Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC)

Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK10 9JQ

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June/July 2026

• Closing date

  27 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 February 2026

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: Salary commensurate with experience. 37.5 hours pw/41 weeks per year
• Additional allowances:

  Salary commensurate with experience. 37.5 hours pw/41 weeks per year

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) job summary

Oakgrove School is looking to appoint a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) to join our team.

The DSL will have strategic and operational responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across both Primary and Secondary sites, including online safety. This role is pivotal in promoting a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all students. They will take part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings, and liaise with the local authority and police. They will advise and support other members of staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters.

The Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) is responsible for the planning, management, and safety of all educational visits and off-site activities. Their role includes ensuring the school has appropriate policies and procedures in place, providing guidance to visit leaders, overseeing administrative and risk assessment processes, and maintaining records. The EVC ensures visits comply with health and safety legislation and support the educational goals of the school.

The successful candidate will be self motivated and personally resilient, possess exceptional levels of personal integrity and strict confidentiality, along with the ability to keep calm and focused in pressurised situations. They must have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be able to build and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, and excellent organisational skills with the ability to prepare reports, maintain records and manage data. Experience in safeguarding is essential, and the ideal candidate will have experience leading a team of staff in a school environment.

The working pattern for this role is 8.00am - 4.00pm for 41 weeks (Term time, 5 INSET days plus 2 weeks).

Oakgrove has a reputation for achieving the highest results, for attainment and progress, in Milton Keynes for both KS4 and KS5 and we are very proud of the successes of our students. The behaviour of our students has been described as exemplary. We have a history of achieving exceptional results and destinations for our students. The staff team at Oakgrove is highly dedicated and supportive and we welcome new staff who share our ethos.

For more information about the role or school, please contact hr@oakgrove.school

We may invite applicants to interview before the closing date.

Kingsbridge Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post prior to commencement.

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.

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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.

About Oakgrove School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 2505 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakgrove School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakgrove-school-milton-keynes

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