Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1RU

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  2 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £7,698 - £8,350 actual pa

Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

Part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

Tel: 01362 692033

Email: office@yaxham.norfolk.sch.uk

• Salary - Support Staff Scale F, Pay Points: 12-17, £7,698 - £8,350 actual pa (£27,711 - £30,060 FTE)
• Permanent 
• Part Time
• 12 hours per week (2 days to be agreed with the successful candidate)
• Term time +1 week
• Required for September 2025

We are looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team at Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy from September 2025. 

Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy is part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust. Being a church school, Christian values and ethos sit at the heart of everything we do to create an environment where everyone is valued and respected. The school is well known for its supportive and nurturing culture.

The successful candidate will support children in lessons across primary phase led interventions, as well as providing cover for teachers PPA and occasional absence.

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment or speak with the Headteacher via - office@yaxham.norfolk.sch.uk or 01362 692033. 

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  11 July 2025, 3pm

Interview date:  16 July 2025

DNEAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our 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.

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.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 72 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/yaxham-church-of-england-primary-academy

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