Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School · Downham Market, East of England
Tel: 01366 388191 Email: head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk Website: https://www.hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk/ Salary – CA - Scale C, Point 5, £13.26/hr and MSA – Scale A, point 3, £12.85/hr Fixed Term until 31 August 2027 (1 year) 2 positions available CA - 26 hours per week , Term Time plus 1 week MSA – 6.25 hours per week, Term Time only Required from 1 September 2026 Do you have any experience and/or training with primary aged children? Are you an excellent practitioner who knows how to motivate polite, well behaved children and support teaching colleagues to bring them on with their learning? Can you embrace the challenge of supporting children to make progress with their learning regardless of their starting point? Can you manage the daily challenges that come with supporting a child displaying behavioural difficulties whilst supporting that child to make progress despite those difficulties? We require 2 x Classroom Assistants from September 2026. The successful candidates should be prepared to work across any age group within the school if required. Both positions would be fixed term for one year. The successful candidates will also be expected to take on a separate contract for an MSA role. Visits to the school are encouraged. Please make an appointment with the Headteacher, Mr Matthew Try, through the School Office at Hillcrest Primary School. How to apply A Job Description and a Person Specification are available from ‘Attachments’. To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Completed forms can be returned to the Headteacher, Mr Matthew Try, either via email to - head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk or by post. Please do not send CVs. Closing date: 4 June 2026, 3.30pm Interview date: 17 June 2026 Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This post comes 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.