2 full days but this is negotiable). Term-time plus 1 week.

Salary Range: Grade F £30,023 - £32,046 FTE (dependent on experience).

For further information, please email - head@browickroad.norfolk.sch.uk or telephone 01953 603061.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed applications should either be returned by email to - head@browickroad.norfolk.sch.uk or by post to the school address.

Applicants may be called to interview before the vacancy closes, so early applications are encouraged.

Closing date: 13 November 2026, 9am

Interview date: TBC

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

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.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

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 Browick Road Primary and Nursery School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 251 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Browick Road Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/browick-road-primary-and-nursery-school

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