Children's Librarian

We are looking to appoint a passionate and self-motivated School Librarian. You will work closely with the English department to maximise engagement with library resources.

Experience of working in a similar environment would be advantageous, as would sound knowledge of using a library management system.

This will be a part-time, term-time only role, working 10am
2pm, Monday to Friday.
Valuable teaching experience
Single accommodation on site and meals during term time
Use of the schools facilities
swimming pool and sports facilities, subsidised staff yoga class
Cycle to work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
On-site parking
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the 'Apply' button.

Westbourne House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with current and past employers, online checks, the Disclosure & Barring Service, overseas checks and the Secretary of States Prohibition List from Teaching and Management.

About the School
There are approximately 360 boys and girls aged 213. Most children go on to major public schools across the South.
The school enjoys outstanding facilities.

Teaching is extremely well resourced, with excellent teaching rooms, the majority equipped with interactive whiteboards; There are rooms for Art, Ceramics, ICT, Design Technology and Food Technology, a separate Science block and Music School, as well as a modern, 300-seat theatre/assembly hall.

The school also has a large (30-acre) lake on the north boundary for kayaking.

Academic standards are high, with consistently outstanding Common Entrance results together with an excellent scholarship record; last year, no fewer than 36 awards and scholarships to senior schools were won across a range of disciplines, totalling 140 over the last five years.

Westbourne House uses the High Performance Learning philosophy to guide all pupils in becoming good learners.

The school believes that all pupils have the potential to perform at the highest level regardless of their current performance level.

The Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) and Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) of HPL are the thinking and behaviour characteristic, and these are delivered specifically and systematically throughout the curriculum.

The Music and Drama departments also excel consistently: all children are involved in school productions; a large number are members of school choirs, and there are regular concerts.

Saturday school consists of sports matches, as well as optional enrichment activities, such as kayaking and coding.

There is a wide variety of sport on offer, and a large number of teams represent the school most Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

As well as extensive playing fields, there is a 25-metre swimming pool, dance studio, sports hall, squash courts and a full-sized astro-turf pitch.

There are around 100 boarders, many of whom board for two or three nights in one of seven houses on the school grounds.

The school offers full-time boarding, allowing the children to further enjoy the beautiful facilities and grounds the school has to offer.

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