Director of Attendance and Safeguarding

Red Kite Learning Trust, Harrogate, HG2 9PH

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  30 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £91,789.00 - £102,495.00 Annually (Actual) SCP 65 – 69 £91,789 – £102,495 FTE

Director of Attendance and Safeguarding job summary

Permanent, Full Time, Full Year

Based in our Central Trust Office, Harrogate, with travel to RKLT schools as required. Hybrid working available.

We are looking for an outstanding and driven leader to join our Trust as Director of Attendance and Safeguarding. In this key senior role, you will work closely with the CEO, Headteachers and Trust leaders to maintain exemplary safeguarding standards and to lead improvements in pupil attendance across all our schools.

You will play a central role in shaping and delivering our Trust-wide approach to safeguarding and attendance, fostering a culture of vigilance, high expectations and shared responsibility, and supporting school leaders to secure sustained improvement in pupil safety, wellbeing and engagement.

About You

You will be someone with the ability to:

• Provide strategic leadership to strengthen safeguarding practice and improve attendance outcomes across our Trust
• Develop and implement robust monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure high-quality, compliant and effective safeguarding and attendance processes
• Design and deliver a coherent Trust-wide strategy for attendance and safeguarding, including high-quality training and professional development
• Oversee safeguarding compliance and practice, ensuring alignment with statutory guidance and best practice
• Use data effectively to identify trends, risks and priority groups, ensuring timely and impactful intervention
• Foster collaboration across schools and with external partners to support vulnerable pupils and families

About Us

Our Multi Academy Trust comprises a diverse family of 16 schools, dedicated to delivering excellence and enriching children’s lives. Our values of collaboration, integrity and respect are at the heart of all we do.

Here’s what you can expect if you join us:

• A high-impact leadership role influencing safeguarding and attendance across all our schools
• The opportunity to work closely with the CEO and senior leaders as part of our Trust Senior Leadership Team
• Significant influence over Trust strategy, policy and practice in safeguarding and pupil welfare
• A strong and collaborative network of Headteachers and education professionals

Next Steps

Should you have any questions about this role, or our Trust, please contact recruitment@rklt.co.uk.

Shortlisting: Scheduled for 14th April.

Interviews: Scheduled for 20th April.

Adjustments: Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please include these within Part Two of our application form under the section ‘Disability and Accessibility’.

Applicant Guidance: Red Kite Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer which welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to promoting diversity and want a workforce which reflects the local population of each of our schools. Our recruitment guidelines and privacy notice for applicants can be found HERE.

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

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 Red Kite Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Red Kite Learning Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/red-kite-learning-trust

Red Kite Learning Trust is a Multi-academy trust made up of 16 schools in North and West Yorkshire, serving more than 10,000 children and young people and their families, from nursery to sixth form.

We’re passionate about learning, providing a rich curriculum which releases potential and creates opportunity for all our pupils.

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