Teaching Assistant

Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 7AP

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 October 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  21 September 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: £19,793 to £20,847 actual pa

Teaching Assistant job summary

Tel: 01760 440403

Email: head@ashill.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.ashillschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Dan Pickard

NOR: 111    Age range: 4-11 years

• Salary - Scale 5-6, £19,793 to £20,847 actual pa
• Fixed term until 31 August 2027
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time + 1 week
• Required ASAP

Ashill VC Primary School is looking to appoint a highly committed, enthusiastic and compassionate individual who has an energy and interest in not only working with whole classes of children but also working with small groups of children and/or in a 1:2:1 capacity, intervening to close gaps in children’s subject knowledge and developing their basis skills. Hours of work, 8.30am – 3.30pm, Monday to Friday.

You will need to:

• have strength, experience and relevant qualifications
• have experience of working with children;
• have a good understanding of how to motivate children to engage them in their learning;
• be determined to identify what helps a child learn, overcoming barriers along the way;
• have excellent communication skills;
• be creative and have a willingness to offer new ideas;
• be a good listener, facilitator for learning, motivator and role model.

We are able to offer you:

• inquisitive children;
• a very welcoming and supportive ethos;
• supportive and friendly staff;
• an opportunity to be innovative and creative.

Further details are available from Dan Pickard – head@ashill.norfolk.sch.uk

 

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should either be returned via email to – head@ashill.norfolk.sch.uk or by post to the address above.

Closing date:  1 October 2026, 12 noon (shortlisted candidates will be called for interview)

Interview date:  7 October 2026, pm

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 Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 109 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashill-voluntary-controlled-primary-school

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