Teaching Assistant

Henderson Green Primary Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8DX

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,211 - £18,497 actual pa

Teaching Assistant job summary

Part of the Unity Schools Partnership

Tel: 01603 628030

Email: head@hendersongreenprimary.org.uk

Website: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/293839NFK

Headteacher: Emma Andrewes

• Salary - NJC Scale 2, SP 3-4, £18,211 - £18,497 actual pa (£24,795 - £25,185 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time only
• Required for January 2026

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated person to support teaching and learning in our school. You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the curriculum and have experience of working with small groups to support learning.

We offer a warm and welcoming environment with a dedicated staff team who are supportive of one another. 

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 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.

For further details or to arrange a visit, contact Emma Andrewes at - head@hendersongreenprimary.org.uk

How to apply

A job description and Candidate Information Pack are available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website to apply via our online application form.

If you are a current employee of Unity Schools Partnership, to apply please click here.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.

Closing date:   11 December 2025, 9am

Interview date:   15 December 2025

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

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

Henderson Green Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. All concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as “Designated Safeguarding Professionals” in school.

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 Henderson Green Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Henderson Green Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/henderson-green-primary-school-norwich

Our school is a happy calm and exciting place to learn, where we know that the children will continue to make us proud of their responsible, positive and caring attitudes.

We have high expectations of ourselves and the children in relation to behaviour, academic and creative progress and aim to offer the children a high quality, innovative and creative learning experience, delivered through excellent teaching and up to date technology.

Your child will have a supportive and secure environment in which to achieve their maximum potential. We place great emphasis on the basics, English, Maths, Science and ICT but also ensure that creativity is high on our agenda. Our dedicated teaching staff work in year group teams, to plan and deliver a relevant and exciting curriculum.

High standards of work and behaviour are expected of all who learn and work at the school. We remain committed to continuing to improve standards of achievement, not only in academic results, but also in sport, artistic pursuits, personal and social development, community involvement and attendance.

We encourage children to take responsibility for their own decisions and to recognise that they have choices. We believe that a close working partnership with parents is the key to achieving success for the children and in turn for the school and the wider community it serves.

We want your child to become fully integrated into our community as soon as possible.

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