School Librarian and EAL Lead

Polam Hall School, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA

26 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,798 (Grade E10)
• Additional allowances:

  £19,798 (Grade E10)

School Librarian and EAL Lead job summary

School Librarian

Posted: 7th October 2025

Closing date: 2nd November 2025

Interviews held: w/c 10th November 2025

Start date: As soon as possible subject to normal checks

Salary: Actual Salary £19,798 (Grade E10) (FTE £27,694)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 32 hrs per week (term time only)

The role:

We seek a part time Senior School Librarian and EAL Lead who is passionate about engaging children and young people in reading. The successful candidate will be able to work on their own initiative, will be both creative and very well organised and will be an enthusiastic reader!

The desire to enthuse young people with a love of reading and being incredibly well organised are much more important than formal librarian training. The Senior School Librarian and EAL Lead will be a member of our Languages and Literature Faculty and will have responsibility for managing our Accelerated Reader programme, supported by the Head of Faculty, as well as day to day library duties. The role would suit someone who enjoys working with young people and who could bring new ideas to the promotion of reading for pleasure in our school.

The role also leads the ‘English as an Additional Language’ provision in our school, working closely with our EAL Learning Support Assistant. The EAL Lead is the champion for our young people for whom English is not their first language and has strategic oversight of their progress and the support that they receive.

We would be very happy to discuss the role and show you our school so please do get in touch if you are considering applying.

Our School:

Polam Hall School is a 4 - 16 years all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust and delighted to have been rated Good by Ofsted in October 2021 and strives to be Outstanding upon their return. We have 837 pupils on roll with 1.5 form entry in our Primary Phase whilst over the last two years our secondary phase has increased from three to four forms of entry. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history, which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community.

Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils.

Visits to the school are welcome and can be arranged by the Administration Team, by email to information@phs.woodard.co.uk

Please note you should use the supporting statement section of the application form to clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements outlined in the person specification. The information in this section will be used to shortlist applicants for the role and therefore it is important that you provide enough detail to give a full picture of your skills and experience and what you can contribute to teaching and learning at Polam Hall.

Polam Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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

Polam Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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 Polam Hall School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 841 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Polam Hall School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/polam-hall-school

Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust and rated Good by Ofsted in October 2021. We have 790 pupils on roll, with 1.5 forms of entry in our Primary Phase and have increased from three to four forms of entry in our Secondary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community.
Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils.

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