Library Resource Coordinator
Kendrick School
Reading
- New
- Salary:
- Actual: £12,441 pa (£23,893 - £25,979 pa FTE)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September/October 2024
- Apply by:
- 23 September 2024
Job overview
Part time role to support an existing job share arrangement (alternate weeks - 8am to 12.30pm; 12.30pm to 5pm) • 22½ hours per week term time plus one week during the summer holidays and INSET days as and when required
Kendrick School is a successful 11-18 girls’ grammar school in the centre of Reading. Graded ‘Outstanding’ in its last OFSTED inspection (November 2022), Kendrick School is a centre of academic excellence with a track record of high performance and achievement.
Required for September/October 2024, an enthusiastic and well-organised Library Resource Coordinator. Experience is not essential however, you must be motivated, creative, and passionate about students’ learning, books and reading. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently, but also part of a team, and be proactive and resourceful.
The role involves working with the current postholder to manage, develop and promote the Library, ensuring that all students and staff have access to a wide range of reading matter, reference materials, research tools and information services. You would be responsible for supervising students and supporting them with their independent learning as well as organising and maintaining the school archives for school events and the Alumnae and creating and refreshing display boards in the Library and around the school.
Kendrick School is a welcoming, inclusive and happy community.
We can offer you:
- Friendly, welcoming and supportive colleagues.
- A student body that is motivated and engaged.
- Training and development.
- Local Government Pension Scheme membership.
- Free onsite parking.
- Access to our swimming pool and other fitness/wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Term time only contract.
The recent Ofsted report, November 2022 stated: “The Kendrick Pledge emphasises friendship, kindness, respect, equality, tolerance and justice, and these values underpin all that the school achieves. Pupils flourish in this exceptionally caring and inclusive learning environment. Secure, trusting relationships between staff and pupils ensure pupils feel very well supported and safe here. In turn, pupils’ excellent behaviour and impeccable manners make Kendrick a very special place to be”.
An application form and a job description can be downloaded from the school website or obtained by contacting Mrs Amanda Emberson-Powney at the school.
Visits to the school are welcome. Please contact Amanda Emberson-Powney (aemberson@kendrick.reading.sch.uk) to arrange.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 23 September 2024
We reserve the right to close the application process early if a suitable candidate becomes available.
CVs cannot be accepted as a method of application.
Kendrick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. Kendrick School is an Equal Opportunity employer.
About Kendrick School
Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in a November 2022 inspection, Kendrick School is an 11-18 selective girls’ school with academy status and has an impressive record of achievement as a centre of excellence for girls’ education.
There are 904 students on roll, including 294 in the Sixth Form.
OFSTED November 2022: “Pupils and sixth formers are justly proud of their school community. They delight in their learning and truly excel here. One parent spoke for many when reflecting, ‘The school does a great job of creating well-rounded, kind, human beings who will hopefully go on to make the world a better place. The academic results are important of course, but far from the only focus.’ Inspectors totally agree”.
Kendrick is a forward-looking school and grasps the opportunities that present themselves. A love of learning is at the heart of Kendrick with a strong emphasis on high quality teaching. The curriculum is organised to meet the needs of all students and is reviewed regularly. All staff are hardworking and dedicated; students are bright, enthusiastic and curious.
As well as a broad and balanced curriculum at all key stages, students at Kendrick enjoy a rich and varied extracurricular education. The House System provides opportunities for healthy competition with numerous annual house events, which are key activities in the school year. Kendrick Student Leaders work energetically and collaboratively with staff to support this vital community element of the school. In addition, we have a School Council, which discusses and drives change for students.
As part of Kendrick’s Widening Horizons strategic initiative, we actively pursue partnerships with schools and businesses in our local area and beyond. These associations benefit the students of Kendrick, as well as, students in neighbouring schools. We share our good practice and offer opportunities to work with primary and secondary schools in the Reading area. Currently, Kendrick is a hub school in the Science Leadership Partnership and provides support and expertise to other schools in the teaching of science.
Kendrick is going through an expansion process, which started in September 2020 when an additional 32 students joined in Year 7. This will continue for the next two years until September 2024 when the school will have four forms of 32 students in Years 7-11.
The Kendrick pledge is “We, the students, staff and friends of Kendrick School, pledge to uphold the values of friendship, kindness and respect. We promise to stand against prejudice, ignorance and injustice in all its forms, promoting the values of equality, tolerance and justice for all”. As stated in our OFSTED inspection report, ‘these values underpin all that the school achieves’.
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