Job Description

Academy:

Norwich Primary Academy

Category:

Teaching Assistant

Start Date:

September 2025

Closing Date:

Wed, Jul 9, 2025

Job Weeks:

39 Weeks

Hours:

24 hours per week

Type:

Fixed Term, Part Time

Job Reference:

JUN20253703

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: 13,630 to 13,844 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (24,027 - 24,404 full time/full year equivalent)

Start Date: September 2025

Fixed Term: until 31st August 2026

Part Time: 24 hours per week over 5 days from Monday to Friday

Working Weeks: 39 weeks

Norwich Primary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic, and inspiring Classroom Assistant to join our team. You will be an inspirational practitioner who is passionate about raising achievement through motivating and inspiring students, who will also contribute to the vision and values of the school.


The role involves supporting SEND children in the classroom and in one to one situations, although you may be asked to support across other key stages where necessary. You will be motivated to enable access to learning for pupils, including specialised support for those with special education needs. You should be able to work effectively as part of a team, following the direction of the teachers as well as working under your own initiative.

Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and , for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the "Planning your application" section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.

The main responsibility of this role will be:

To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff.


To work within the overall ethos of the Academy.


To undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or EAL (English as an Additional Language).


To enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

The ideal candidate will have:

Good numeracy/literacy skills


Experience of working with primary children


Experience supporting children with high needs SEND and behaviour needs


Experience of leading interventions to support learning


Ability to use a range of relevant technology


Experience of teaching RWI phonics scheme would be desirable.



Norwich Primary Academy is a good school which aims to develop happy and well-rounded young people, who are fully prepared to take the next steps in their school life. Children at Norwich Primary Academy enjoy their time in school, they aim high and are inspired to be the best they can be. As a school we work closely with our community to ensure all children are safe and thriving. At Norwich Primary Academy pupils are taught an aspirational, knowledge-based curriculum to ensure children have the subject knowledge and vocabulary to be successful. Alongside this the school provided an extensive programme of enrichment, trips, and activities to develop pupil's cultural capital.


We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country's top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country's best educational thinkers and practitioners.


The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain's highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.


For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here. Norwich Primary Academy was rated Good when inspected by Ofsted in November 2019. Ofsted found that Norwich Primary Academy is a school where pupils learn well. They said that pupils have a curriculum that helps them to learn more and remember more.


When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.


We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:

Generous holiday entitlement


Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions


Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Cycle-to-work scheme


Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers


Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal


Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Free Parking (on most sites)

Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Katie O'Connell, PA to Principal (katieoconnell@inspirationtrust.org).


To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Wednesday 9th July 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 15th or Thursday 17th July 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.

When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.