Designated Safeguarding Lead
The Nicholas Hamond Academy, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7DZ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
25 September 2025 at 10am
Date listed
9 September 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
- £43,141.00 - £44,151.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Point 34 - 38
Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Salary: NJC Pt 34-38
Actual Salary: £43,141 - £47,151
FTE: £42,403-£46,464
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only (39 + 4 weeks)
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: Thursday 25 September 2025 (if this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview for this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised).
Interviews: TBC
Are you looking for a fantastic new opportunity?
The Nicholas Hamond Academy is looking for a Designated Safeguard Lead to ensure the consistent application of the safeguarding and child protection policy and procedures at the academy, in line with all requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children (latest versions).
We believe in putting children and young people at the heart of all that we do and that every student should feel safe and receive a first-class education to ensure they are well prepared for the next phase of their lives, within education, training, or employment.
About you: -
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is self-motivated and has relevant and evidenced experience in safeguarding and implementing statutory guidance and policies.
The successful candidate will be motivated, patient, and able to use their own initiative. They must be able to demonstrate prior experience of compliance and auditing within a safeguarding setting, having previously worked as a DSL or DDSL. Previous experience in a relatable role within an educational establishment or social services is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility: all staff, governors and volunteers should play their full part in keeping children safe.
A child-centered approach: a clear understanding of the needs and views of children. We recognise the importance of enabling children to talk openly about anything that worries them and to feel confident that they will be listened to, and appropriate action taken.
It is the role of the DSL to challenge any decisions made on behalf of children in our academy that are not in their best interests, to seek justification for inaction and to push for improved intervention when the interventions in place do not seem to be effective enough to ensure the maximum life changes for that child.
Why choose The Nicholas Hamond Academy? Rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in January 2022, here at The Nicholas Hamond Academy, we are “determined to be the best that we can be”. As a team, we are dedicated to delivering a high-quality education that enables students to make rapid progress and achieve transformational academic targets. We have high expectations of our pupils and every student matters to us.
We work closely with our local community, including parents and carers, who actively support the work we are doing to achieve and maintain the highest possible standards.
About Academy Transformation Trust
We are proud to be a part of the Academy Transformation Trust family of academies whose mission is to transform the learning, aspirations and opportunities for their pupils and the communities in which they live. This commitment also extends to staff who are key to their success.
What’s in it for you?
Access to continuous personal development programs. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance program (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, health cash plan, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.
Are you ready to make a difference and join our journey? If you wish to apply for the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead, please complete an online application form.
The Nicholas Hamond Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2023. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
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 The Nicholas Hamond Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 683 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Nicholas Hamond Academy website
“Inspiring every student who comes through our doors by providing them with the best educational experience we can and by giving our students every opportunity to be the best that they can be.”
The Nicholas Hamond Academy or ‘TNHA’, is an aspirational 11 – 18 academy. Our students are awesome, the staff passionate and the parents supportive. Together we are ‘One Team’, “determined to be the best that we can be”.
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