Designated Safeguarding Lead

Wigmore Primary, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9TB

33 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December/January

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  11 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: M1 (from £39862 FTE)
• Additional allowances:

  M1 (from £39862 FTE)

Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary

Reporting to the Headteacher, you will work in close liaison with the safeguarding team to oversee and implement safeguarding policies, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education and other key local authority policies and procedures.

The DSL role is a dynamic and strategic role involving close collaboration with a range of stakeholders to advise and support on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters and liaising with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police to ensure a robust and effective response to safeguarding and wellbeing concerns.

You will work closely with the Pastoral Lead and SEND team to integrate medical and mental health support within the school.

If you have proven experience and expertise working within the field of Safeguarding to a highly competent professional standard, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Enthusiasm, motivation and a determination to make a difference
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• A resilient, caring, hardworking and supportive attitude
• Flexibility and high expectations
• Commitment to developing good relationships with staff, children, parents and external agencies
• A positive attitude, good communication skills and subject knowledge

We can offer you :

• A dedicated and supportive Senior Leadership team

• Excellent facilities and a friendly, welcoming team
• A vibrant and inclusive environment for all of our pupils
• Regular training opportunities

School visits are welcomed. Please contact the school office on (01582) 616101 to arrange a visit.

Applicants for this public facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice, fluently, in spoken English.

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools.

Wigmore Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online searches, and checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service, in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture in our recruitment.

Data Protection:

Our ‘Privacy Notice for Applications’ explains how we collect, store and use personal data about candidates applying for school vacancies, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. To view our full privacy notice please visit our school website www.wigmoreprimary.com

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 Wigmore Primary

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 609 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wigmore Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wigmore-primary

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