Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
The Brakenhale School, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7BA12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- H19 - 24
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To ensure the school safeguarding systems are rigorous, robust, easy to use and impactful
- To develop and maintain a culture of safety and vigilance in the school
- To work closely with the attendance team, SENCO, and Senior Leadership Team ensuring that students don’t fall through a gap
- To follow up on each safeguarding concern that is raised by staff, referring cases of suspected abuse when necessary to the local authority children’s social care
- To provide data updates for SLT on a regular basis
- To engage with the school culture, regularly walking the school and developing an understanding of the impact of student safety on teaching and learning. Greet students each morning
- To ensure the school meets all statutory requirements regarding safeguarding, ensuring compliance
What the school offers its staff
- A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- Employer contributions to Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme
- Access to Blue Light Card Scheme
- Access to Teacher Art Pass Scheme (teaching staff only)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gym membership scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free eye tests
- Car benefit scheme
- My Health discounts
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Brakenhale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1148 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Brakenhale School website
- Email address
- nainslie@brakenhale.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01344464797
Brakenhale School is a rapidly growing, high performing 11-19 secondary school with a strong commitment to high standards for students and staff. We are a friendly school, with a firm commitment to providing professional development opportunities for our staff and a passionate belief that every student in our school matters.
We have recently been judged as Good by Ofsted (January 2019) with 3 Outstanding categories; Leadership and Management, Personal Safety and Behaviour and our Post 16 Provision. We are incredibly proud to be the local secondary school of choice for the fourth year running.
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