Teaching and Learning Support Assistant 1:1 - Reception

Tel: 01263713107

Email : office@holt.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher : Mr Simon Walters

NOR : 176    Age Range 4-11years

• Salary - Scale D, £13.46 - £13.68 per hour (£25,583-£25,989 FTE)
• Fixed term (pupil specific) until 31 August 2027
• Part Time
• 27.5 hours per week 
• Term time + 1 week
• Required from September 2026

The Governors are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant (Level 2) to join our friendly, caring school. The main responsibility will be to work 1-1 with a child with specific high needs in our Year R class. This will include attending to personal and social needs of pupils and promoting good pupil behaviour. Hours of work, Monday to Friday, 8.45am – 3.15pm.

The job is linked to a specific high needs child and hence is fixed term for the duration of their attendance.

Specific responsibilities include:

• To attend to the personal and social needs of pupils and any other special requirements depending on the nature of a pupil’s special needs.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of pupils while encouraging constructive relationships within the classroom.
• Assist with the development and implementation of individual Education/Behaviour plans and Personal Care programmes.
• Undertake agreed learning activities, adjusting activities according to pupil responses, recording achievement and feeding back to the teacher.

The key skills / qualifications required for this post are:

• NVQ 2 or equivalent in Teaching Assistance or equivalent experience.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Can use basic IT and other technology effectively to support learning.
• Experience of working with or caring for children of the relevant age.
• Relates well to children and adults.
• Flexibility and ability to work under own initiative or as part of a team.

For further information about the role, please contact Simon Walters on - head@holt.norfolk.sch.uk

How to apply

To download an application from, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to – office@holt.norfolk.sch.uk 

Closing date:  27 July 2026, 9am

Interview date: 31 July 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.