Librarian

Priory Academy, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JA

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £19,550.00 Annually (Actual) H3

Librarian job summary

Librarian

Priory Academy, Dunstable

Contract: Term-time + INSET

Hours: 32 hours per week, term-time + INSET

Grade: H3

Actual salary: £19550 per annum

Start Date: January 2027

We are looking for someone who will support the raising of standards of literacy and develop a culture of reading, to support students in making expected levels of progress in English and other subjects across the curriculum.

Priory Academy is a good school with outstanding features (Ofsted June 2023). We strive for excellence by teaching and preparing our young people to have confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to have an enduring passion for learning and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

If you have any questions, please contact HR at hr@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk, or on 01727 734424. To apply, please fill in an application form on My New Term - CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 2 November 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 Priory Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 9 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 830 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Priory Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/priory-academy

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