Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Tel: 01553 828348 Email: office@terrington-st-clement.norfolk.sch.uk Website: https://www.terringtonstclementschool.co.uk

Salary - Scale F, points 13-17, £15.56-£16.61/hr (£30,023-£32,046 FTE) dependent on experience Permanent Part Time 30 hours per week Term Time +1 week Required for 4 January 2027

Terrington St Clement Community School is a friendly, successful primary school in need of a caring and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant to promote and support our school ethos and ensure high quality of provision for our learners. In this role, you will be required to take the lead in managing small groups of pupils for specific interventions as required and also cover whole classes for which you will be required to plan for and assess progress. As part of a wider team, you may also on occasions be required to support children with Special Needs on a 1:1 basis and carry out intimate care tasks as part of your support role. Our successful candidates should be confident in working with children across the primary age range [4-11yrs].

You will:

be a dedicated individual who is able to raise and sustain high standards have excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff and parents 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 have experience of comparable work in a school or a similar setting and hold an NVQ L3 qualification or above or be prepared to undertake further training be confident in your grammar and maths skills so that you are able to support learners up to the end of Primary School

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 recognised for their enthusiastic and rigorous approach to teaching and learning well behaved children who thrive in a creative and challenging atmosphere parents and carers who are supportive and ambitious for their children Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. 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 be returned to - office@terrington-st-clement.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date: 12 November 2026, 12noon Interview date: w/c 16 November 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 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.