Literacy Centre Manager
Lincoln Castle Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3SP12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
29 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days (39 weeks per year).
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade D Points 6 to 8 (£25,183 to £25,992 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £21,756.33.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lincoln Castle Academy are looking to appoint a Literacy Centre Manager to join our academy in September 2025 on a full time, permanent basis.
Your new role
As the Literacy Centre Manager, you will manage and develop the Literacy Centre to ensure all students develop a passion for reading which will increase literacy skills need for students to achieve their academic potential.
Salary: Grade D Points 6 to 8 (£25,183 to £25,992 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £21,756.33.
Hours: 37 hours per week / Term Time only plus 5 Days (39 Weeks) / Permanent
Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Lincoln Castle Academy is a medium sized secondary academy located in the Cathedral City of Lincoln. The Academy’s location is within easy reach of the A15, making is easily accessible from across the county.
With over 700 students on roll, Lincoln Castle is a busy and vibrant place. We are committed to ensuring that talent is nurtured in a safe, orderly, and stimulating learning environment. We believe that every child does matter and that by becoming fully involved in their learning, they will get the most out of their time with us and that their learning experiences will be both enjoyable and successful. We are immensely proud of the achievements of all our students and enjoy celebrating them as a school community.
There is a huge emphasis on high academic achievement and personal development. We are committed to raising standards of achievement for all students and provide extra support for students throughout the educational spectrum. Lincoln Castle is a happy and caring place of learning that meets the needs of its pupils and its community.
Why join us?
Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and will contribute to the academy’s continued success. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme. At Lincoln Castle, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best. You would be joining a highly skilled and committed staff.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
Further details about the role
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…
Financial Wellbeing:
- Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
- Access to an extensive discounts platform
Physical Wellbeing:
- 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
- Gym & fitness discounts
- Cycle to Work scheme*
- Free annual flu jab
Mental Wellbeing:
- Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Menopause Support Service
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained
Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.
Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.
Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.
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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 are not accepted.
About Lincoln Castle Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 680 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- clovers@lincolncastle.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01522 303584
School location
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