Assistant Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Q3 Academy Langley, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8ED

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 Hours (full-time), all year round, 52 weeks per year (with some requirement to work occasional out of hours)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership 12-16 (£65,286- £72,162)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Assistant Headteacher (DSL)

We are seeking to appoint an experienced senior leader who has worked in a multiple number of institutions.

Title: Assistant Headteacher

Project Team: Teaching Staff

Reports to: Deputy Headteacher

Grade: Leadership 11-15

Hours: 37 Hours (full-time), all year round, 52 weeks per year

(with some requirement to work occasional out of hours)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

With the direction and support of the Deputy Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead / Pastoral) the Assistant Headteacher will:

Manage Referrals

The designated safeguarding lead is expected to:

• Refer cases of suspected abuse to the local authority children’s social care as required.
• Support staff who make referrals to local authority children’s social care.
• Refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern as required.
• Support staff who make referrals to the Channel programme.
• Refer cases where a person is dismissed or left due to risk/harm to a child to the Disclosure and Barring Service as required.
• Refer cases where a crime may have been committed to the Police as required.

Working with Staff and Other Agencies

• Act as a source of support, advice, and expertise for all staff.
• Act as a point of contact with the safeguarding partners.
• Inform the headteacher of safeguarding issues, especially ongoing enquiries under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 and police investigations.
• Liaise with staff on matters of safety, safeguarding, and welfare (including online and digital safety), and when deciding whether to make a referral by liaising with relevant agencies so that children’s needs are considered holistically.
• Work with the senior mental health lead, attendance lead, youth worker, and other key pastoral staff.
• Promote supportive engagement with parents and/or carers in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including where families may be facing challenging circumstances.

Be Part of a Culture of High Aspirations for Children of the School

• Create, maintain, and enhance effective relationships.
• Oversee the welfare and well-being of students.
• Implement strategies to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development.
• Work closely with parents and carers to ensure the best outcomes for students.
• Address and manage any issues related to student behaviour and discipline.
• Develop and implement programs to support students’ mental health and well-being.

Leadership and Management

• Support the Deputy Headteacher in the overall pastoral management of the school.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of school policies and procedures.
• Lead and manage specific areas of the school’s curriculum and pastoral care.
• Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning standards.
• Foster a positive and inclusive school culture that promotes excellence and high expectations.

Staff Development

• Mentor and support teaching staff to enhance their professional development.
• Lead on the induction and training of new staff members.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and professional learning.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Identify and address areas for staff development and training needs.

And undertake any other roles and responsibilities commensurate with such a position and under the direction of the Headteacher.

Closing date: Sunday 4th May 2025

Interview: W/C 5th May 2025

Informal visits are encouraged. - Please contactp.lee@LAN.merciantrust.org.uk

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

What the school offers its staff

Why should you work with us?

Your dedication & commitment is not only recognised, but highly rewarded.

• Opportunities for rapid progression across a growing Academy Trust
• Complimentary tea and coffee
• Access to our Employee Assistant Programme
• Fun & interesting weekly staff incentives (weekly prizes, surprises and rewards following the previous week)
• Free parking
• Complimentary breakfast and lunch (Family Breakfast and Family Lunch is shared with students, who serve one another)
• Consideration will be given to Flexible working/Part-time hours where possible
• The opportunity to work with a kind, collaborative and fun team of colleagues.

Q3 Academy Langley opened its doors in September 2016, becoming the first brand-new secondary education provider in Sandwell in a decade. We are looking to add to our fantastic team of dedicated, hard-working colleagues, who contribute to a wonderful culture of work. Now in 2024 we are one of the leading schools both locally, regionally, and nationally. Every week we welcome colleagues from the length-and-breadth of the country to see how we are changing the narrative for education here in Sandwell and being a wider system leader.

Our curriculum model is focused primarily on the EBacc subjects, forming our Core. Additionally, we have a project-based, cross-curricular provision (Horizon, Innov8 and Cloud 9) that develops student learning both academically and holistically. Because of this innovative model, there is a minimal strain in terms of lesson planning, leaving time to hone learning and the art of teaching.

In May 2019, we received glowing feedback from our first Ofsted inspection. As well as highlighting our outstanding behaviour, pastoral and leadership systems, the lead inspector expressed that Q3 Academy Langley was ‘not a normal school.’ Our outward-facing approach has led us to be at the forefront of educational innovation – our focus on being ‘warm but strict’ and putting knowledge at the heart of our curriculum has led Schools Week to dub us ‘the Michaela of the Midlands’.

Additionally, our attendance and persistent absence figures have been amongst the very best in the entire country – this is particularly impressive when considering the socio-economic context of the Academy (IDACI ‘Deprived’) and the broad cultural mix of our cohort. The work of We are in Beta highlighted that for the last two years we are in the top 100 schools in the country for disadvantage progress outcomes.

At Q3 Academy Langley, we have the absolute highest expectations of behaviour and politeness from our students and have several procedures that support and reinforce these ideals. We expect the successful candidate to comply with such procedures, understanding that when an Academy rows together, students can learn in a safe and consistent environment. In July 2018, we were delighted to have been one of the first schools nationally to have been awarded the prestigious Schools of Character award, reflecting our commitment to developing young people beyond the classroom. This is only one of a raft of external accreditation that we have received demonstrating an inclusive learning environment for staff and students alike.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment all offers of employment are subject to an online check, Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

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Additional documents

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About Q3 Academy Langley

• School type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1375 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Q3 Academy Langley website
• Email address: lara.bridgett@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/q3-academy-langley

Q3 Academy Langley opened its doors in September 2016, becoming the first brand new secondary education provider in Sandwell in a decade. Our Academy ethos stems from the Latin ‘Quarere’, meaning ‘to seek’. We stand for three high ideals – to seek that which is good, that which is right, and that which is true. If you share our belief that these ideals are a tremendous foundation on which to build young people’s educational experience, with the hope that our students will feel delighted coming to the Academy, then you share our vision.

Arranging a visit to Q3 Academy Langley

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lara.bridgett@merciantrust.org.uk.

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