Teaching Assistant / MSA - KS2

Taverham VC CE Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6SX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 per hour

Teaching Assistant / MSA - KS2 job summary

Tel: 01603 867740

Email: office@taverhamjunior.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.taverhamjunior.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Paul Henman

NOR: 403  Age Range:  7-11 years

• Salary - Scale D, Point 5, £13.26/hr, £16,801.88 actual pa
• Temporary until 31 August 2026 in the first instance
• Part Time
• 28.5 hours per week (M-F)
• Term time + one week 
• Required for January 2026

We are looking for a teaching assistant (with MSA responsibilities) to join our school. The role will involve supporting Key Stage 2 children (including those with Special Educational Needs) and leading interventions with individuals and small groups.

You must have:

• Minimum NVQ2 or equivalent (either already achieved, or currently working towards) 
• Very good literacy/numeracy skills 
• A good knowledge and understanding of the Key Stage 2 curriculum 
• Relevant previous experience
• Good communication skills
• A sense of humour
• An understanding of safeguarding, child protection and health and safety requirements
• Sound ICT skills

You must be:

• Able to work Monday to Friday
• Willing to ‘go the extra mile’ for the children and the school
• Proactive: someone who uses their initiative rather than having to be directed to carry out every task
• Able to establish positive and supportive relationships with all pupils and staff
• Flexible and a good team player, committed to cooperative working
• A good role model for all pupils
• Positive, optimistic and enthusiastic.
• Willing to embrace the opportunity of working in a Church of England school.

We offer:

• A positive, happy and well-resourced working environment 
• Talented, friendly, supportive and professional colleagues who work together very effectively
• Enthusiastic, happy, confident, motivated and well behaved children, who have a positive attitude to school and learning
• Experienced and supportive governors
• Good opportunities for professional development
• A well-resourced school, with attractive, spacious grounds
• Very good relationships with parents, the community and the local church.

How to apply

Applications should be made on an official application form. To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to - office@taverhamjunior.norfolk.sch.uk 

Closing date:  12 December 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:  18 December 2025

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 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.

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 Taverham VC CE Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Taverham VC CE Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/taverham-vc-ce-junior-school

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