Attendance, DSL & Welfare Lead

Stamford Welland Academy, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1HE

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Flexible for the right candidate

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,491.41 - £37,739.51 Annually (Actual)

Attendance, DSL & Welfare Lead job summary

Attendance and DSL & Welfare Lead

Location: Stamford Welland Academy, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Contract: Full-time, Term Time + 2 weeks
Salary: £34,491.41 - £37,739.51 Actual

Join our team at Stamford Welland Academy, part of Meridian Trust, where every child is known, valued, and supported to achieve their full potential. We are seeking a committed and proactive professional to lead on attendance, safeguarding, and welfare across our school community.

About the Role

As Attendance and DSL & Welfare Lead, you will play a pivotal role in promoting a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all students. This is a senior position within our pastoral team, reporting to the Vice Principal (Behaviour, Welfare & Safeguarding). You will:

• Lead on safeguarding and child protection as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), ensuring compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.
• Champion student welfare, working closely with families, external agencies, and Student support Advisors (SSAs) to provide early help and targeted support.
• Drive attendance improvement, monitoring patterns, implementing interventions, and supporting students and families to overcome barriers to learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver practical support, advice and guidance to vulnerable children and their families to support students’ academic, and pastoral needs.

• Maintain accurate, confidential safeguarding records and produce reports for SLT and governors.

• Work with the Vice Principal to advise and provide CPD to staff within the academy and across the trust on safeguarding matters

• Monitor and analyse attendance data, identify trends, and implement strategies to reduce persistent absence.

• Working with House teams to meet with students and parents/carers to identify and assess the needs of the student/family and complete EHAs where necessary.

• Support SSAs to coordinate multi-agency meetings and contribute to child protection plans.
• Ensure compliance with statutory guidance and school policies on safeguarding, welfare, and attendance.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Has extensive safeguarding knowledge and experience, ideally as a DSL or deputy DSL.
• Understands attendance legislation and strategies for improvement.
• Is confident in working with vulnerable children and families, and liaising with external agencies.
• Has excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Holds (or is willing to undertake) relevant safeguarding and first aid training.

About Meridian Trust -

Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation formed in 2011 that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -

• Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities which allow you to gain specialist knowledge in a role you are passionate about developing in
• Opportunity to jump start your career in teaching through our dedicated Initial Teacher Training Team (ITT)
• Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme
• Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
• Free on-site parking
• Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays

To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications: 21st November 2025, Midday

Interviews will be held on: W/C 24th November 2025

Meridian Trust reserves the right to close the applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is sourced. Applications will be reviewed as received so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Stamford Welland Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 597 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stamford Welland Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stamford-welland-academy

Stamford Welland Academy joined the Meridian family of schools in 2014. In September 2021 we were inspected by Ofsted and judged to be ‘Good’ overall where ‘Leaders have high ambitions for what pupils can achieve’.

Stamford has train lines that service Peterborough, Leicester & Cambridge.

We are an ever-expanding secondary school with admissions increasing in every year group each year. The confidence that the community has in our excellent pastoral care and quality of teaching means that we are growing at a rapid rate within the Stamford community.

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