Designated Safeguarding Lead
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Lancashire
- New
- Salary:
- Grade 8 – SCP 25 to SCP 30 - £35,235 - £39,513
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 January 2025
Job overview
Required for January 2025
Permanent, Full Time, Non-Teaching
Designated Safeguarding Lead
with Mental Health Lead Responsibilities
Grade 8 – SCP 25 to SCP 30 - £35,235 - £39,513
Governors wish to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate and resilient individual who will take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection in our successful Catholic 11-16 High School. The postholder will be joining a forward-thinking and hardworking senior leadership team and needs to be a flexible and ambitious candidate who has the ability to motivate and inspire pupils and colleagues. This is a key position offering an exciting opportunity to lead Safeguarding and child protection across the school including online safety. The person appointed will have very good interpersonal skills, a high level of literacy and experience of working with young people.
The successful candidate will be:
- A highly effective Safeguarding team member, who can motivate and encourage colleagues to the shared vision
- Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
- A consummate professional, with a high level of drive, energy and integrity
- A team player with an understanding that excellence can only be achieved by working together
If you share our values, have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team, committed to ensuring that students fulfil their potential, then we would love to hear from you.
“This is a school where pupils are confident, full of life, and considerate of others. Pupils are known well and cared about. Pupils behave well and work hard in class.”
OFSTED January 2020
Informal discussions and visits to the school can be arranged by contacting school on 01772 339813
Closing Date: Wednesday 8th January 2025 at Midnight
We reserve the right to close this post should we receive suitable applications prior to the closing date. Therefore, we would encourage early applications.
Proposed Interview Date: Week beginning 13th January 2025
Further information and an application pack are available to download from the school website: www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk.
Please return completed application to recruitment@st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 an on-line search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted Candidates.
This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure with the DBS.
Brownedge St. Mary’s Catholic High School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to ensuring the safety of all its children and young people
Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School, Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6PB
Telephone: 01772 339813
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About Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
- Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
- Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston
- Lancashire
- PR5 6PB
- United Kingdom
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School is a mixed, Roman Catholic voluntary aided state secondary school for pupils aged 11-16.
It is operated by Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. The school is located in Bamber Bridge, Preston.
Headteacher
Nicola Oddie
Values and vision
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School’s motto is: “Let Your Light Shine.” It’s values, inspired by the Gospel, focus on the school’s shared responsibility to create an environment of love, respect and welcome for all members of the school community.
The school aspires to develop what it calls the “unique gifts and talents of all”, and strives for excellence in everything it does. Brownedge St Mary’s hopes to live out its commitment to service, love and justice in both the local and global communities, and nurture a journey of faith and discovery for all its students.
The school celebrates and reflects on the love of God, which it says is at the heart of all the school is. It recognises and respects the spiritual diversity of its learning community, and promotes a positive culture of openness to enquiry.
Ofsted
“In a relatively short time, the school has made a successful journey from requiring improvement to becoming a good school. The school’s leaders, governors and staff share the headteacher’s determination to make the school as good as it can be for each individual pupil.”
“The staff and parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school.”
View Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School’s latest Ofsted report
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