Library Manager (Maternity Cover)

Wollaston School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7PH

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  20 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, term time: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - Maximum 1 year contract - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: H14 - H20 (NJC)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Library Manager (Maternity Cover) Jan 27 Start

Full time (37 hours per week) 39 weeks per (term time + 5 additional training days

Inspire a Love of Reading. Create a Space Where Learning Thrives.

Wollaston School is seeking a passionate, organised and creative Library Manager to lead the heart of our school community.

If you love books, literacy, working with young people and creating environments where students flourish, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day.

Why Join Wollaston School?

Our library is much more than a place to borrow books.

It is a vibrant learning hub where students discover new ideas, develop a love of reading and build the literacy skills that underpin success across the curriculum. As Library Manager, you'll play a key role in promoting reading culture across the whole school, supporting literacy intervention programmes and delivering exciting enrichment opportunities.

From organising author visits and World Book Day celebrations to transforming displays and supporting students with targeted reading interventions, no two days are the same.

We're looking for someone who is:

✅ Passionate about reading, books and literacy.

✅ Enthusiastic, creative and full of ideas.

✅ Excellent at building positive relationships with young people.

✅ Highly organised,strong administrative skills.

✅ Calm, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities.

✅ Comfortable using IT, including MS Office.

✅ Committed to making a positive difference to students' educational experiences.

Closing date for receipt of applications: Midday on Friday 20th November 2026 @ Midday

Interviews are likely to be held during week commencing 23rd November 2026

For details and to apply, please visit: https://nenevalleypartnership.com/join-our-team/

Questions or queries to: Kerry Ridge, HR & Ops Manager: ridgek@wollaston-school.net

Vacancy Details: Grade: H, points 14-20. Hours: 37 hours per week, Term-Time only. Actual Salary: £26,247 to £28,963

Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and the provision of two references one of which MUST be your most recent or last employer.

What the school offers its staff

Vacancy Details: Grade: H, points 14-20. Hours: 37 hours per week, Term-Time only. Actual Salary: £26,247 to £28,963

Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and the provision of two references one of which MUST be your most recent or last 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.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Advert - Library Manager MAT cover Nov 26.pdf - 1000 KB (opens in new tab)

Library Manager JD & Person Spec 2026.pdf - 152 KB (opens in new tab)

About Wollaston School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1432 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wollaston School website
• Email address: ridgek@wollaston-school.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wollaston-school

Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.

We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.

At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.

For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.

Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.

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