Library Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Job description

Library Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Salary or Hourly Rate

Scale 5 points 13 - 17 (£30,023 - £32,046 pro rata) - Actual Salary £26,113.22 - £27,872.77

Type of vacancy

Fixed Term

Work pattern

Full Time - Term Time Only

Duration

Maternity cover

Work Base

The South Wolds Academy and Sixth Form, Keyworth, NG12 5FF

Additional Documents

Closing Date

02 October 2026 09:00

South Wolds is a high attaining, semi-rural- popular school located in the village of Keyworth in Nottinghamshire which is only 6 miles from West Bridgford. We are also a founding partner of the East Midlands Education Trust, committed to providing a first-class education for all of our students.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding higher level teaching assistant who is passionate, dynamic, proactive and innovative, who will lead literacy interventions with our most vulnerable students. Additionally, the successful candidate will have the unique and exciting opportunity to grow our library resource for use across the whole school. Reading is such an important and necessary skill and your work will enable more students to foster their passion for reading for pleasure. The right candidate will share a passion for reading and enable students to achieve or surpass their academic and social potential.

To apply, please visit the Trust website and complete the online application form. On the application form, please focus on a detailed 'supporting statement' taking into account the person specification and indicating why you would be the best person for us to recruit to this position.

For further information regarding the post, or to arrange an informal discussion about the post, please contact Gail Burrows, Office Manager at or call the school office on 0115 937 3506.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post. They will also be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. 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. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Friday 2 October 2026.

Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.