Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Outdoor Learning
Silfield Oak Primary Academy, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9GE28 days remaining to apply
Closing date
24 April 2026 at 1am
Date listed
27 March 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
- £4,176 - £4,452 actual p/a
Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Outdoor Learning job summary
Part of the Unity Schools Partnership
Tel: 01603 508530
Email: headteacher@silfieldoak.org.uk
Website: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/307665NFK
Headteacher: Emily McMillen
- Salary - NJC Grade 4 Sp 7-11, £4,176-£4,452 actual pa (£26,402-£28,141 FTE)
- Fixed Term until 31 August 2027
- Part Time
- 7 hours per week (Friday)
- Term Time only
- Required for 1 September 2026
We have a unique and extremely exciting opportunity to be part of the founding team of a brand-new school.
We are looking to appoint an HLTA, who will play a central role supporting the growth and development of the school. Your role will include leading outdoor learning for our pupils and bringing this to life in the school. Hours of work, 9am-4.30pm, Friday.
As part of the Unity Schools Partnership multi-academy trust, the school will be part of a collaborative, forward thinking group of 40 schools. Silfield Oak Primary Academy will initially open with 30 pupils in the first year and grow to 60 pupils in the second year. Eventually, the school will have the capacity for 420 pupils.
You will need to be a motivated and passionate individual with a kind heart. This role is ideal for an individual with experience of supporting children, who loves the outdoors and who wants to make a difference. You will work well as a team and have the ambition for all children to thrive. The role will vary some days so you will be adaptable to change and enjoy variation in your role.
We are hopeful that the right candidate will be forest school trained or have the ambition to undertake the training. They will need to have experience of leading outdoor learning with pupils and the commitment to the development of our outdoor nature area.
The role will include:
- Leading the class the cover PPA and leadership time through outdoor learning Supporting with the creation of the school’s nature area
- Hosting a weekly nature school club Hosting a weekly nature lunchtime club
- Providing an additional outdoor learning session for pupils with complex needs
- Planning and preparing outdoor learning sessions from a long term plan
- Feeding back to the class teacher Supporting in the Reception class
The ideal candidate would have:
- experience of working with young children
- experience of working in EYFS (desirable) a strong understanding of and experience of working with children with SEND experience of leading outdoor learning with children
- Forest school level 3 (desirable) experience of supporting children with interventions and measuring the impact willingness to partake in training and implement in the school experience of safeguarding children in a school
For an informal discussion prior to making in application, please contact Emily McMillen, Headteacher - headteacher@silfieldoak.org.uk
How to apply
A job description and Candidate Information Pack are available from ‘Attachments’.
For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our careers website to apply.
Please note: We may interview as applications are received and may appoint before the closing date. Applications must be submitted online via our careers website before the deadline, so we encourage early applications and advise checking the job details on our site.
In line with safer recruitment, we cannot accept CVs. Incomplete application forms may result in candidates not being shortlisted.
Closing date: 24 April 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBC
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All successful candidates will be subject to rigorous preemployment checks, including an enhanced DBS. We are also committed to equality, diversity and fair recruitment practices, and we oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination.
We value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you wish to work parttime or as a jobshare, we will accommodate this wherever possible. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
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.
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- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- Up to 420 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Silfield Oak Primary Academy website
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