Deputy Designated Lead - Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Waldegrave School, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5LH

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (Term Time + 2 weeks)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,068 to £38,058 FTE | £32,545 to £33,414 per annum Pro rata (depending on experience)
• Pay scale: NJC 7, point 23-25

What skills and experience we're looking for

Part Time, Permanent Contract

35 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (Term Time + 2 weeks)

Pro-rata Salary: £32,545 to £33,414 per annum, depending on experience (NJC 7, point 23-25 full time equivalent salary, currently, £37,068 to £38,058 per annum)

Starting date: As soon as possible

We require an additional Deputy Designated Lead for Safeguarding and Wellbeing (DDL) to join our Welfare team. You will be working alongside our current DDL and our Designated Safeguarding Lead supporting our more vulnerable students to help them achieve their full potential. You will need to be a resilient, calm and organised person, as well as having excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise your workload and be relied upon for your confidentiality. In return you will be part of a busy, fun and supportive school community where staff wellbeing is of the utmost importance.

Waldegrave is a successful and over-subscribed comprehensive school for girls aged 11 to 16 with a mixed Sixth Form, based in Twickenham. It is a school which prides itself on providing the best opportunities and outcomes for all its students.

What the school offers its staff

Waldegrave School:

• is a school where everyone enjoys learning, feels valued and experiences success;
• believes in a strong, supportive environment that values pastoral, extra-curricular as well as academic progression. It is rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (2018 and 2024) and the 2024 results has placed it in the top 3% of schools in the UK. It was recently ranked the 8th best Comprehensive school in London by the Sunday Times Parent Power Awards 2025 and has been awarded the ‘World Class School’ Accreditation in 2019 and 2022;
• values and promotes continued CPD and can offer great support and progression to all staff from NQT’s to middle leaders and onwards to senior leadership;
• has strong links with other local schools, both primary and secondary as well as outside local community associations and clubs;
• is oversubscribed throughout the school and enjoys a thriving sixth form.

Waldegrave School can offer you:

• a supportive community environment in which to develop your career;
• a school that actively promotes and supports staff wellbeing;
• a Staff Association who help to support staff well-being and organise social events;
• a cycle to work scheme as well as an employee benefits and well-being scheme;
• on-site parking;
• close transport links – Fulwell and Strawberry Hill train stations as well as many bus routes;
• after school fitness classes, e.g. yoga, as well as use of our fitness suite;
• School place for children of staff in line with our admissions policy.

Commitment to safeguarding

The safeguarding of our students is at the core of all that we do. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check; a prohibition from teaching check, where applicable; and appropriate references from your current and previous employer, which may be corroborated by personal phone calls made to each referee and social media background checks.

Applying for the job

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Ofsted Report.pdf - 231 KB (opens in new tab)

Waldegrave School Prospective Staff Brochure March 2025 - DDL.pdf - 588 KB (opens in new tab)

About Waldegrave School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1460 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Waldegrave School website
• Email address: g.gildersleve@waldegrave.org.uk
• Phone number: 020 8894 3244
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waldegrave-school

Outstanding secondary school in Twickenham. Girls only 11-16 with a mixed Sixth Form.

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