Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Mental Health Lead

Stratford Upon Avon School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9DH

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: The post is for 37 Hours per week, Full year post with a holiday allowance.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Starting salary for a full-time post at Band L (points 32 - 34) is within the range £42,839 to £45,091 per annum. Starting point depending on experience, qualifications and subject to any continuous service

What skills and experience we're looking for

Can you help us on our journey? If so, this is an exciting place to spend the next stage of your career as we strive to improve further.

We are looking to appoint a Designated Safeguarding Lead and Mental Health Lead to join our pastoral team. The primary focus will be to lead and manage safeguarding, child protection, and mental health provision across the school. This is a new role due to the increasing safeguarding, child protection and mental health demands being presented and need to add capacity to our pastoral team.

The successful candidate will boost our capacity and ensure we have full-time support available for our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads and other staff supporting this area.

We wish to recruit a non-teaching colleague as a DSL to help ensure we meet the needs of our students, are able to function effectively as a school and work closely with other agencies supporting our local community. We will provide external supervision to support this role.

This is a full year post, covering school terms, staff learning days and school holiday periods.

What the school offers its staff

There has never been a better time to work at Stratford upon Avon School. This is no ordinary school. There are many excellent schools around, but they all have a very different feel. We are a lovely school with a genuine ‘feel good factor’ throughout. Our mission is summed up by 3 words, Engage, Enthuse & Inspire, which underpin what we’re all about.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Post is subject to an Enhanced DBS

Applying for the job

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About Stratford Upon Avon School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1904 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stratford Upon Avon School website
• Email address: recruitment@stratfordschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stratford-upon-avon-school

This is no ordinary school. There are many excellent schools around, but they all have a very different feel. We are a lovely school with a genuine ‘feel good factor’ throughout. Our mission is summed up by 3 words, Engage, Enthuse & Inspire, which underpin what we’re all about. As a result, visitors are invariably struck by the energy/enthusiasm of our staff & the excellent relationships evident with students. There has never been a better time to work at Stratford upon Avon School.

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