Library Leader and Literacy Intervention Practitioner

John Port Spencer Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LU

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 January 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: £24,955.00 - £26,637.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 13 to 17 - Full Time - Term Time Only

Library Leader and Literacy Intervention Practitioner job summary

Principal’s Welcome
At John Port Spencer Academy, we believe in unlocking the potential of every student and supporting them to achieve the very best. Every child has a champion - staff dedicated to nurturing their talents, ambitions, and wellbeing. Our university-style campus offers a vibrant, inspiring environment where curiosity thrives, and learning knows no bounds. Our values of joy, progress, success, and acting with care, kindness, respect, and integrity guide everything we do. Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, innovative community, passionate about making a real difference every day and supporting each other to grow professionally and personally.

About John Port Spencer Academy
John Port Spencer Academy is a thriving, forward-thinking school at the heart of our community, serving over 2,000 students from Year 7 through Sixth Form. Our university-style campus, with dedicated subject teaching spaces, specialist science labs, arts facilities, and extensive sports facilities, creates a wonderful environment for both students and staff. We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum designed to challenge students and help them excel academically, personally, and socially. Every student has a champion here - staff who guide, support, and celebrate their achievements. We have a strong community spirit and high expectations. For staff, John Port is a place to grow, collaborate, and contribute to something truly special, where everyone is encouraged and excellence is celebrated.

We are looking to appoint an organised and inspiring Library Leader to join our highly dedicated and hard working team to manage, develop, promote an effective learning resource and information service which supports learning and teaching across the academy. The successful applicant will promote literacy across the school and lead small intervention groups to support students with low levels of literacy. Under the leadership of the SENCO, you will plan and deliver reading programmes, support Key Stage 3 reading tests, and assist the English Faculty in implementing initiatives to foster a love of literature and improve reading skills. The postholder will oversee Homework Club in the morning and after school as well as ensuring that the Library is open to students during break and lunch times, creating a welcoming and purposeful environment for independent study and reading.

This is a crucial role and the person appointed will need to be a great communicator who can engage but staff and students. They will need the skills to create a an inviting environment and provide professional support for all pupils to help them achieve their potential. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly committed and enthusiastic team.

If you are passionate about supporting young people in an education setting we would welcome your application. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly committed and supportive team.If you require more information or would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Mrs Topham (HR Officer) at recruitment@johnportspencer.org.uk

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.

Applying for the job

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About John Port Spencer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 2023 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Port Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-port-spencer-academy

John Port Spencer Academy is a large, vibrant and energetic community school demonstrating a common purpose and ambition - to ensure the very best learning experience for each and every one of our students. We are a Good School (Ofsted 2022) and we recognise that every student has their own individual strengths, gifts and talents; our aim is to ensure that these are all nurtured and developed to their full potential. John Port Spencer Academy is part of the Spencer Academies family of schools.

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