School Librarian

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 vision is that every child within the Trust, regardless of their background, will attend an Academy that offers an outstanding quality of education .

This is an exciting time to join the Academy, 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.

This role is term time only plus 2 weeks to be worked through the year.

As the school librarian, you will be responsible for maintaining all aspects of the library resources, activities and provision, and 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.

The Academy enjoys first class educational facilities that are well maintained and conducive to exciting and successful learning opportunities.

Staff and students enjoy;

• Excellent sports facilities – gym, sports hall, climbing wall, swimming pool, multi-use games area (MUGA), all-weather sports pitch and a fitness suite;
• A large outdoor space which is well maintained. Students also benefit from a canopied area, seating areas and outdoor table-tennis facilities for use at social times.
• Drama studios, music suites and recording studios

An extensive programme of redecoration, refurbishment and maintenance ensures that our environment is one in which people want to work- please see our Candidate pack below for more information on our facilities.

In return we will offer you:

• Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
• Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Perkbox example benefits;
• Discounts at nationwide retailers
• Gym discount
• Cinema discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
• A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

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[1]offenders-act-1974

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of%5b1%5doffenders-act-1974