Librarian and Reading Intervention Practitioner
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community), Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7BD9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June 2026
Closing date
7 May 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
27 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,270.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only plus 1 PD day
Librarian and Reading Intervention Practitioner job summary
The School Librarian plays a key role in supporting the school’s literacy strategy by developing the library as an inclusive, well‑resourced and purposeful learning environment in both the primary and secondary phases.
This is a great opportunity to further develop our libraries as purposeful learning environments that support the school’s literacy strategy, promote reading for pleasure and deliver targeted interventions that help pupils overcome barriers to learning.
Working collaboratively with teaching and pastoral staff, the librarian supports the implementation of targeted reading interventions for pupils who need additional help to improve fluency, comprehension and confidence. These interventions are carefully matched to pupils’ needs, monitored for impact and enable pupils to overcome barriers to reading, helping them to access the full curriculum and make sustained progress. Through promoting reading for pleasure and targeted support, the role has a clear and measurable impact on pupils’ outcomes and wider personal development.
As the School Librarian, working closely with the English team in both primary and secondary you will deliver targeted literacy interventions, working with small groups of pupils to address gaps in reading, improve fluency and comprehension, and build confidence. Interventions will be carefully matched to pupils’ needs, with progress monitored to ensure a positive impact on literacy and wider curriculum access.
Want to find out more?
An Applicant Information Pack with further details about this opportunity is included below. To learn more about our school, visit our Careers Page or School website. If you need paper copies of any documents to support your application, we can email or post these to you. If you have any questions about this opportunity or the application process, please contact clare.ellis@stm.318education.co.uk and a member of the team will come back to you as soon as possible.
St Martin's School is part of the 3-18 Education Trust. We work collaboratively across our schools to create interesting, exciting opportunities for colleagues to share ideas, resources and expertise—making a real difference for the students and communities we serve. In addition to a comprehensive induction and a commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, we also offer a range of employee benefits. To find out more information please visit our Trust's Careers Page or Website .
The 3-18 Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). Guidance on disclosing convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Under the Immigration Act 2016, candidates for customer-facing roles must meet the necessary standard of spoken English. It is an offence to apply if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Employment is subject to medical fitness, satisfactory references, right to work in the UK, and an Enhanced DBS check. Online social media checks will be carried out on successful applicants.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 723 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) website
As a 3-16 through school at the heart of the community of St Martins, we are able to deliver child centred, individually tailored education because of our small size and unique position in the community.
The family ethos of the school surrounds all who work and study here creating a safe, supportive and nurturing environment. We value academic progress and social development equally .
Our children are individuals, respected for their differences and celebrated for their strengths. Within this caring family environment our children feel confident to push themselves to achieve the best they can, they enjoy an exciting and sometimes daring curriculum which challenges and stretches them. We love our school and we hope when you visit you will too
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