Teaching Assistant
Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 3GNThis job expired on 10 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 1am
Date listed
20 June 2025
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
- £12.84-£13.05 per hour
Teaching Assistant job summary
Tel: 01603-810674
Email: office@hethersettwoodside.org.uk
Headteacher: Mrs Louise Mainwaring
- Salary - Scale D, £12.84-£13.05 per hour
- Fixed Term until March 2026 (may be extended)
- Part Time
- 16 hours per week
- Term time + 1 week
- Required from September 2025
Do you have high expectations and enjoy working in a fantastic team?
Do you want to work with fabulous learners in a well equipped, state of the art new school
Then we would like to hear from you….
Hethersett Woodside Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic, positive Teaching Assistant to join our large team.
Hethersett Woodside has recently grown to full primary status, from its roots as a small infant school. Having recently moved into a brand new, state of the art building, the school has been gradually growing for a number of years and now is at capacity; with children from Nursery to year 6.
This is a rare opportunity to join our fabulous team.
We would like to appoint a Teaching Assistant who will support a child in Key Stage 1 in the first instance. A desire to support groups of children as well as individuals would be an advantage, as we use our support staff flexibly.
We encourage applications from candidates who:
- are keen to support embedding our School Values: Respect, Resilience, Responsibility
- have a passion for working with children
- have an interest in supporting children with additional needs, and are passionate about supporting them in mainstream settings
- enjoy working as a team
- are committed with very high standards of learning and behaviour
- are well organised and able to use initiative
- have a passion for learning and willing to extend own expertise
- have patience and a sense of humour
We encourage you to contact us for a chat or come and visit our school for an opportunity to look around and talk to us about your passion and desire to join us.
Visits can be arranged with Alice Jefferson (Senco) via the school office: office@hethersettwoodside.org.uk or 01603 810674
We look forward to meeting you!
How to apply
To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.
Completed forms should be returned to – finance@hethersettwoodside.org.uk
We reserve the right to close our advert early, so early applications are encouraged.
Closing date: 10 July 2025, 4pm
Interview date: w/c 14 July 2025
Hethersett Woodside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake a DBS check and comply with Child Protection Policies and Practices.
We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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 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.
About Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 490 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School website
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Fakenham Infant and Nursery School
Norwich Road, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 8HN
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed