Library Assistant - The Kingsway School in Manchester

Closing date for applications: 26 February 2026, 11.59pm

Contract type: Term Time only, 32.5 hours per week, Permanent

Location: The Kingsway School, Gatley

Required from: As soon as possible

Salary: Grade 3 point 5 - 6 (£25,583 - £25,989 FTE), Actual salary £19,222 - £19,527

Interview date: w/c 2nd March 2026

Details of the Role:

The Kingsway School is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Library Resource Centre (LRC) Manager to lead the day-to-day running of our vibrant learning space at the heart of the school. This is a key role in supporting literacy, reading for pleasure and academic success. You will manage and develop library stock and resources, maintain an inviting and purposeful LRC environment, and work closely with colleagues to ensure the space supports both students’ social and academic needs.

Working in partnership with the Whole School Literacy Leads, you will help identify students for Lexonic reading interventions. You will also play a central role in promoting a strong reading culture, designing and delivering engaging extra-curricular activities and coordinating events linked to national literacy initiatives such as World Book Day, National Poetry Day and National Storytelling Week.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about reading, well organised, proactive and confident working with young people and staff. If you are excited by the idea of shaping a thriving reading culture and leading a space where students love to learn, we would welcome your application.

Please read our comprehensive recruitment pack to discover more about our school and about our Literacy Department.

About ELT:

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.

All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form; CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).