Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

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Email: [email removed]

Website: https://www.browickroadprimary.co.uk

Headteacher: Helen Laflin

NOR: 234    Age range: 3-11 years

• Salary – Grade F, £30,023-£32,046 FTE (dependent on experience)
• Temporary – maternity cover
• Part Time
• 11.5 hours (2 days)
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required as soon as possible

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School is a thriving and popular primary school in the heart of Wymondham.

We are looking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to work 2 days a week on a temporary maternity cover contract.

The successful candidate will:

• hold a relevant HLTA qualification;
• have proven experience of working successfully with children in a primary school;
• have high aspirations for children in their care and be able to support them to make progress, however small the steps;
• have high expectations of children’s behaviour;
• be calm, positive and patient;
• be able to use their own initiative and “think on their feet”;
• enjoy working as part of a team and be able to contribute ideas and accept feedback;
• have the interpersonal skills to develop positive and supportive relationships with children, colleagues and parents/carers;
• be committed to the school’s strong safeguarding culture.

We can offer:

• a wonderful opportunity to work in our amazing school and be part of our cohesive and highly skilled staff team;
• excellent professional development opportunities and support;
• a school with a caring and inclusive ethos, often commented on by parents/carers and visitors;
• delightful, keen, creative and well-behaved children who contribute much to their school and the wider community.

Hours: 11.5 hours (ideally over 2 full days but this is negotiable). Term-time plus 1 week.

Salary Range: Grade F £30,023 - £32,046 FTE (dependent on experience).

For further information, please email [email removed] or telephone [phone removed].

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 applications should either be returned by email to [email removed] or by post to the school address.

Applicants may be called to interview before the vacancy closes, so early applications are encouraged.

Closing date: 13 November 2026, 9am

Interview date: TBC

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will 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.

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.