Designated Safeguarding Lead
Nonsuch High School for Girls
Sutton
- Expired
- Salary:
- GLT L4 (£51,225 FTE) pro rata. Actual salary: £47,239 p.a.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2023
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2023
Job overview
42 weeks per year (term time and INSET days = 39 weeks plus a further 3 weeks in school holidays for any Child Protection Conferences or preparation of training.
36 hours per week (daily hours to be agreed with Line Manager)
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is a vital role in the school as the post involves having lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection at Nonsuch High School for Girls. The role contributes to the creation of a safe and welcoming environment and supports the school values of Positivity, Respect, Integrity, Courage and Endeavour. The role is key to securing outstanding safeguarding practice through the development and implementation of policy and effective processes. The DSL is high profile among staff, being responsible for delivering training and regular updates. You join a highly skilled and dedicated pastoral support team to ensure the school meets its core aim of empowering its young people to take their rightful place centre stage and to thrive in life-long learning.
If you are excited by the prospect of working in a school that has:
- Highly motivated students who take their learning seriously and treat each other, staff and visitors with respect and courtesy
- An excellent record of achievement and value-added progress
- Enthusiastic and supportive staff committed to providing enriching learning experiences
- An innovative and personalised professional development programme for all career stages
- An excellent working environment that prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and students
- The opportunity to be part of a successful multi-academy trust
then come join the team at Nonsuch.
Application forms and further details of how to apply can be found at www.nonsuchschool.org
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Ewell Road, Cheam, Surrey, SM3 8AB
Tel: 020 8394 3400
Email: vacancies@nonsuchschool.org
Closing date: Monday, 17th April 2023 at 9 a.m.
We reserve the right to close early should the right candidate be found
Interview date: Tuesday, 25th April 2023
In line with our recruitment policy and for the protection of our students, the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people and aim to employ a culturally diverse workforce which reflects the nature of our school community.
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About Nonsuch High School for Girls
Nonsuch is a popular and very successful girls’ selective school standing in 22 acres of beautiful grounds on the edge of Nonsuch Park. We aim to provide a caring, happy and stimulating environment in which students are encouraged to attain the highest levels of academic and personal achievement. Our community is richly diverse and multicultural, and we give every student, every opportunity, to achieve her best.
Our school is positive, supportive and a place where learning is a pleasure. Staff, governors and parents work in partnership with the common goal of developing students into independent, high-achieving young women. Students relish their opportunities for learning and benefit from an exciting curriculum and excellent facilities. The wide range of creative, spiritual, cultural and sporting activities within the school and our close links with the local and wider community provide a supportive and stimulating learning environment.
We have excellent facilities, including well-equipped ICT suites, a music suite, an astronomy dome, drama studios, a Sixth Form Centre and airy art studios. Students enjoy PE in the huge sports hall, and benefit from the all-weather floodlit hockey pitch, extensive playing fields, and tennis and netball courts; they also have access to the indoor heated swimming pool within the David Lloyd Health and Fitness Centre. Our site includes woodland, meadow and pond ecology areas.
Our school has Specialist Science and Language status. The Science Department has 11 modern laboratories with excellent resources to support the teaching of science. The Languages Department offers modern and classical languages at all Key Stages and benefits from a digital language laboratory and language assistants.
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