Teaching Assistant

Robert Kett Primary School, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0LS

3 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,901-£21,233 actual pa

Teaching Assistant job summary

Part of the Unity Schools Partnership

Tel: 01953 603405

Email: head@robertkett.net

Website: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/295632NFK

• Salary – Scale 3, SP 5-6, £20,901-£21,233 actual pa (£25,583-£25,989 FTE)
• Temporary until 31 August 2026
• Full Time
• 37 hours per week
• Term Time only    
• Required for 1 December 2025

Robert Kett is looking to appoint a highly committed, enthusiastic and compassionate individual who has an energy and interest in not only working with whole classes of children but also working with small groups of children and/or in a 1:2:1 capacity, intervening to close gaps in children’s subject knowledge and developing their basis skills.

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.

We are able to offer you:

• inquisitive children;
• a very welcoming and supportive ethos;
• supportive and friendly staff;
• an opportunity to be innovative and creative.

Further details are available from Janine Salter at - deputy@robertkett.net 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Cara Fahy of Unity Schools Partnership to discuss or arrange a visit on 01953 603405 or - head@robertkett.net 

How to apply

A job description and Candidate Pack are available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website to apply via our online application form.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.

Closing date:      21 November 2025, 9am

Interview date:    25 November 2025 (TBC)

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

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.

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 Robert Kett Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 558 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Robert Kett Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/robert-kett-primary-school-wymondham

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