Director of Safeguarding
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £50,000 - £70,000 pa dependent on qualifications/experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2024
Job overview
We are seeking a Director of Safeguarding to play a pivotal role overseeing all safeguarding at St. Edward’s.
The Director of Safeguarding’s key responsibilities will include:
- Responsibility for safeguarding and child protection in the school (including online safety through the filtering and monitoring system and processes in place)
- Developing a proactive safeguarding culture for pupils and staff
- Ensuring that procedures, routines and rules in relation to safeguarding are properly understood and observed by both pupils and staff
- Acting as the first point of contact for parents, pupils, teaching and support staff and external agencies in all matters of safeguarding and child protection
- Daily oversight of CPOMS (the school’s online system for registering and recording issues of pastoral concern) and the assignment of cases to the safeguarding team
The Director of Safeguarding will need to maintain and develop excellent working relationships with external agencies (e.g. ESAT, LADO, Children’s Social Care, Police, CAMHS).
Relevant experience in a senior safeguarding role, ideally within the education or a public sector environment, is essential.
For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 12th April 2024.
First round interviews are due to take place during the week beginning Monday 22nd April.
Second round interviews are due to take place during the week beginning Monday 29th April.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Attached documents
About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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