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Teaching Assistant - SEN

Chapel Break Infant School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 9LU

This job expired on 15 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  5 December 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: £25,185 FTE

Teaching Assistant - SEN job summary

Tel: 01603 749550

Email: head@chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk 

Website:  https://www.chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk/

Headteacher: Mrs Mandy Turner

• Salary – Scale C, £13.05 per hour, (£25,185 FTE)
• Temporary until 31 July 2026
• Part Time
• 30 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required for 5 January 2026

Values: Kindness • Community • Curiosity • Excellence

Chapel Break Infant School is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Teaching Assistant to join our team, supporting children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) across our Enhanced Support Provision (ESP) and mainstream classes.

About the Role

• Work closely with children with a range of SEND needs, ensuring they feel safe, supported, and able to thrive.
• Provide targeted support for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
• Collaborate with teachers, parents, and external professionals to create inclusive learning experiences.
• Contribute to our nurturing school community, where every child is valued and encouraged to explore their curiosity.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with children with SEND.
• Expertise or strong interest in supporting children with SEMH needs.
• Thrive training (preferred) or willingness to develop skills in this area.
• A caring, patient, and proactive approach, aligned with our values of Kindness, Community, Curiosity, and Excellence.

Why Join Us?

Chapel Break Infant School is an Outstanding School where we believe every child deserves the chance to thrive. You will be part of a supportive team that celebrates diversity, fosters resilience, and inspires a love of learning.

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 be returned to – head@chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk 

Closing date:  15 December 2025, 3pm

Interview date:  16 or 17 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 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.

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About Chapel Break Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 157 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chapel Break Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chapel-break-infant-school

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