Librarian and Literacy Champion
St Ives School, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2BB16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
9 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, Term time plus 5 Inset days (44.849 paid weeks pa)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £16,993.60
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a passionate and dedicated advocate for children who believes in the transformative power of an excellent education? Are you passionate about reading and literacy and the incredible positive impact that it can have on the lives of young people? St. Ives School is seeking a committed individual to join the team as our School Librarian. We are committed to fostering an environment where every student receives the highest quality education and support, and we are looking for someone who shares our values and dedication to excellence.
What the school offers its staff
As Librarian, you will play a key role in developing and promoting the library to ensure that all students and staff have ready access to as broad and relevant a range of reading matter, reference materials, research tools and information services as possible, in order to support teaching and learning throughout the school, facilitate independent learning, and encourage reading for pleasure. You will be expected to develop a 21st Century library with oversight of opportunities for students to access reading remotely and the promotion of library and love of reading through social media and the School website. You will share our commitment to encouraging all students, but particularly those students from a disadvantaged background, to develop a deep love of reading. Working closely with our teaching teams, you will develop strong positive relationships in order to improve the life chances of our young people.
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
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About St Ives School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 587 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Ives School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@stives.tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01736 795608
At St Ives School, our mission is to create an inclusive, caring, and supportive environment where every student can thrive. We are deeply committed to the success and well-being of all our students, ensuring they have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential. Our nurturing atmosphere is built on a foundation of strong, positive relationships and a culture of belonging, where every individual feels valued and respected.
As a progressive and forward-thinking school at the forefront of excellence in digital pedagogy, we are always striving to be the best we can be. We are constantly evolving to meet the needs of our students and community. We equally value our high-quality academic programme, which leads to outstanding outcomes, and our vibrant extra-curricular and personal development offerings that provide a real wow factor and create memories for a lifetime. Our school values—Effort, Kindness, and Community—are at the heart of everything we do, empowering our students to become compassionate, resilient, and responsible individuals. At St Ives School, we are dedicated to preparing our students for a bright and successful future in a supportive and dynamic learning environment.
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