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Librarian

Smith's Wood Academy

Solihull

  • £28,965 - £29,935 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
£31,586 – £32,654 FTE (actual salary: £28,965 – £29,935)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
02 September 2025
Apply by:
1 September 2025

Job overview

As the School Librarian, you will be responsible for maintaining all aspects of the library’s resources, activities and provision and will support the Academy as and when required.

We are incredibly fortunate that our Academy was built as part of the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ initiative.

This is an exciting time to join us and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team within Smith’s Wood Academy. This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong, supportive environment.

About us

Located in the north of Solihull and serving students from Years 7 to 11, Smith’s Wood is in a transitional state as we embark on our next phase of continued growth. One of the most improved schools for attendance in the Midlands, we’re proud of the collective spirit and high expectations that permeate our school. It’s an exciting time to join us in our mission to “enrich the lives and transform the futures” of our young people.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their happiness. Whilst we place strong emphasis on academic achievement, we take a holistic view of education and maintain exciting extracurricular programmes to create the well-rounded young adults of tomorrow. We’re also creating outstanding careers that could take you anywhere within our network – and take your future anywhere you want to go.

Benefits

When you join Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development alongside an outstanding package of benefits, including:
  • Educational support
  • Flexi perks
  • Salary sacrifice scheme
  • Perkbox subscription
  • Professional learning and regular training
  • Counselling, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a Wellness Hub
  • Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance
  • Menopause awareness training
  • Free flu jabs
  • Access to fitness programmes, including yoga, HIIT and more
  • Access to physical activities during our Trust-wide Wellbeing Week
  • Diet and nutrition webinars
Closing date: 8.00am on 1 September 2025.
Interview date: 5 September 2025.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974









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About Smith's Wood Academy

+44 121 788 4100

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Smith’s Wood Academy is a large academy with just over 900 students from Year 7 to Year 11. Located in the north of Solihull, the academy serves students who live in the immediate locality.

Our recent Ofsted inspection shows we have improved in all areas. Leadership, attendance and behaviour, inclusion, personal development and wellbeing were all graded ‘expected standard’, and we are committed to building on this success. The Ofsted visit in January 2026 found that Smith's Wood Academy is the most improved school in England – after a dramatic and fast-paced turnaround.

Key points from the report included that:

"Staff know that their wellbeing and professional development matters deeply to leaders: They value the training that they receive and the opportunities that they have to pursue leadership qualifications. Leaders have ensured that staff and pupils benefit from a happy and collaborative place to learn and work."

"Pupils' increasingly positive behaviour reflects the high expectations that leaders have of them."

"Pupils are calm and happy around the school. The school is a friendly, respectful community where pupils can be themselves. Pupils and staff share warm relationships. Increasingly, more pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school. They speak positively about the support and care that they receive from staff. Pupils feel safe and well looked after."

Please see the link below to the Academy website and the full Ofsted Report:

Smith's Wood Academy – Part of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust. A comprehensive school based in Solihull, West Midlands.

Smith’s Wood converted to an academy on the 1st April 2017, working in partnership with the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust (FMAT).

The five core values of the FMAT are central to all that we do:

  • Excellence – We strive for the highest quality to ensure excellent outcomes
  • Dedication – We believe there is dignity in hard work and effort
  • Ambition – We want the very best for our students
  • Integrity – We believe in openness and transparency
  • Tradition – We believe in old-fashioned manners, courtesy and respect

Our aim is to prepare each and every student to succeed in the next stages of their career, education and training and to have the skills and competencies to do this. Smith’s Wood’s traditional curriculum and traditional approach to teaching and learning underpins our ethos and our drive to master the basics: reading, writing, communicating and mathematics.

We are incredibly proud of our Academy and its community, and we sincerely hope that you decide to join the team!

At Smith’s Wood Academy, we are committed to the highest standards of presentation, behaviour and achievement. A calm, purposeful environment is the key to successful learning and achievement.

We look forward to receiving your application to join our family.

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