Reading and Research Co-ordinator

27.5 hour per week, term time only (Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 4.00 pm)

An exceptional opportunity to join a friendly, supportive and collaborative school in Bristol. Orchard School has excellent student behaviour, fantastic pastoral support, evidence-based teaching and learning, a firm commitment to your CPD, and to providing leadership opportunities in pastoral/academic routes as your career progresses.

We are a friendly school, serving a richly diverse community in North Bristol. Our students are wonderful – they value their teachers, knowing that you can make a real difference to their lives. The mission statement of the school, “inspire today, empower for life”, lies at the heart of all that the school does. We place no limits on our aspirations for our students.

We are seeking an enthusiastic person to coordinate our reading and research in the school. This involves the organisation of our library resources for staff and students, ensuring the library is central for learning and study. The successful candidate would coordinate reading development programmes (eg Accelerated Reader), working directly with students and liaising with staff, to ensure students are successfully engaging and reading ages are improving. The role will also involve liaising with the staff CPD lead, Faculties and all teams to ensure research is identified and resources are available to develop our evidence-led teaching and learning approach, and to support curriculum developments. This role would involve purchasing book stock and maintaining the upkeep of our existing stock. This is an exciting opportunity and we welcome applications from people with good communication skills and a desire to bring about improvements in literacy through reading for all of our students. 

We are committed to brilliance. We constantly strive to provide exceptional education – looking to research and evidence-based practice for ideas. We take the continuing professional development of staff very seriously, offering excellent CPD. We are a Chartered College of Teaching Hub, and part of Trust in Learning Academies (TiLA).

You are:

- highly organised and efficient 

- committed to helping students improve their reading ages and enjoyment of reading

- passionate about reading and research, able to motivate and enthuse students 

- keen to share best library practice with other staff members 

We offer:

- enthusiastic students, willing to learn and achieve, who need staff who believe in them

- excellent student behaviour and a calm learning environment

- a bright, happy place in which to learn and work

- a professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff 

- a commitment to professional development 

Closing date: Midday, Wednesday 27 March 2019

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3 April 2019

Fluency Duty

This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to speak English with confidence and be able to conduct a conversation and answer questions for extended periods of time.