Attendance and Safeguarding Officer

The Beaconsfield School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ

36 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: BP3.16 £27,310 to BP3.20 £29,295 prp rata, 39 weeks a year, 37 hours a week

Attendance and Safeguarding Officer job summary

The Safeguarding and attendance Officer will:

Work proactively and collaboratively to support the school to ensure that the highest possible standards of safeguarding are in place, exercising professional curiosity.
Be the part of the front-line team as a contact for safeguarding issues arising on a day to day basis.

The Safeguarding and Attendance Officer will work independently and alongside key staff in school and the Local Authority to:
Promote excellent attendance and punctuality for all children.
Reduce levels of absence and persistent absence.
Work with children and families to promote high levels of attendance and punctuality.
We are looking to appoint someone who:
Is able to adapt easily and learn new systems and procedures.
Knows how to interpret and understand information and data.
Has a working knowledge of safeguarding requirements and their vital importance.
Has proven ICT skills.
Is able to work with parents/carers effectively and sensitively.
Is able to work with understanding, compassion, tact and diplomacy, alongside being able to be direct.
Is able to foster, develop and maintain positive relationships on a variety of levels.

Our recent OFSTED inspection in May 2024 made the following comments about teaching and relationships at school.:

• Pupils are highly positive about their school. They are welcomed warmly as soon as they join, and staff make sure that they settle quickly. Staff are highly ambitious for all pupils, and pupils recognise and value this.
• Pupils’ behaviour is good. Lessons are calm and purposeful. Pupils’ attitudes to learning are positive.
• The curriculum is ambitious for all pupils and provides a strong foundation for their future learning. In most subjects, staff clearly set out what pupils need to know, and the order in which they need to learn it.
• Teachers have detailed subject expertise.

Our school vision is to ensure every student realises their potential, through every member of our community having high aspirations for success, both within and beyond the classroom. You will be joining a highly skilled staff, who are supportive, show determination and resolve.

Why should you work at The Beaconsfield School?

Highly supportive staff body, including a staff committee responsible for representing staff wellbeing

- Bespoke professional opportunities including support to undertake Masters and NPQ programmes

Significant investment in a newly refurbished staff room and staff workroom

Dedicated time within the school day for co-planning

Free tea and coffee for all staff, we believe in providing the best possible working environment for staff and small gestures make a big difference

The Beaconsfield School has good road links to London, Reading, Maidenhead and Oxford – situated just 5 minutes from the M40 and a 10-minute walk from Beaconsfield Train Station.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school and ask to speak to Caroline Legg, Headteacher. For further information about the school please visit our website The Beaconsfield School - Home the vacancy section can be found under About Us.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Beaconsfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Online searches will be completed for shortlisted candidates and an enhanced DBS will be sought from the successful candidate.

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About The Beaconsfield School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 835 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Beaconsfield School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-beaconsfield-school (opens in new tab)

A co-educational secondary school with 880 students, a growing Sixth Form and just fewer than 100 staff.

As a school we are creative in our curriculum and we treat each child as an individual; because of this, learning and progress is at the centre of everything we do. We work towards making the selective system irrelevant.

We want every student who attends the school to reach their full potential academically. We also put great value on extra-curricular clubs and activities. During any one week there are over 50 clubs or activities running for students. We believe that this complements their academic studies, helps them to develop into well rounded individuals and enables them to make a positive contribution to the community.

We have wonderful facilities including a purpose built drama studio, 2 Apple Mac suites, a ratio of 1 computer to every 2.5 students, interactive whiteboards in each classroom, specialist technology classrooms and a sports hall. We are a well-equipped school that gives our students every opportunity to engage in their learning. Our school environment is maintained to the highest standard and students are expected to respect this at all times.

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