Teaching Assistant / MSA - KS2

North Denes Primary School and Nursery, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4HF

28 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  12 December 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: 01493 842063

Email: finance@northdenes.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://northdenesprimary.co.uk

Headteacher: Victoria Bland

• Salary – D5, £13.26 per hour
• Temporary until 31 December 2026
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required for January/February 2026

We are seeking a highly committed, enthusiastic, and compassionate Teaching Assistant to join our school team. The successful candidate will support children in Key Stage 2, including those with Special Educational Needs, and will lead targeted interventions with individuals and small groups. The role also includes Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA) responsibilities.

You will need to:

• have strength, experience and relevant qualifications
• have experience of working with children;
• have a good understanding of how to motivate children to engage in their learning;
• be determined to identify what helps a child learn, overcoming barriers along the way;
• have excellent communication skills;
• be creative and have a willingness to offer new ideas;
• be a good listener, facilitator for learning, motivator and role model.

You must be:

• 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.

We offer:

• A friendly, supportive and professional team of colleagues.
• Happy, well-behaved children who care well for each other and are keen to learn 
• Good opportunities for professional development
• A well-resourced school, spacious grounds

How to apply

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

Completed forms should be returned to - finance@northdenes.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:   9 January 2026, 2.30pm

Interview date:  13 January 2026

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 North Denes Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Denes Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-denes-primary-school-and-nursery

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