Teaching Assistant / MSA

Terrington St Clement Community School, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 4LZ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  20 October 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: MSA £12.65/hr and TA £13.26-£13.47/hr

Teaching Assistant / MSA job summary

Tel:  01553 828348

Email: office@terrington-st-clement-norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.terringtonstclementschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Amanda Conner

NOR: 322 (inc Nursery)  Age range:  3-11years

• Salary - MSA, Scale A, £12.65/hr and TA, Scale D, £13.26 - £13.47/hr
• Temporary in the first instance until August 2026 
• Part Time
• TA - 27.5 hours per week, Term Time plus 1 week
• MSA - 5 hours per week, Term Time only
• Required for November 2025

Terrington St Clement is a friendly, successful primary school in need of a caring and committed teaching assistant to join our supportive team. As part of this role, you will be required to support children with a high level of SEN in a small alternative provision within the school and you may be required to carry out intimate care tasks as part of the support provided. You will also at times be based in the main classroom bases, supporting the class teacher. The role also involves working as a midday supervisor for an hour a day.  

Our successful candidates should have experience of working with children within the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or Primary Age Range [3-11yrs]. Experience of working with pupils with SEN is an advantage but support and training will be provided.

You will:

• have experience of comparable work in a similar EYFS/Nursery/school setting and hold at least NVQ2 or equivalent
• have excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff and parents
• have a good level of spoken English and understanding of grammar
• be able to enthuse and inspire children
• contribute to a dynamic and hardworking team and work under your own initiative
• be versatile and flexible with a commitment to continuous professional development
• be resilient, caring and have a “can do” attitude

We can offer you: 

• a strong community ethos with staff who are friendly and work closely as a team 
• a strong commitment to supporting continuous professional development and mentoring staff new to a post
• staff who are enthusiastic and ambitious in their approach to providing the very best care for our children
• enthusiastic children who thrive in a creative and caring atmosphere 
• the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our children

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. If you would like to visit, please contact Mrs Sue Kew via the school office (tel: 01553 828348, email: office@terrington-st-clement.norfolk.sch.uk) who will be happy to arrange a time to show you around.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

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

Completed forms should either be returned to - office@terrington-st-clement-norfolk.sch.uk or by post to the school address.

Closing date: 6 November 2025, 10am

Interview date:   w/c  10 November 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 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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Terrington St Clement Community School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 333 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Terrington St Clement Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/terrington-st-clement-community-school

We are a friendly, welcoming school in a large village, in the West of Norfolk. Our school is surrounded by wide open spaces to the south and the sea to the north. We have beautiful big skies with next to no light pollution. There is plenty of space for our learners (and staff) to breathe and enjoy the outdoors.

Despite our rural location, we have excellent transport links, situated on the borders of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. The vibrant, medieval town of Kings Lynn with its mainline rail station is just under 7 miles away. Direct trains reach central London in under 2 hours.

Terrington St Clement Community School is a popular, oversubscribed primary school which caters for 365 children from Nursery (aged 3) up to Year 6. We are extremely proud of the opportunities we provide for all of our learners in both music and sport and the high quality, friendly and caring provision we offer. Our school has a strong team ethos and real sense of community spirit.

We are committed to continued professional development and providing opportunities for, not just our learners to flourish, but our staff too.

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