Assistant Librarian
Warminster School
edge of town
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 6 November 2017
Job overview
Assistant Librarian
Part-time (15 hours per week), term time only* (*the member of staff would be required to attend INSET days outside of term dates.)
We are seeking to appoint an innovative, creative Assistant Librarian who will enthuse and engage pupils in a love of reading throughout the school. Our school has a strong and vibrant reading culture. You will be responsible for providing a stimulating and friendly atmosphere to encourage a love of learning and literacy. Key priorities include promoting a love of reading for pleasure, supporting and guiding pupils on reading and literature and being part of the whole school literacy strategy.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for reading and an excellent knowledge of books for young people. They must be able to work independently, have a sound knowledge of library systems, excellent IT skills, good/strong interpersonal skills and the confidence to work with pupils in a secondary setting.
This is a very exciting opportunity to assist in creating a first rate ‘learning hub’ in this well respected and high performing independent school.
For further information and an application form, please contact Sonya Ellison on sellison@warminsterschool.org.uk. Closing date is noon on the 6 November, 2017.
About Warminster School
- Warminster School
- Church Street, Warminster
- Wiltshire
- BA12 8JE
- United Kingdom
Warminster School is a mixed, secondary comprehensive, Church of England ethos all-through school with nursery and sixth form situated on the edge of the ancient market town of Warminster, Wiltshire. It is an independent day or boarding school. A smaller than average size for a school of its type, the school will provide 715 places for nursery, primary, secondary and sixth form students between the ages of 3-19.
Warminster was founded in 1707. It first became the co-educational school we know today following an amalgamation with St Monica’s school in 1973, a school that used to stand on the site of the current prep school. It was also at this point Warminster School gained its current name.
Executive Headteacher
Mark Mortimer
Values and Vision
Warminster is a community-focused school, where pupils feel they can be happy and supported at the same time as feeling like they are fulfilling their maximum academic potential. It encourages academic enrichment, making a point of teaching children how to think, not what to think.
ISI
“Warminster School successfully meets its aims of providing an inclusive, holistic education for its pupils, who develop into confident, outward-looking and well-rounded young people. In a positive, friendly, happy and caring environment, pupils benefit from a very broad curriculum and an excellent range of extra-curricular activities. In line with its aims, the school encourages a culture that welcomes and celebrates participation, and in which pupils rejoice in their own and one another’s achievements and develop a range of skills to enrich their lives and equip them form life beyond school.
View Warminster School’s latest ISI report
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