VACANCY FOR A READING CHAMPION AT STRATTON UPPER SCHOOL

Salary: Grade 4, points 3-5. £19,588.80 - £20,246.15 actual earnings (£22,737 - £23,500 FTE)

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time + 5 training days)

We are looking for motivated and organised person to champion Reading & Literacy across the school, whilst managing the library resources. You will assist with multiple initiatives within the school relating to reading and literacy, ensuring our students reach their full potential and find a love of reading.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about literacy and appreciates the benefit library facilities have, both the school and our students.

The Opportunity

• Effectively supervise the library during open times and support students, interactively, with independent study.
• Consistently maintain and catalogue resources.
• Create a visually stimulating and appropriate learning environment.
• Champion reading programmes and coordinate whole school reading activities.
• Lead small reading groups and literacy-based interventions.

The ideal candidate

• Has previous experience in a similar environment.
• Highly organised and confident in their work.
• Enthusiastic about literacy and reading.
• Has a positive and enthusiastic approach towards work.

Benefits of working for us:  

As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.   

As well as the above we also offer: 

• Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning  
• Free annual eye tests  
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support   
• Unlimited value cycle to work scheme   

To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust 

Stratton is a vibrant Upper School with around 900 students on roll. We believe in every child striving for and achieving their full potential and all staff encourage them to be the best they can be. We value our partnerships with parents and carer, along with the wider community, to uphold the traditional values of respect and tolerance. We are proud of our large and successful Sixth Form and the breadth of curriculum we can offer our post-16 students. Our students are our best advertisement, although closely followed by our dedicated, creative, and passionate staff.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve.  The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff.  To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications is 13/05/2024 at 09:00am

Interview to take place week commencing 13/05/2024

Early applications and visits to the school are encouraged, to arrange a visit please contact Justine McCarthy, PA to Principal on principalspa@stratton.school

Please note that Stratton Upper School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the application deadline.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.