Director of Reading and Literature
Radnor House Sevenoaks
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependant on Experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 12 February 2025
Job overview
Radnor House Sevenoaks aims to create a collaborative whole-school community of life-long learners, always motivated to achieve the highest standards of teaching and learning through self-reflection, objective evaluation, and research-based practice.
The Purpose of the Role
The school is looking for an enthusiastic and professional Director of Reading and Literature to work across our Prep and Senior Schools from September 2025. The role is term time only working 9.00am until 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
The successful candidate will actively encourage a love of reading within pupils across the school and provide a welcoming and supportive learning environment in both our Prep and Senior Libraries. Along with running book clubs and writing clubs the Director of Reading and Literature will be expected to run and support pupils during Homework Club.
The role would suit someone who enjoys working with children, has a passion for books and reading but also knowledge and experience of maintaining and organising a busy library.
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively encourage a love of reading within pupils across the school
- Develop a range of initiatives which promote reading
- Support the teaching staff in reading lessons and induction for pupils
- To monitor reading ages through appropriate tracking mechanisms and develop systems for intervention
- Promote and instruct pupils in the effective use of online resources to support their studies
- Provide a welcoming and supportive learning environment in Prep and Senior Library
- To carry out the necessary administrative duties ensuring the smooth running of the libraries
- To support the English Faculty in enabling them to deliver the curriculum and provide an enriched learning environment
- To manage the daily homework club from 4pm to 5.30pm, to a high standard, liaising with the administrative team about pupil absence and updating school records where needed
Further Responsibilities:
- To manage the school’s stock of reading books and have familiarity with a Library Information Service (LIS)
- To track details of books borrowed against year and tutor groups and proactively intervene to encourage reading
- To develop a range of activities throughout the year to promote the library and reading
- To manage the physical environment of the library and ensure it is appropriately used by the entire community
- To ensure the daily homework club in well used and properly staffed
Skills and Qualifications:
- It is anticipated the successful candidate will hold a good undergraduate degree but there is no expectation they would also retain a teaching qualification.
- Knowledge of online office tools such as MS Word and Excel, plus a general level of proficiency with computer systems, will be necessary
Our benefits
· Competitive salary
· School Fee remission
· Pension scheme
· Life Assurance and Income Protection
· Free, high-quality lunches
· Free onsite parking
· Onsite gym facilities
· Employee Assistance Programme
Attached documents
- RH7 Staff Code of Conduct 2024 - 2025.pdf382.12KB
- RH7 Safer Recruitment Policy 2024 - 2025.pdf340.32KB
- RH7 Safeguarding Policy 2024 - 2025.pdf1017.32KB
- RH7 Job Applicant Data Privacy Notice 2025.pdf162.28KB
- Equal Opportunities Sevenoaks.docx43.87KB
- Director of Reading and Literature - Job Pack.pdf1.02MB
- Child protection policy1.02MB
- Data Privacy Notice560.71KB
- General details376.96KB
- Recruitment monitoring form42.55KB
About Radnor House Sevenoaks
- Radnor House Sevenoaks
- Radnor House Sevenoaks Drive, Sevenoaks
- Kent
- TN14 6AE
- United Kingdom
Working at Radnor House Sevenoaks
Celebrating Every Individual
Radnor House Sevenoaks passionately believes in the limitless potential of children and the critical role adults play in this journey of self realisation.
Teaching and Learning at Radnor House Sevenoaks aims to create a collaborative whole-school community of life-long learners, always motivated to achieve the highest standards of teaching and learning through self-reflection, objective evaluation, and research-based practice. In this area you will find all the information you need to know about working at Radnor House Sevenoaks, including our ethos, career opportunities and employment benefits.
Our Innovative Environment
"What does it feel like?"
As a staff member at Radnor House Sevenoaks, you are part of a community that works together to achieve the best for each of its pupils. There are over 100 members of a highly dedicated staff team in teaching and support roles. The culture of Radnor House Sevenoaks is founded on the following principles:
Our Vision
‘An active learning environment for limitless minds’
Our Values
Excellence — Respect — Courage — Perseverance
We aim to create a secure, happy and active learning environment of the highest quality which celebrates every individual. Teachers provide outstanding pastoral care alongside teaching of the highest standard and deliver a wide range of co‐curricular opportunities.
Radnor House Sevenoaks also has a highly professional support staff creating and maintaining the structures and environment for teachers to help pupils achieve their best.
We actively support colleagues in seeking to improve their professional practice and working in partnership with parents to enhance opportunities for students. This includes helping them to develop an awareness of and contribution to both the local and broader community and wider field of education.
Providing an active learning environment is at the heart of Radnor House Sevenoaks. We want every colleague to fulfil their potential at work through ongoing development opportunities and by taking on new challenges to develop their career. Colleagues receive regular feedback on performance and are appraised each term against key performance indicators.
If you are interested in joining Radnor House Sevenoaks , please take a look at our latest vacancies.
Our Staff Community
Our school
Radnor House Sevenoaks has a vibrant school community in which teachers often take time to support one another with projects and initiatives. The school’s open door policy means teachers are encouraged to drop into one another’s lessons in a positive manner in order to learn from each other and benefit from each other’s suggestions. Teachers from all subject areas frequently volunteer to deliver assemblies and talks on areas of interest. School trips and excursions are commonly accompanied by teachers from across different subject specialisms. Our teachers have a wide range of skills and interests, many of which they choose to share with the pupils via our activities programme, as well as developing their artistic, sporting and musical talents beyond the school. Our staff common room is a welcoming work area, with communal space for marking and discussion of ideas. Teachers are invited to a range of social events across the school year, including the Christmas and End of Year parties, which present excellent opportunities to relax and celebrate together as a team.
A learning community
Radnor House Sevenoaks is a community of learners and our teachers are dedicated to their ongoing professional learning, realising that continuous improvement is at the heart of building a successful school. Regardless of our strengths as teachers, we will always need to learn more, because every child, class and topic is different each time we teach, and presents new challenges and opportunities. By adopting this mindset, teachers help to model positive attitudes towards learning, and to foster a sense of resilience and inherent valuing of learning in the pupils whom we teach. Teachers are able to put this philosophy into practice in various ways, ranging from attendance at Professional Learning Groups (PLGs) which run on a variety of teacher-chosen Teaching and Learning themes, through to use of online resources, and formal training courses. We also encourage teachers to pursue further qualifications, and many of our staff take advantage of partial funding arrangements in place for further education including Masters degree studies.
Philosophy Towards Staff
Radnor House Sevenoaks expects all colleagues to be both excellent and involved teachers and wholly committed to the wider life of the School. As an Equal Opportunities employer, the School, in turn, recognises its responsibilities to its employees as outlined in the contracts of employment and in various relevant policies. The School also endeavours to develop a professional teaching environment within the School for all Teaching Staff with appropriate support and care and opportunities for personal growth and professional development. Teamwork is vitally important to the success of the teaching Staff and it is expected that Staff appointed will have the ability and willingness to work in teams.
Professional Development
Radnor House Sevenoaks can provide generous financial support to any staff who want to continue their education or learn new skills related to their employment.
Staff Surveys
Staff surveys are sent out annually in order to give staff the opportunity to feedback on their experiences as a member of staff, all feedback is treated confidentially.
Pension
Radnor House Sevenoaks contributes towards a Private Pension Scheme. Further details are available from the Finance department.
Life Assurance
All employees are automatically provided with free life assurance cover up to age 65 or state pension age. If an employee dies in service, our scheme will pay three times their annual salary to the employee's family or nominated beneficiary.
Employee Assistance Programme
All employees have access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
Dining Facilities
Radnor House Sevenoaks encourages all staff to eat in the dining room. Free Café facilities also offer a wide range of good quality healthy food and drink.
Cycling to Work Scheme
Radnor House Sevenoaks participates in a cycle to work scheme. Up to £1000 can be used to purchase a bike, deducted equally from payroll over 12 months.
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