Librarian
The Windsor Boys' School, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5EH14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE £25,263 / Actual for 20 hours £11,602
Librarian job summary
Do you have a passion for reading and working with young people? Are you seeking the next challenge in your career? Or have you recently graduated and have and wish to gain experience in a school in a Librarian role? Are you considering training for teaching and wish to gain experience in a school environment?
A school Librarian is a real asset to any school as you are in an invaluable position working with all year groups and across all subjects. You have an amazing opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of young people and support departments by providing that key literacy link.
We are looking to appoint a Librarian to ensure that the library is at the heart of the school, supporting students to develop a love of reading and reading for pleasure culture and provide a learning hub for students. The school librarian will work closely with the SLT Literacy lead. There is also the opportunity for professional development such as the NPQLL (Leading Literacy).
This is a student facing role and the successful candidate will be passionate about literacy, have good administrative skills have excellent interpersonal skills. Experience of working in a school setting is preferred but not essential. This is a part-time role of around 4 hours per day which are flexible within the hours of 9-3 for the right candidate.
Windsor Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. CVs will not be accepted in place of an application form.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please access the school’s website where further information can be found: www.twbs.co.uk or alternatively email Mrs Howarth at jhowarth@twbs.co.uk
Applications will be considered upon receipt.
Job Description
Salary: Actual for 20 hours £11,602 (FTE £25,263).
Weeks/Hours: 20 hours per week, term time only.
Daily hours of work: This is a part-time role of around 4 hours per day which are flexible within the hours of 9:00am-3:00pm for the right candidate.
Responsible To: SLT Literacy Lead
Principal Duties:
To manage the School Library ensuring that the library is at the heart of the school, supporting students to develop a love of reading and a reading for pleasure culture and provide a learning hub for students.
Job responsibilities:
- Ensuring our library catalogue meets the needs of the students and supports the curriculum.
- Curating reading lists and recommendations from KS3-5
- Leading and facilitating book clubs
- Organising author visits and opportunities throughout the year to promote reading.
- Working with the SLT Literacy Lead on ‘Must Read March’ and World Book Day
- Running literacy interventions
- Overseeing book donations and connections with the local community.
- Monitoring the book catalogue and students borrowing books.
- Advise students on efficient methods of research to assist in their learning.
- Oversee and supervise pupils using the library ensuring safe and sensible behaviour in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
To undertake other duties as appropriate to the post and grade.
Commitment to safeguarding
Windsor Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. CVs will not be accepted in place of an application form.
If you are interested in applying for this position please access the school’s website where further information can be found: www.twbs.co.uk or alternatively email Mrs Howarth at jhowarth@twbs.co.uk
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Windsor Boys' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 966 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Windsor Boys' School website (opens in new tab)
The Windsor Boys' School is a 13-19 boys' school which seeks to retain the best of a traditional ethos based upon over 100 years of achievement, with a modern, forward- thinking approach that prepares young men for success in the 21st century.
We provide our students with a variety of challenging opportunities for learning, development and growth. They will learn that personal and social development involves taking responsibility not only for themselves, but also for all those around them. Our success will be measured both by first-class examination results and also the extent to which we provide an environment in which students are happy and can flourish.
To achieve this, we aim to be a school where:
• every student has the opportunity to reach his full potential through lessons that are academically challenging and engaging;
• there is an enthusiasm for learning, an encouragement of effort and a celebration of success;
• fairness, hard work and discipline are respected by all;
• there is outstanding provision for extra-curricular activities;
• students feel valued and are an active member of the community;
• students are well-equipped for life in a diverse and changing society.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced offering learning across the full range of subjects, and personalised appropriately to meet individual needs. Although there is a large core of traditional subjects on offer, we deliver high quality STEM pathways and vocational qualifications too. The school delivers a very positive value added score and the core subjects are consistently above average for pupil progress: the school’s progress 8 measurement is very strong and places us significantly above average for boys’ progress nationally. Students’ attainment and progress in mathematics and in other subjects at GCSE is outstanding, which is quite an achievement considering the school has a comprehensive intake.
At A level a very wide range of academic and vocational subjects are successfully delivered. There have always been high rates of university entrance. This is now the school of choice for many in the area both for achieving academic success and for its famous sporting prowess.
The school places great emphasis on developing the quality of teaching and increasing standards for learning. All teachers contribute to real action research as part of their professional development and often work across subject teams. For newly qualified teachers there is a strong programme of support from mentors and team leaders, as well as timetabled training sessions. For aspiring leaders we run programmes to enable them to experience middle leadership and senior leadership and gain appropriate qualifications. The school has a long history of working with GTPs and we are now a lead provider for Schools Direct.
Our high quality co-curricular provision provides tremendous opportunities for all, especially in the arts and in sport, as well as a wide range of more specialised activities, like a physics society, debating club and Duke of Edinburgh awards. Students represent the school at national and international level. The school is famous for sport and, above all, rowing. The school has a boat house on the nearby Thames and our under 18s have achieved tremendous success in recent years. Football has also seen real growth, culminating in the U16 team winning the national school’s FA cup. Similarly our rugby teams play against the major public schools and tour to Australia and Canada. Athletics, hockey, squash and cricket are also strong. We have a sports pavilion, extensive playing fields including a large AstroTurf pitch, and tennis courts.
The school is also a specialist arts college and consistently gains the Artsmark Gold award. Drama is famously good and ambitious often collaborating with girls from Windsor Girls' School. There is an excellent drama studio and a performing arts studio. Imaginative cross-curricular work in a languages and drama collaboration has been praised by Ofsted. Music is formidable – we have every kind of instrumental tuition and bands including a full orchestra, jazz band, close harmony singers and a strong choir that has performed at the Albert Hall. Our very successful band, famous for playing for the Queen, enjoyed a first in playing at the International Network of School Leaders in Beijing.
We have high expectations of student behaviour and expect good working relationships between teacher and student. The behaviour of pupils in the school is genuinely good and the atmosphere is relaxed and civilized - boys look you in the face and smile at their teachers. The strong professional relationship between teachers and pupils creates a safe learning environment which enables students to be successful in their learning.
The school was last inspected by Ofsted in May 2023 and was given a resounding ‘good’ judgement.
The school is a founding member of The Windsor Learning Partnership and is an academy in a multi academy trust with Windsor Girls’ School, and other local schools. Plans to expand further will afford many opportunities for staff and students alike and shape the next stage of the school’s development.
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