Teaching Assistant

Hunstanton Primary School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5DY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  23 June 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: £12.84 - £13.05 per hour (Scale D)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Tel: 01485 533373

Email: office@hunstanton.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.hunstantonprimaryschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Sullivan

NOR: 175  Age Range: 4–11years

• Salary - £12.84 - £13.05 per hour (Scale D)
• Fixed term until 31 August 2026 (possibility of extension)
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Required for 1 September 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join our friendly and supportive team at Hunstanton Primary School. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant. The role will involve working in small group situations as well as supporting the teacher in whole class lessons.

The role

• To work under the direction and guidance of the classroom teachers to support individuals and groups with their learning
• To deliver planned interventions to individuals and small groups

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a desire to enable every child to thrive and succeed
• Is kind, calm and caring
• Has a passion for and experience of working with children with special educational needs
• Is energetic, committed and resilient
• Is enthusiastic and able to role model a love of learning
• Is able to communicate and collaborate well with our staff and parents
• Able to use their initiative and be adaptable to situations
• Is reliable and trustworthy
• A reflective person who is always seeking to improve

We can offer:

• Warm and welcoming school full of adults who go above and beyond for our children
• Friendly, hardworking and supportive staff
• Motivated and fun-loving pupils
• Supportive governors and parents
• A work-place where staff well-being is prioritised
• High quality professional development opportunities, including the potential to train to be an HLTA

For further information about our school, please visit the website: https://www.hunstantonprimaryschool.co.uk or our Facebook page.

We warmly welcome visits to the school and appointments can be made by contacting the school office on 01485 533373 or via email: office@hunstanton.norfolk.sch.uk.

If you would like any further information about the post, please contact Mrs Sullivan, Headteacher on the school office telephone number or email.

How to apply

To download an application form, please click ‘Apply for Job’.

Completed applications should be returned via email to: head@hunstanton.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  7 July 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:  10 July 2025

Hunstanton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, references, and relevant vetting procedures in accordance with statutory guidance.

This post is covered by the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009, 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.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and the appropriate checks. 

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Hunstanton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hunstanton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hunstanton-primary-school

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