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School Librarian

School Librarian

Colne Valley High School

Kirklees

  • Expired
Salary:
Salary - £19,974 per annum, full time, term time only.
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
10 April 2024

Job overview

Colne Valley High School

School Librarian

Permanent role,

37 hours per week, term time only

Salary - £19,974 per annum (FTE £23,500)

You will be expected to organise, oversee, and facilitate the use and maintenance of the library, ensuring its effective use by classes, groups and individuals and select, acquire, and organise the library resources and ICT to support teaching and learning covering the full range and ability of the school. The successful candidate will be required to encourage purposeful use of the library for study and will assist in the delivery of literacy and reading intervention strategies.

Part of your role will be to ensure that the library is stocked with an up-to-date range of relevant books and resources. You will promote a stimulating, safe and welcoming environment for students with a consistent focus on reading and developing independent users. It will be your responsibility to ensure that the library catalogues and classification systems are as user-friendly as possible, so that readers can find the books they need.

If you are committed to promoting the benefits of reading to the lives of young people, then we would love to hear from you.

In return you will work with a progressive and forward thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. As a Trust we offer many benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and contributory pension through the West Yorkshire Pension Fund. Great Heights Academy Trust is a growing multi-academy trust with eight schools in the West Yorkshire area with plans to further expand. In addition, we are home to a SCITT, Research School and an English Hub.

If you are interested in this role, please complete our application form, as a Word Document and return to Hayley Drummond, Recruitment Officer at h.drummond@greatheightstrust.org.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date – Wednesday 10th April 2024, 9.00am

Interviews – TBC

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

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About Colne Valley High School

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Colne Valley High School opened its doors in September 2014 as an Academy, sponsored by the Mirfield Free Grammar and together, by striving for excellence in all that we do, we have developed one of the most vibrant learning environments in the district.  Located in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the heart of the Pennines, the Academy has almost 1300 student on roll in Years 7 to 11. The school is within easy commuting distance from Leeds and Manchester and is situated within a 10-15 minute drive of the M62 corridor.  

Outstanding schools have outstanding teaching and the quality of teaching is the single most important factor in a school’s success. All students, irrespective of ability, are driven to “be the best they can be”.  Our ethos is driven by our mission – “To enable our students and staff to achieve their best” and our vision is that everyone, every student and every member of staff, can be exceptional, every day.  

At Colne Valley High School we have agreed to live our school life by our values:

• Respect – we recognise, accept and celebrate differences 

• Integrity – we are truthful and honest in all that we do 

• Team work – we aim to be the best for our team 

• Aspiration – we strive to be the best we can be.

Our staff lead by example and work hard to ensure that our young people feel happy, valued and safe, but equally they endeavour to enthuse them with a sense of aspiration, optimism and ambition. Work ethic is important and so is attitude. We encourage a “can do” attitude in relation to both work and play, and our expectations are extremely high.  

We aim to:

• Sustain a culture of high expectations in which every individual is valued equally;

• equip all our students for lifelong learning enabling them to achieve their potential; 

• provide an environment in which all staff experience a sense of professional well-being and are to give of their best; 

• provide an engaging, creative and enjoyable experience of teaching and learning;

• engender a sense of personal worth and physical and emotional well-being which enables students to become confident, self-reliant, self-disciplined, healthy and responsible; 

• promote excellent standards of behaviour through highly effective personal relationships; 

• equip students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary for them to make a positive contribution to society and prepare them for the world of work; 

• foster effective partnerships between students, staff, parents, governors and the wider community.  

We work hard to maintain a happy and well-run School, where students feel confident to thrive and develop. We strive to make our School a place of sound, stimulating and appropriate learning, where every student can achieve their true potential. We create a caring community where great emphasis is placed upon good relationships and partnerships to encourage respect, understanding and co-operation.  

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