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  • Closing date

    22 June 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    8 June 2026

Job details

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Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£27,180.00 Annually (Actual) Range 4-5 Dependent on experience

Librarian and Reading Champion (Maternity Cover) job summary

JOB TITLE: Librarian and Reading Champion (Maternity Cover)

LINE MANAGED BY: A member of SLT

DATE: September 2026 (plus 2 days in August TBC) until 28 February 2027

SALARY: Range 4-5 (dependent on experience) £27,180 - £32,032

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Librarian and Reading Champion. This pivotal role combines the responsibilities of managing and developing our school library with actively promoting a vibrant reading culture throughout our community. We are lucky to have a fantastic library that is well stocked and welcoming; it is an essential study space for our students and is much loved by both our students and staff. We engage regularly with the Carnegie prize, participating in their shadowing scheme and promoting it with students.

The successful candidate will be passionate about literature and fostering a love of reading in young people. They will play a key role in supporting students' academic progress and their wider personal development and will be well supported by departments across the School, with strong links to the English department in particular.

This role is available as a full-time position or as a job-share opportunity for two applicants seeking part-time hours.

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

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About Aylesbury High School

School type
Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1358 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Aylesbury High School (AHS) is a forward-thinking girls’ grammar school that values both academic and pastoral excellence and co-curricular opportunities with the vision of developing uniquely talented young adults, who are independent, strong and confident.
We create a welcoming environment which draws the very best from all in our community, achieved by providing an ambitious education that stimulates creative and critical thinking, values diversity and facilitates dynamic personal development.
The AHS values are Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment and we want all in our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these characteristics both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering.

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