This job expired on 20 October 2021
Expected start date
1 January 2022
Application deadline
20 October 2021 at 12:00pm
Date listed
14 October 2021
Job details
- Job role
- Leadership
- Working pattern
- Will consider full time, part time
0.8 FTE to 1 FTE - Contract type
- Permanent
- Salary
- Leadership Salary Scale
Job summary
Sapientia Education Trust is a rapidly growing multi-academy trust and seeks to appoint a motivated Director of Safeguarding and Attendance to join our team.
The role has the flexibility of being 0.8 PTE or FTE, to be agreed with the candidate.
The Director of Safeguarding and Attendance will work across all Trust Schools. You will be responsible for delivering high quality practice, advice, guidance, training and support to all schools on safeguarding and attendance including mental health as part of the safeguarding agenda. You will be taking the strategic lead of the vision to become a centre of excellence for safeguarding and attendance and ensure high standards and progressive as well as responsive approaches, are in place.
This senior leadership role would suit an individual with expert knowledge of safeguarding, and we are open to both teaching and non-teaching professional backgrounds.
For further information, please contact the HR Team via the details below.
Email: hr@sapientiaeducationtrust.org
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2021”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
Supporting documents
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Trust overview
- Trust type
- Multi-academy trust
- Contact email
- sophie.baxter@se-trust.org
- Contact phone number
- 01953 609012
About Sapientia Education Trust
The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of bringing like-minded schools together to work in partnership to deliver a world class education to pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk. The term Sapientia comes from the logo of the founding school, Wymondham College, and means wisdom. Our work is cross-phase and involves a strong commitment to staff development and on-going training for all staff in our schools. We believe that collaboration and partnership work helps raise standards and we work with a range of schools within and beyond our Trust, including through the Sapientia Teaching School Alliance.
Head office location
Morley, Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
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