Teaching Assistant / MSA (Complex Autism Base)

Sprowston Infant School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 8EW

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  15 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85/hr (MSA) and £13.47-£13.68/hr (TA)

Teaching Assistant / MSA (Complex Autism Base) job summary

Tel: 01603 429001

Email: head@sprowstoninfant.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Robert Edwards

Age range: 4-7 years

• Salary – Scale A, £12.85/hr (MSA) and Scale D, £13.47-£13.68/hr (TA)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• TA – 25 hours per week, Term Time plus 1 week
• MSA – 2.5 hours per week, Term Time only
• Required for September 2026

Due to one of our team going to do teacher training, we are looking to appoint a teaching assistant to join our Autism base team. These is a full-time permanent position starting September 2026. The position is for 25hr TA and 2½ hr MSA. The successful candidate will work as part of a highly skilled team to support the learning of 26 pupils with complex needs. As part of the role, they will support with intimate care and also self-help skills such as eating, dressing, brushing teeth etc. Due to the nature of the post, the successful candidate will need to be able to think on their feet, be flexible in their approach and creative in the delivery of tasks. You will support children at 1:1, small group and whole class level. Children in the base can become dysregulated and it is important that the successful candidate can remain calm and consistent at these times. The role is physical due to the needs of the children and the creative ways in which we support them to learn. This is a highly rewarding role and there will never be a dull day!

Essential Skills/Experience 

• Experience of working with children with ASC/complex needs
• Experience of managing high level challenging behaviour effectively
• The ability to adapt learning to individual pupils
• A range of strategies to enable pupils with communication difficulties to communicate and understand 
• Ability to work well as part of a team 
• The ability to develop children’s independence in tasks
• Ability to follow plans and support implementation of pupils’ individual targets
• To help maintain accurate records of pupils’ progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher
• Be flexible and adapt positively to change
• Show initiative and work independently

Desirable Skills

• Full driving licence 
• Understanding of AET/ Development Matters
• Speech and language training – Signalong, ELKLAN, PECs
• Step Up
• TEACCH training
• Experience of implementing risk plans to ensure the safety of all 
• Paediatric first aid trained
• Experience of working in partnership with parents
• Level 2 or above Autism training

Working Time

The school day runs from 8.30am – 2.30pm. You will work 5 hours each day as a TA (8.30am-12noon and 1pm to 2.30pm) and ½ hour each day as MSA (between 12noon and 1pm).

For an informal discussion about the role, please email – deputyhead@sprowstoninfant.norfolk.sch.uk or call 01603 429001.

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to – deputyhead@sprowstoninfant.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:   15 May 2026, 12 noon

Interview date:  TBA

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.

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.

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.

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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 Sprowston Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 130 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sprowston Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sprowston-infant-school

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