Designated Safeguarding Lead & Attendance Officer
Middleton Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK10 9EN20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
16 October 2025 at 2pm
Date listed
26 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £35,412.00 - £3,862.00 Annually (FTE)
Designated Safeguarding Lead & Attendance Officer job summary
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Attendance Officer
Grade 7 (£35,412 - £39,862 FTE per annum)
Permanent - Full Time
Required January 2026
Are you an enthusiastic, ambitious leader looking for to make a difference to children and families as part of a successful, supportive and dynamic team?
We are looking for a passionate and committed Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Attendance Officer to support and care for our wonderful children and families. This is an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of our successful Senior Leadership Team in a new and vital role.
Working with the school’s Headteacher, Senior Deputy Headteacher and wider SLT, we are looking for a leader with the highest ambition for all our pupils in all aspects of school life. You must be a champion for all pupils to make sure we continue to give every single child the best possible primary school experience. Please refer to the job description for specific duties and responsibilities.
As part of Kingsbridge Educational Trust, Middleton Primary School is a consistently excellent school, with strong links with the other schools in our Trust.
Through the Kingsbridge Educational Trust Middleton Primary School can offer you:
The freedom to work with pupils who are motivated and eager to learn
Exceptional behaviour and attitudes to learning
A beautiful learning environment
A calm, purposeful ethos where pupils and staff thrive
Supportive leaders with opportunities for personalised Continuing Professional Development
Career development with excellent prospects for promotion within the Trust
Our school really is a wonderful place to learn and work. We are a hard-working and dedicated team but our school is full of fun, laughter, mutual respect and kindness. Our children are a delight to teach.
If you think you have the exceptional qualities, passion and drive that we are looking for then please arrange a visit by contacting our school office by email at office@middletonschool.org.
Please see our school website, www.middletonschool.org where you can follow the link to My New Term to apply.
Middleton Primary School, Noon Layer Drive, Middleton, Milton Keynes MK10 9EN Tel: 01908 604851
Closing date for applications is 1pm on: Thursday 16th October 2025
Interviews to be held on: Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Middleton Primary School is committed to safeguarding children.
Applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Middleton Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 631 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Middleton Primary School website
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes