Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Primary Inclusion

Hingham Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 4JB

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

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: £28,598-£31,022 FTE

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Primary Inclusion job summary

Tel: 01953 850304

Email: office@hingham.norfolk.sch.uk 

Website: https://www.hinghamprimary.org.uk/

Headteacher: Mrs V Newrick

NOR: 181  Age range:  4-11 years

• Salary – Scale F12-17, £28,598-£31,022 FTE
• Temporary until 20 August 2026
• Part Time
• 26.25 hours per week
• Term Time only
• Required for 1 January 2026

Hingham Primary School is seeking a new member of our staff team. We look forward to welcoming you to our happy and hardworking 150-year-old school!

“Pupils love their school. Teachers are kind and help them with their work. Pupil behaviour is good in class and around the school. The school’s behaviour mantra ‘on board’ really works.” Ofsted report 2023

We are looking for an inspirational HLTA to join our thriving and busy school. We are proactive in meeting the challenge around the SEN and SEMH needs of our children and are seeking a new member of our team. 

You would be responsible for:

• Supporting the SEN and inclusion needs of children from across the school
• Leading small group intervention for pupils with SEND and SEMH needs
• Liaising with teachers, SLT, professionals and parents on the provision and progress of pupils
• Engaging hard-to-reach pupils in the school community and helping them overcome behavioural and social barriers.
• Acting as an alternate DSL and attending safeguarding meetings

We can offer

• Training and support to meet the varying needs of this role
• An experienced and knowledgeable staff team 
• A team-mindset on problem-solving and new ideas
• A nurturing and compassionate workplace with children at the heart of all we do.

This role is suitable for:

• Experienced TA / HLTA in other settings such as SRBs
• Parent Support Advisors/ Inclusion workers
• Family support workers / EYFS practitioner
• Other educational professionals

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 – office@hingham.norfolk.sch.uk 

Closing date:  1 December 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:  TBC

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 Hingham Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 177 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hingham Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hingham-primary-school

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