Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Mulbarton Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8JG

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  7 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,064 - £31,022 FTE

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Tel: 01508 570326 

Email:  HR@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk  

Website:  https://www.mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk/ 

Headteacher: Mrs Natasha Hall 

 

• Salary – Grade F, £29,064- £31,022 FTE
• Fixed Term – Academic Year 2026-2027 (until August 2027)
• Part Time
• 17.25 hours per week (3 days/wk, Tue-Thu) 
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required for September 2026

Mulbarton Primary School is seeking a cover supervisor HLTA for KS1 and KS2, delivering foundation subjects, usually PE. This is to cover Teacher PPA time and will span a range of year groups. A person with the ability to work well as part of a team.

Mulbarton Primary School is a warm and welcoming 2 form entry, village school on the outskirts of Norwich. Our school is situated within extensive, mature grounds including a well-established Forest School and mature pond. We also make good use of the large village common, which is situated next to our school. 

We were graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in February 2022.  For more information please refer to the person specification.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please telephone our school office to book an appointment.  

The successful candidate: 

• Has high aspirations of the children’s learning 
• Has a vision for what outstanding teaching and learning should look like for children, with the capacity and drive to deliver this 
• Has a passion for delivering high quality lessons of foundation subjects across KS1 and KS2 
• Has experience across a range of year groups 
• Is highly motivated, hardworking, enthusiastic and is an innovative practitioner 
• Has a positive outlook 
• Will be an effective team member, who is organised, hardworking and flexible 
• Builds effective relationships with many children across different year groups 
• Builds positive relationships with parents 

We can offer you: 

• Children who are engaged, keen to learn and are a delight to work with 
• Children who behave well, are kind and who care for one another 
• Strong leadership and management 
• A supportive team and high-quality working environment 
• A school committed to staff well-being 
• Dedicated weekly non-contact time 
• High quality CPD 

For more information and to arrange a viewing of the school, please contact our school office on 01508 570326.

 

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 forms should be returned to – HR@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  1 June 2026

Interview date: 4 June 2026

 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks. 

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

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

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 Mulbarton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mulbarton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mulbarton-primary-school

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