Librarian
King Solomon Academy
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Support staff Band 5 ( Full Time equivalent: £23,837-£27,494; actual salary £23,394 - £26,983)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2022
- Apply by:
- 4 July 2022
Job overview
Join an ambitious all-through academy to build our brand -new library
King Solomon Academy is a genuine all-through school, with our pupils staying with us from nursery to sixth form across two sites, ten minutes-walk apart. Because of this, we have a unique opportunity to have a long term and dramatic impact on our pupils’ lives.
We know that reading must be at the heart of our whole school, both in our curriculum and in the way in which we foster a love of reading for our pupils throughout their time at school, so they become life-long lovers of reading.
We have a strong track-record as a school in making a significant impact on our pupils’ lives. We adopt a mastery approach in primary, meaning that our pupils have more time and explicit teaching of the skills and concepts that underpin long term success in academics, enriched by a varied and cultural capital enhancing curriculum which inspires and engages our pupils.
Over the last two years, we have merged with another local primary school and invested in significant building work. We have a generous space ready to transform into a library on our Older Years Site for our pupils from Year 5-Year 11 and are excited to find the right person to join us as our librarian to build this library into the beating heart of our school site that we know it could be. We are looking for someone who believes in our school values - aiming high, working together, being kind and leading the way – and who is passionate about building a love of reading through leading the library space as well as working closely with pupils of all ages from 9-16.
To apply, and to see more information about the school and this role please visit http://kingsolomonacademy.org/current-vacancies. The deadline is 11am on Monday 4th July. To discuss the role, please feel free to email the Principal’s PA, Shaheen Riaz (s.riaz@kingsolomonacademy.org) or phone on 0207 563 6901.
Job Description: Librarian
Reporting to: Appropriate Leader
Location: King Solomon Academy, Older Years Site
Salary: Support staff Band 5 ( Full Time equivalent: £23,837-£27,494; actual salary £23,394 - £26,983)
Working Pattern:Full time, term-time only, 8-5pm, exact working pattern is flexible by arrangement for the right candidate
Start date: September 2022
The Role
As a Librarian, you will ensure that the Library is at the heart of school life and plays a central role in developing a culture of reading across our school and community, and drive reading progress through intervention.
Key responsibilities
• Lead on the delivery of establishing a beautiful library for our Older Years Site
• Manage and maintain the school library and all its resources
• Promote the use of the school library to all stake holders
• Identify and buy quality resources for the school library (and classroom libraries where appropriate) to meet the needs of the National Curriculum and to ensure we have an age-appropriate, challenging, diverse and inclusive reading offer for our pupils
• Teach pupils how to use the library successfully and how to enjoy choosing books
• Select resources from the Schools Library Services
• Promote the enjoyment of and excitement about reading to all pupils
• Provide a warm, welcoming climate in the library and across the school to help pupils to develop as happy and successful learners
• Support pupils working outside of class and after school with their learning
• Run reading interventions, teaching pupils how to read, how to comprehend and how to love reading
• Contribute to the effective working of the whole academy
Outcomes and activities
• Develop and promote the role of the library in the school with an active engagement in diversity and equality issues
• Work closely with teaching staff to plan and deliver key aspects of the curriculum
• Promote the effective and efficient use of the library and library resources
• Work with all staff to take a strategic approach to cultivating a love of reading in children
• Manage the school library and library resources throughout the school:
- Select, acquire, maintain and withdraw library stock, ensuring a balance between subject and ability levels and show an active engagement in diversity and equality issues
- Organise, catalogue and classify library resources, both electronic and print-based
- Prepare financial estimates for the school library and manage the budget
- Supervise and train staff, parents, volunteers and pupil librarians working in the library
- Make full use of digital devices in the library and manage the digital library provision, resources on the cloud and on the school websit
- Make full use of the Schools Library Service and other sources of information and support
- Make the library attractive and accessible to all children and staff, including displays, guiding and publicity materials
- Keep the senior leadership team, school governors and parents informed about the needs and development of the library and information service in the school
• Intervene with individual pupils or groups of pupils to support their progress in reading. This could include but is not limited to supporting with Phonics for new arrivals, or reading 1:1 with individual pupils.
Other
• Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal.
Person Specification: Librarian
Qualification criteria
- Maths and English to grade C GCSE (or equiv)
- A-level English literature or equiv (desirable)
- A degree level qualification (desirable)
- Recognised professional qualification for librarianship or information management system (desirable)
- Right to work in the UK
Knowledge and experience
- Excellent knowledge of children’s and young adult literature and an infectious passion about reading and fostering a love of reading
- Knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning, of educational issues and the National Curriculum as they relate to the provision of learning resources
- Knowledge of and commitment to equalities and diversity issues in the provision of library services
- Knowledge of how digital resources can be used to support reading development
- Awareness of child development and the role of reading in the educational development of the child
- Experience of working in a library within an educational institution or similar, and undertaking leadership and management activities therein (desirable)
- Experience of working with children and/or young people
- Experience leading, coaching and motivating staff, pupils and volunteers, ensuring professional development and effectively challenging and managing any underperformance (desirable)
- Strong financial management skills for management of library budget
About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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