Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

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• Salary - Support Staff, Pay Point 12-17, £5,813-£6,305 actual pa (£29,542-£32,046 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 8.5 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required ASAP

Gillingham Church of England Primary Academy are looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join their wonderful collaborative team.

Gillingham are also looking for a Teaching Assistant, which would run alongside the Higher Level Teaching Assistant hours. If you are interested in applying for both of these roles, please specify this within the personal statement in the online application.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Have a warm and empathetic nature
• Have experience of working within an educational setting
• Have experience of working with children, or relevant qualifications.

Working Hours

The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate at interview but will fall within our academy hours of Monday to Friday, 8.45am – 3.15pm.

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:   25 September 2026

Interview date:  w/c 28 September 2026

The Diocese of Norwich 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.