Heartlands High School, part of the SEARCH Education Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre-employment checks.
We encourage applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population.
Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead – Heartlands High School
Salary: P03 Points 32 – 35 (£42,840 – £46,041 FTE) pro rata actual salary £40,895 – £43,951 per annum
Location: Haringey
Contract hours: 36 hours a week, 42 weeks (Term time only + Two weeks)
Contract term: Permanent
Closing date: 6th December 2023
Start Date: January 2024
Are you ready to join an enthusiastic, passionate and highly effective team? Do you have experience in keeping children safe and happy? Are you ready to contribute to a fantastic school with a drive to ensure students are supported incredibly well pastorally to achieve incredibly well academically!
We require an outstanding Safeguarding practitioner to lead on Safeguarding. We serve a diverse community, many of whom are disadvantaged. We are looking for an inspiring, dedicated leader to maintain our high standards and develop innovative responses to the challenges our students face. The successful candidate for this role will lead whole schools safeguarding every day ensuring that concerns and queries are responded to. They will also work strategically as part of the Leadership team of the school to review and enforce policy, and procedure as well as conducting regular review and response to safeguarding data and the wider landscape.
Visiting the school in preparation for applying/interview is highly recommended please email sophia.butler@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk and we can arrange a tour for you in or after the school working day.
Heartlands High School is a popular local school. Our student conduct and their safety and happiness is a core driver of our very good results. Our ethos is strong and owned by staff and students alike. “The school ethos, ‘search for success’, permeates the school community.” (Ofsted 2019) Our diverse and rich community work harmoniously together to secure great results. We want a leader who will build on our work around promoting and celebrating our diversity. The successful candidate will also continue to challenge our curriculum and approaches to rewards and interventions to support all children to thrive through the SEARCH ethos.
Heartlands High School is a great place to work. We aim to cultivate staff that are passionate about their roles. We support our staff with an appraisal model that encourages development rather than a rigid approach to graded lessons. Our continuing professional development ensures that staff work together to improve their practice.
For further information, please contact our HR department at hr@searcheducationtrust.com
Completed application forms must be submitted via TES by 9am on Wednesday 6th December 2023. Interview date: TBC
NB: Please note that in line with the new Keeping Children Safe in Education updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on all shortlisted candidates. CV’s or incomplete application forms will not be considered. Only those that are shortlisted will be contacted by the school.
Applications may be considered whilst the posts are being advertised. SEARCH Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline. We advise early applications are submitted.
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