Designated Safeguarding Lead

Moorland Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 4ND

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

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: £20,000.00 Annually (FTE)

Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary

Job Context

Moorland Primary school is situated in a significantly deprived area where 59% of pupils receive pupil premium. SEN is well above national with Communication and Interaction being our highest needs, followed by Social, Emotional, Mental Health . Persistence absence remains our biggest barrier. However, we work tirelessly to improve this and work closely with our families and other agencies to improve this.

Our Co-DSL’s will take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school (including online safety and understanding the filtering and monitoring systems in place).They will oversee the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring they are up-to-date and effective in keeping all children safe. Our DSL’s will take part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings, and contribute to the assessment of children. They will advise and support other members of staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police. Some safeguarding activities may be delegated to our deputy DSL’s, but the DSL’s will retain ultimate lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection and be accountable for reporting to the headteacher.

Commitment to safeguarding

Children have a right to be cared for and protected, protecting them is everyone’s responsibility. Here at Moorland Primary School we have a duty of care to ensure that all users of the school are kept safe from harm. We have an ethos in which children and adults can feel safe, are valued, respected, and listened to. We will never lose sight of the needs of individual children and the duty to take action to safeguard them.

Applying for the job

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About Moorland Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 213 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moorland Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moorland-primary-school-mk6-4nd

We are a thriving primary school providing education for children aged 3 to 11 years old. We work closely with our local Family Centres and a range of other external agencies to ensure that we can support all our children and families as best as we can. We are a friendly, nurturing school and work in partnership with parents and carers to provide an excellent education in a secure, stimulating environment.

We truly believe that "Together we can"



We have developed seven core values for our Moorland community. These are our RESPECT Values of Resilience, Empathy, Self- Awareness, Passion, Excellence, Communication and Teamwork. We believe that a happy child is a successful one, so we are working hard to design a curriculum that is adventurous, challenging and enjoyable. We are committed to ensuring that every child feels valued and we will always aim to provide high quality learning opportunities to enable every child to succeed and become passionate and resilient learners.

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