Library Assistant - Dr Challoner’s High School

Library Assistant - Dr Challoner’s High School

We are looking for a Library Assistant to support and promote our thriving Library and more widely our school’s reading for pleasure culture.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 9 hours per week over two afternoons (Monday and Wednesday), 12.30 – 5pm, school term time (38 weeks per year).

Salary: Pay range 2: £26,522 to £28,742 FTE. Actual salary £5,334.73 to £5,781.27 for 9 hours per week/ 38 weeks per year

Closing date
:
Noon on Monday 29 th June 2026

Interview Date: Thursday 2 nd July 2026

Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas.

The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted and as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners in 2023.

The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School
will always be our hugely rewarding students.

What Challoner’s High can offer you:

• Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the UK’s most comprehensive public sector pension schemes
• Supportive and highly capable and committed staff with a strong team spirit and great morale (more enjoyable than working from home!)
• The opportunity to make a really significant difference to young lives
• Excellent opportunities for professional development, including a highly regarded CPD programme
• Use of staff gym; free soup at lunch; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants, discounts for local theatres

The role includes working with our Librarian to organise and manage all centralised learning resources including books and other media within the School Library, and to assist students and supervise silent study.

Please see our attached Job Description for more information about the post.

The successful applicant will be a keen and regular reader, with a passion for encouraging reading in young people, and more widely promoting learning and education. They will have a broad knowledge of books/literature that students might enjoy, will be able to set a studious, warm and friendly environment in the Library, and will have strong administrative skills.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing. Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here .

The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

Disclosure of Criminal Records

As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.

If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020

Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.