Librarian
Langley School
Solihull
- £25,992 - £28,624 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- Band C Points 8 to 14
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 6 July 2025
Job overview
Librarian
Permanent position
37 hours per week, Term time plus INSET days (39 weeks)
Band C Points 8 to 14 (£25992 to £28624 pro rata)
Actual Salary - £22283 to £24540
Start Date – September 2025
We are seeking to appoint a School Librarian from September 2025 to join our mission to promote reading amongst our young people. The Library at Langley is the heart of our school and we strive to ensure that everyone in our community is a reader. Our Library is a warm and welcoming environment in which pupils can read, learn and thrive. We want pupils to continue to access our library as a safe haven for them as readers but also as a centre for intervention, tuition and independent study.
The successful candidate will have a passion for books and reading but also for young people. We are looking for an optimistic person who enjoys working with young people and finding varied and creative ways to engage pupils with books, building confidence and faith in their own ability to succeed.
You will be joining our friendly and welcoming English Faculty with experience and supportive staff.
We were visited by Ofsted in March 2023 and were graded Good. We are very proud of our inclusive, welcoming school where pupils behave and learn in a calm and purposeful environment. Our school’s fundamental principles focus on supporting, challenging and inspiring the whole Langley community ‘to be the best that we can be’. But these are not simply words on paper. Students, staff and governors genuinely give all they can, to bring those principles to life every day. Examinations are critically important, of course, and our students achieve superbly well in them, but we truly believe in developing young people to deal with the tests of their lifetime, not merely to endure a lifetime of tests. Everyone who visits us comments on the unique ethos of our school as well as our commitment to inclusivity.
If you would like to find out more about the post, please contact our Head of English, Sarah Astley at s206sastley@langley.solihull.sch.uk.
Please find attached a person specification, job description, candidate pack and our application and recruitment monitoring form. We look forward to receiving your application. Please email to Headteacher's PA, Becky Friend, at s206rfriend@langley.solihull.sch.uk
Closing date: Sunday 6th July 2025
Proposed interview date: Friday 11th July 2025
Langley School staff, governors and students are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students and staff. Pre-employment checks in line with KCSIE will be carried out for successful applicants.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the position are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
As the work of this post involves working with children, adults at risk or in a position of trust, it is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please note that Disclosure & Barring Service clearance at the appropriate level will be required for this post.
Where this post meets the definition of Regulated Activity (as defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) the relevant barred list(s) for children and adults will also be checked. You must disclose details of all unfiltered reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as these will be disclosed by the DBS. It is an offence to apply for a role which involves regulated activity by an applicant who is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Attached documents
About Langley School
The Langley Purpose
‘To be the best that we can be’
Langley has often been described as a holistic school. Our aim is simple: to support children to become 'the best they can be' and to respect and encourage the talents of all. Certainly we strive for the best possible examination results, we owe our children this; but we want more.
The Langley Vision
We want Langley to be admired and valued for its pioneering pastoral care, innovative curriculum, modern facilities and inclusive forward thinking approach that opens doors and changes lives.
Values and Ethos
Our aim is to encourage all within the school 'to be the best that we can be'. Why is this simple, but over-arching, so central to all we do? This is our core value for a number of reasons.
- So our young people are exceptionally well educated.
- To develop happy, healthy, confident and successful life-long learners.
- To develop cognitive, social and emotional resilience and resourcefulness.
- So our students are prepared not for a life of tests but the tests of life.
- So everyone fulfils their potential, is courteous and considerate to others and supports their community
The respect and affection for children is evident in all who work here and the community benefits from the calibre of and ethos shared by the Langley staff, who freely inspire, support and challenge the children and each other, well beyond the working day.
We value the ways in which our students are supportive, courteous and help them learn to appreciate the importance of appropriate behaviour at all times This ability to form good relationships, to be a caring and contributing member of a community, does not fade when they leave us - Langley students are known for their articulate confidence, their courtesy and maturity.
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