Teaching Assistant

Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0QW

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 August 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) £17,762 - £18,044 actual salary

Teaching Assistant job summary

Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School

Hillside Avenue

Thorpe St. Andrew

Norwich

Norfolk

NR7 0QW

https://www.hillsideavenue.org

Headteacher: Mr. C. Hutchinson

Vacancy

Teaching Assistant

Permanent

30 hours per week - Term Time plus 1 Week

Grade D5-6: £25,583 - £25,989 FTE

£17,762 - £18,044 actual salary

Start date: 1 September 2026

Everyone who works at Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School understands the importance of meeting individual needs. For someone working as a teaching assistant in class, this means that they understand what each child needs to be able to flourish in their primary education, and then they do what is required to help the child make progress. Whilst this can sometimes be challenging, it is also rewarding and because we work in education, we are always seeking to learn and improve our practice. If this sounds like the sort of place that you would like to work, please read on.

As a teaching assistant you would be involved in supervising children, leading interventions, preparing resources and working closely with teachers to help all children to make progress in their learning.

Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School is a successful and popular school in Thorpe St Andrew, to the East of Norwich. We have high expectations for everyone in our school, making use of staff skills and experience, resources, technology and our extensive school site to fulfil our vision to enable children to be ‘the best they can be’. We are passionate about our curriculum being inclusive for all. To help us achieve this ambition ,all staff are expected to be fully involved in the wider life of the school.

As part of Broad Horizons Education Trust, our school and nursery benefits from excellent CPD, support and experience from our Trust schools and central education team, and the Trust’s Professional Studies Hub.

Further information about the school is available on our website www.hillsideavenue.org.

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details.

You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Closing date: Monday 17 August 2026 @ 9am

Interview date: Week commencing 24 August 2026

Broad Horizons Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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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 Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 378 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-avenue-primary-and-nursery-school-thorpe

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