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Teaching Assistant (KS1) / MSA

Rudham CofE Primary Academy, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8RF

This job expired on 10 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TA £15,067-£15,304 actual pa and MSA £2,753 actual pa

Teaching Assistant (KS1) / MSA job summary

Part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust and Hope Federation

Tel: 01485 528230

Email: head@hopefederation.dneat.org

• Salary – TA Support Staff C3-4, £15,067-£15,304 actual pa (£24,796-£25,185 FTE), MSA Support Staff B2, £2,753 actual pa (£24,413 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• TA - 26.25 hours per week, Term Time plus one week 
• MSA – 5 hours per week, Term Time only
• Required for 1 January 2026  

We are looking for an experienced teaching assistant to join the Rudham Church of England Primary Academy team and support in KS1. 

You would be based in our Reception/Year 1 class, supporting the class teacher, providing support for individuals as well as small groups. Within this role you will also take on midday supervisory duties over the children’s lunch period. Duties will vary between preparation of the dining hall for school lunches, supervising children in the dining hall and outside

Working Hours

The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate at interview but will fall within our academy hours.

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment or speak with the Executive Headteacher at Brisley Church of England Primary Academy, telephone 01485 528230 or email - head@hopefederation.dneat.org

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

Within the Trust we use AI to help review applications. If we spot that AI has been used in a misleading way, such as copying unedited AI created answers, exaggerating previous job experience, or pretending to be someone else, we may choose to reject the application without feedback. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  10 December 2025, 9am

Interview date:  16 December 2025

DNEAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 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.

This job post has expired.

About Rudham CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 60 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rudham CofE Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rudham-cofe-primary-academy

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