Librarian

Cornerstone Academy Trust, Exeter, EX5 3JG

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  30 April 2026

• Closing date

  24 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE £24,522

Librarian job summary

This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools located in Exeter, East Devon, and the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. Our Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for outstanding and innovative education. We lead several Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’ and support schools across the country with professional development and school improvement strategies.

As a Trust which is also responsible for an English Hub (a DfE programme aimed at sharing best practice in the teaching of reading and English), our librarians play a vital role in supporting our children and role modelling these best practices, as well as supporting teaching staff in choosing and promoting high quality texts. This role will be primarily based across our 5 Exeter schools.

You will not only be responsible for maintaining the library and the book stock but also supporting children in choosing appropriate books, tracking what they are reading, helping with author visits and in mentoring and tutoring individual children across the curriculum and in their pastoral needs to ensure they make maximum progress in their education.

Your Role

• Mentor and tutor children across the curriculum and in pastoral care.
  
• Manage and maintain a well-stocked, welcoming library space.
  
• Assist in the delivery of the targeted teaching of reading through appropriate phonics programmes
  
• Support pupils in choosing and tracking their reading.
  
• Organise author visits and reading events.
  
• Collaborate with staff to promote high-quality texts and reading culture.
  

What You'll Bring

• A deep love of children’s literature and reading.
  
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft 365, library systems).
  
• A warm, professional presence and a passion for helping children succeed.
  

What We Offer

• Salary: From £23,184 (actual, based on 40 weeks)
  
• (FTE: £24,552 for all-year-round equivalent)
  
• Hours: 40 per week, 8:30am–5:00pm, Monday to Friday
  

Perks

• Heavily discounted childcare
  
• Health and cycle-to-work schemes
  
• Generous pension scheme
  
• Subsidised meals and from our in-house chefs
  
• Free tea and coffee
  
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
  
• State-of-the-art IT equipment
  

Apply Today

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Closing Date: 24th May

Interviews may be held as applications are received.

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

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.

About Cornerstone Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cornerstone Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cornerstone-academy-trust

A multi academy trust, based in Exeter, made up of seven primary schools.

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