Learning Support Teaching Assistant - Senior School (maternity cover)

Norwich School; Norwich; On-site; GBP 20,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent co-educational school in Norwich seeks a Learning Support Teaching Assistant to assist specific pupils during lessons and provide additional support in small groups. The role is term time only, for 37.5 hours per week, covering a period of maternity leave beginning in March 2026. Candidates should have outstanding personal qualities and a commitment to diversity, reflecting the varied backgrounds of the student body. The annual salary for this role is £19,393, offering a chance to positively impact students' lives.

Qualifications

• Outstanding personal qualities.
• Suitably qualified individual in teaching or learning support.

Responsibilities

• Assist specific pupils within lessons.
• Provide individual or small group out of class support.

Job description

The Learning Support Teaching Assistant will have responsibility for assisting specific pupils within lessons and providing individual or small group out of class support, reporting to the Head of Learning Support (SENDCO) and working with and receiving instruction from a number of staff members including subject teachers.

The successful candidate will have outstanding personal qualities and will be fully involved in all aspects of this thriving co‑educational, independent day school, which is located in the Cathedral Close in the centre of this vibrant city.

We have a strategic aim and commitment to increase the diversity of our staff body. We are passionate about the adults in our community being positive role models for pupils of all backgrounds and we also want our staff to reflect the diversity of our pupil body and wider society in general. We would therefore particularly welcome applicants who come from ethnically minoritised backgrounds.

We are looking for a suitably qualified, inspiring individual to work within the Learning Support department at our Senior School.

This is a term time only position, offered at 37.5 hours per week, for a fixed term of up to one year to cover a period of maternity leave, starting in March 2026. The salary for this post will be £19,393 per annum.