Classroom Assistant

**Academy**:Great Yarmouth Primary Academy **Category**:Teaching Assistant **Start Date**:November 2025 **Closing Date**:Mon, Nov 3, 2025 **Job Weeks**:39 Weeks **Hours**:32.5 hours per week **Type**:Fixed Term, Part Time **Job Reference**:OCT20254383 **Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: £19,048 to £19,347 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,796 - £25,185 full time/full year equivalent)** **Fixed Term: until 31st August 2026** **Part Time: 32.5 hours per week over 5 days from Monday to Friday** **Working Weeks: 39 weeks** **Start Date: November 2025** Great Yarmouth 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. **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. 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. Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is an Ofsted 'Good' school in the heart of Great Yarmouth. The school is proud to serve an immensely diverse community and are committed to continuing to raise educational standards ensuring children develop academically and socially by delivering a knowledge rich curriculum from a team who are passionate about pedagogical understanding with English and Maths at the heart of our learning. The school also provides an extensive wider curriculum ensuring children have the knowledge, skills, and cultural capital to progress in their school career and into adult life ensuring lifelong passions and enthusiasm for children which will support their education and wellbeing. The academy has developed the foundations of a community hub within school, which will ensure children from birth - 11 years as well as parents are able to access support and develop relationships with educational professionals. 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 Great Yarmouth, click here. Great Yarmouth Primary Academy was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2021, with the report rating the school as Good. The report praises the academy, stating that "pupils at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy are polite, respectful and proud to come to school" and that "pupils spoken to feel safe in school." 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