Learning Support Assistant

Pulham Church of England Primary Academy, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4SZ

12 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  28 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £7,175 - £7,287 per annum

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Tel: 01379 676313

Email: office@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk

• Salary: £7,175 - £7,287 per annum Scale C 3-4
• Fixed Term until 17 July 2026
• Part time
• 12.5 hours per week
• Term time + 1 week
• Starting 17 November 2025 (or soon after)

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, patient and attentive learning support assistant who can work closely alongside the teacher to offer individual support for a pupil.  

You will be committed to inclusion and will be ambitious and open minded about a child’s potential for achievements and progress. You will be able to form a positive and consistent relationship with the pupil, focussing on the strengths and supporting any additional needs. 

 The person appointed will work independently with the pupil as well as with the class teacher, the classroom TAs and the SENDCo.  

We are also advertising for a Midday Supervisor Assistant role which could tie in with this role.

Working Hours: The successful candidate will work Monday – Friday, 1pm – 3.30pm.

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.

Closing Date: 10 November 2025, 9am

Interview Dates: TBC

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

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. Please contact us to discuss this further if you have any queries.

The Diocese of Norwich St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust are 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 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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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.

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 Pulham Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 105 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pulham Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pulham-church-of-england-primary-academy

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