KS1 Teaching Assistant
West Earlham Infant and Nursery School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8HT10 days remaining to apply
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
13 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale D
KS1 Teaching Assistant job summary
Tel: 01603 451299
Email: office@weins.co.uk
Website: www.weins.co.uk
- Salary: Scale D
- Temporary until 31 August 2026
- Part Time
- 36.5 hrs per week
- Term time only
- Start date: 13 April 2026
Do you thrive on working in a busy environment with children with a range of needs?
Do you want to work in a happy, forward thinking school that thrives on delivering our very best for our children? If so, we may be the right school for you.
We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant to work in our Key Stage one team.
Our priority is to recruit staff who are ambitious for, yet sensitive to the needs of children, whatever their starting points. We are a two form entry infant and nursery school, with a well developed outdoor space and a strong curriculum to suit the needs of our children. ‘Pupils are safe and happy. This is because staff have made pupils’ mental and physical well-being a priority. Pupils know their teachers care about them.’ OFSTED October 2024
Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.30-4.30pm & Friday 8:30 - 3.30pm
We can offer you:
- To work with a friendly and highly committed team
- To be welcomed and supported by staff, governors, children and families
- To work in a close key Stage one team that supports one another effectively
- To have the support of our SENDCo, in house speech and language therapy team offering advice and support, family support worker and inclusion lead.
- To work alongside a senior leadership team that genuinely cares about staff wellbeing
- To receive relevant and appropriate CPD
You will have:
- experience and knowledge of how young children learn
- excellent communication skills
- experience of teaching phonics
- the ability to use your own initiative to support the individual needs of children
- the ability to develop positive and supportive relationships with children and their families
- the ability to support the speech and language progress of children from various stages of development
- an understanding of supporting a range of additional needs within the classroom
- the skills to be an excellent team player
Applicants should access more information about our school via our website www.weins.co.uk.
We actively welcome applicants from out of Norfolk. Visits to the school by appointment are warmly welcomed, although this will not prejudice those applying out of county.
For further details please don’t hesitate to get in touch, our number is 01603 451299.
How to Apply
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.
Closing date: 23 March 2026
Interview date: 26 March 2026
The interview date is fixed, but if there are exceptional circumstances which mean that the date is not suitable then please let us know when applying.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be carried out before the post begins.
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.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be carried out before the post begins.
This post comes 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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About West Earlham Infant and Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 257 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Earlham Infant and Nursery School website
Our school is a larger than average infant school, located near the University of East Anglia and in the middle of the dynamic West Earlham community, situated approximately 2.5 miles from the centre of the historic city of Norwich. We have a purpose built nursery which has the capacity for over 100 of our youngest learners. We have educational provision for 2 year olds – 7 year olds
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