Teaching Assistant (with SEN responsibility)
Cringleford CE VA Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7JR28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Required ASAP
Closing date
10 April 2026 at 1am
Date listed
13 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale D (£25,989 to £26,403 p/a FTE)
Teaching Assistant (with SEN responsibility) job summary
Tel: 01603 454946
Email: office@cringleford.norfolk.sch.uk
Website: www.cringleford.norfolk.sch.uk
Headteacher: Mrs Julia Humphrey
- Salary: Scale D, pts 6-7 – £25,989 to £26,403 p/a FTE (from April 2026)
- Temporary until 31.8.2027 (with potential to become permanent)
- Part Time
- 31.25 hours per week (Could be flexible for right candidate)
- Term Time + 1 week
- Required ASAP
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Teaching Assistant with a passion for supporting children with Special Educational Needs to join our team. Whether your experience is rooted in EYFS or in working with children with high‑needs SEN, we would be delighted to hear from you.
You will work closely with children with high‑needs SEN and play an important role in helping them thrive. At Cringleford, you will join a committed, skilled and supportive team who are united by a love of learning and a belief that every child deserves to be valued, understood and celebrated. Our modern, purpose‑built school—situated just off the A11/A47 Thickthorn interchange with easy access to Norwich—offers excellent facilities and a creative, engaging curriculum. Prospective applicants are warmly encouraged to visit; please contact the office on 01603 454946 to arrange a tour.
Working pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30 to 3.15pm with ½ hour for lunch.
What the Role Involves
You will:
- Support pupils’ wellbeing, learning and independence
- Work closely with teachers to mentor and guide pupils
- Safeguard and promote the welfare of children
- Collaborate with the SENCo and SLT to ensure children receive the right support
- Support children during learning sessions and lunchtimes, including promoting positive behaviour and engagement
- Break down barriers to learning so that all pupils can access the curriculum
- Support children with SEMH needs and help them regulate and reconnect
- Attend meetings related to pupil welfare and progress
- Build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues
What We’re Looking For
- Experience supporting high‑needs SEN pupils
- Successful recent experience as a Teaching Assistant
- Understanding of barriers to learning, including SEMH needs
- Knowledge of effective behaviour‑support strategies
- Ability to motivate learners with differing needs
- Calm, empathetic approach and strong interpersonal skills
- Problem‑solving mindset and resilience
- Good written and spoken communication skills
Why Join Cringleford?
Our values of Community, Compassion and Courage shape everything we do. We are an inclusive school where every child is celebrated for who they are. One of our Teaching Assistants, who joined in April 2024, said:
“The staff at this school are so supportive, caring and kind – they have made me feel very welcome and part of an amazing team who celebrate the children’s individuality, interests and achievements.”
We Would Love to Hear From People Who:
- Are enthusiastic about children’s learning and wellbeing
- Enjoy being part of a collaborative team
- Bring warmth, humour and positivity
- Believe strongly in inclusion and the right of every child to feel valued
- Have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Are supportive of our Christian ethos
- Are excellent role models
(First Aid experience is helpful but not essential.)
How to Apply
Click the orange ‘Apply for job’ button to download an application form.
Please return completed applications to office@cringleford.norfolk.sch.uk.
Closing date: 10 April 2026, 5pm
Interview date: TBC
We may interview before this date, so early applications are encouraged.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Cringleford CE VA Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cringleford CE VA Primary School website
School location
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