Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Kingsbridge Academy, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1PL18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 June 2025
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
- £27,045 to £29,864 per annum
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) job summary
Are you passionate about student wellbeing and safeguarding? Do you have the drive, dedication, and knowledge to make a real difference? We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Safeguarding Lead to join our committed inclusion team in a welcoming and inclusive rural secondary college in the heart of Devon.
What we are looking for:
A passionate, caring professional with a deep commitment to safeguarding young people.
Someone who is highly organised, proactive and able to manage sensitive situations with discretion and care.
An individual with excellent interpersonal skills who thrives in a team and builds positive relationships with students, staff, families, and external agencies.
Solid understanding of safeguarding legislation and best practices (training and CPD available for the right candidate).
In this role, you will:
- Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to implement, monitor, and review safeguarding practices across the college.
- Support staff with safeguarding concerns and liaise with relevant external agencies.
- Help create a safe, supportive environment where all students can thrive and feel heard.
Permanent position starting as soon as possible. Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours pw/40 weeks pa. Grade E16-22 £30,518 - £33,699. Pro rata: (£27,045 to £29,864 per annum) approximate salary.
For more details and an application form, please go to mynewterm.com. Closing date 9am Monday 7th July 2025
Education South West is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. This includes checks with past employers, an online check of publicly available information, including social media, and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service
Commitment to safeguarding
Education South West is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. This includes checks with past employers, an online check of publicly available information, including social media, and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kingsbridge Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kingsbridge Academy website
Kingsbridge Community College
Location: Devon, United Kingdom
Type: Mainstream School
Phase: Secondary
Funding status: State - Academy
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 11 - 18 years
About Kingsbridge Community College
An outstanding learning community, where individuals thrive
Welcome to Kingsbridge Community College and thank you for your interest in our school.
We are passionate about learning and ensuring that our learners thrive and grow amidst our beautiful surroundings here in South Devon. We recognise the benefits a first class education brings and encourage our students to be ambitious and bold in their learning journey and to make the most of every opportunity. We are proud of the excellent teaching, care and guidance that we offer, along with first class facilities and a wide range of opportunities in and beyond the classroom. We are justifiably proud of our Outstanding Ofsted judgement, and routinely seek excellence in all that we do.
Year on year, our students attain at the very highest levels and we are proud of our position alongside the very best state comprehensive schools in the South West and nationally. Our examination results are outstanding and the significant majority of our students go on into our 6th Form and from there to university. KCC students are well prepared for their futures and are successful in gaining places at the universities of their first choice; these universities are also ranked among the best in the United Kingdom, indeed internationally, including Oxbridge. We ensure that our students are exceptionally well prepared to make choices about their future, whether that is higher education, training or employment.
We have a strong commitment to developing the whole child and providing a wealth of opportunities beyond the classroom. Our students regularly delight and amaze us with their talents, achievements and successess across a wide range of activities. We organise concerts, festivals, musical productions, plays, competitions, shows, exhibitions and leadership programmes for students and each year we reach national and regional finals in a range of sports and other extra-curricular activities.
We are a Teaching School and as such are committed to providing high quality training and development to new and experienced school staff, raising the standards of provision far beyond our own establishment. In September 2016 we became one of five national Research Schools through a joint project led by The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). This exciting programme will see the College further develop its use of evidence based practice and expertise across an alliance of schools.
I hope that what you have read gives you a sense of what we value most - an outstanding learning community where individuals thrive. If you wish to be part of our success as a parent, student, employee or friend please do not hesitate to make contact with us to find out more.
Tina Graham, Principal
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