Learning Resource Centre (Library) Manager
Highgate Wood Secondary School, London, N8 8RN6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
18 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Other support roles
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Part time: 4 days a week (0.8)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- PO1 (Pro Rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will have
- A belief that every child really does matter.
- A proven track record of success in the classroom.
- The capacity to raise attainment through motivating and inspiring students and staff.
- Dedication to a team approach underpinned by an ongoing desire to ‘Continuously Aspire towards finding New ways to Develop and Outdo previous best’.
Candidates are encouraged to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact the school HR department for more information athr@hws.haringey.sch.uk
Closing date for applications:Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 9:00 am
Interviews will be from week commencing: w/c 2 December 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Previous applicants need not apply.
Please note we do not offer employment visa sponsorship for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Learning Resource Centre Manager
Salary Scale PO1 / Part time (0.8) term time.
FTE: £38,934 - £40,755 to be pro rata actual £29,470 - £30,848.
Highgate Wood School wishes to appoint an adaptable and resourceful Learning Resource Centre (Library) Manager for an immediate start.
The successful candidate will have the energy, dedication and enthusiasm to make a real difference to the lives of our students and the success of the work of the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). The role is permanent, part time (0.8) term time, four days a week.
The postholder will ensure that the centre is a welcoming space where students can access diverse resources to support their academic development and achieve their full potential.A key focus will be to raise reading engagement, especially among reluctant readers, and to lead the successful implementation of the Accelerated Reader programme (or other reading intervention programmes).
Additionally, the role will involve delivering small group reading and writing interventions, leading extracurricular library-based clubs, and raising awareness of the Learning Resource Centre’s role within the wider school community.
We can offer you
- The opportunity to work in a continuously improving school.
- The chance to join a talented and highly committed staff team.
- Excellent students who are keen to excel and operate in an ethos underpinned by the principles of courtesy, consideration, cooperation & contribution.
- Our commitment to provide CPD opportunities to ensure all staff continue to develop.
- A learning environment where imagination and commitment are encouraged and valued.
Commitment to safeguarding
Highgate Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. The successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with safer recruitment practices, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. This is part of our safeguarding checks and seeks publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Highgate Wood Secondary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1554 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- msp@hws.haringey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02083427970
Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education. We want everyone to feel welcome, safe and secure in the school and believe that each of us has a valuable contribution to make to our community and its continued success. We firmly believe that Everyone Matters. Our core values are embodied in the 4Cs - Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation, and Contribution, the principles of Respect and Honesty and the commitment to encouraging Perseverance and Hard Work within a Growth Mind-set.
It is through these values that we bring to life our mission statement: "Making a positive difference to students' achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self-belief”.
Ethos and values
Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together with our Growth Mind-set focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect underpin the school’s behaviour ethos.
Our school motto is Everyone Matters and this ensures that we take an approach that values every student as an individual, with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enabling talent and creativity to be identified and nurtured.
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