Curator of Reading Culture

Chesterton Community College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 3NY

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 20 hours per week (4 hours per day), Term Time Only
• Contract type: Fixed term - TBC
• Full-time equivalent salary: Pro rata £12,493

What skills and experience we're looking for

We're looking for someone exceptional to help us build a world-class reading culture.

This isn't a traditional librarian role. We're looking for someone who can inspire pupils to read, champion reading across the school and transform our library into the beating heart of school life.

The successful candidate will:

• Create an exciting, vibrant library that pupils genuinely want to spend time in.
• Lead reading events, competitions and enrichment opportunities.
• Deliver targeted reading intervention.
• Promote reading for pleasure across the school.
• Develop Reading Ambassadors and student leadership.
• Work with teachers to promote wider reading across the curriculum.
• Build links with authors, local libraries and the wider community.
• Help shape one of the strongest reading cultures in the country.

We're not looking for someone to manage a library.

We're looking for someone to build something special.

What the school offers its staff

ELA staff benefits include:

• Reduced contact time to enable professional development;
• EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy;
• Health care cash plan;
• Paid annual family day;
• Extensive discount club access;
• Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes;
• Enhanced parental leave;
• Flexible work practices;
• Laptop & mobile phone payment plans;
• Ticket ballots for high profile events;
• Generous annual leave allowance for support staff;
• Discounted gym membership for all staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Chesterton Community College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1126 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chesterton Community College website
• Email address: SIzzard@ccc.tela.org.uk
• Phone number: 01223712150
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chesterton-community-college-cambridge

Arranging a visit to Chesterton Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email SIzzard@ccc.tela.org.uk.

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