Teaching Assistant

Lionwood Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4HT

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  13 November 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: Scale D - £13.26 - £13.47 per hour

Teaching Assistant job summary

Tel: 01603 433957

Email: officelians@istnorfolk.co.uk

Website: www.lionwoodinfant.co.uk

Executive Head of Lionwood Schools /CEO Inclusive Schools Trust: Mrs Sawyer

• Salary: Scale D - £13.26 - £13.47 per hour
• Fixed term contract until 31.3.2026
• Part time
• 30 hours
• Term term only plus one week
• Required as soon as possible

The Trustees of Inclusive Schools Trust wish to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant to work as part of a small and dedicated team at Lionwood Infant and Nursery School.

 We are interested to hear from individuals who have experience of working with children with special educational needs. In addition, knowledge of Phonics with a passion to support our pupils to develop their reading skills and a commitment to ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that our inclusive ethos is desirable. The successful candidates will have:

• High aspirations of children's learning and behaviour
• Experience working with children with special educational needs 
• Experience of phonics
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills
• A commitment to making inclusion a reality in the classroom 
• A willingness to go the extra mile for the children and be able to make a significant contribution to the wider life of the school
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive and professional relationships with pupils and parents/carers

In return we can offer:

• A supportive, friendly and experienced staff team.
• Kind, caring and happy children with a desire to learn.
• Opportunities to develop skills and access appropriate training
• A supportive and challenging Trust         
• A pleasant and well maintained working environment
• Access to our Wellbeing Service

How to Apply:

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our recruitment website.

Closing date: 28th November 2025, 12pm

Interview date: TBC

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

The Trust’s Whole School Safeguarding Policy incorporating Child Protection and Recruitment of Ex-offenders policies can both be found on the Trust’s website - www.inclusiveschoolstrust.co.uk

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.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

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.

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 Lionwood Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 244 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lionwood Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lionwood-junior-school

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