Teaching Assistant

part of Diocese of Norwich St Benets MAT and the Beacon Federation Tel: 01953 681327 Email: gpaoffice@beacon.stbenets.org

Salary - Support Staff Scale, point 3, £13,341 actual pa (£25,614 FTE) Fixed Term until 31 August 2027 Part time 22.5 hours per week Term Time plus 1 week Required as soon as possible

The Role

Garboldisham Church of England Primary Academy is part of the St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic and empathetic individual to join our wonderful staff team as a Teaching Assistant, working to support teaching and learning at our academy. Working Hours The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate at interview but will fall predominantly within our academy morning hours of Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 1.15pm.

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’. To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account. References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. Please contact us to discuss this further if you have any queries. Within the Trust we use AI to help review applications. If we spot that AI has been used in a misleading way, such as copying unedited AI created answers, exaggerating previous job experience, or pretending to be someone else, we may choose to reject the application without feedback. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date: 9 November 2026, 9am

Interview date: TBC

The Diocese of Norwich St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust / Education and Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references. The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 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.