12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    22nd February 2027 or 12th April 2027

  • Closing date

    25 November 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 November 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£63,833.00 - £66,024.00 Annually (Actual) The role is a permanent full-time post and will be remunerated on the Sixth Form Colleges Leadership pay spine, range L13-L15 currently £63,833 to £66,024 per year including fringe allowance.

Director of Safeguarding and Intervention job summary

Godalming College in Surrey is one of the best sixth form colleges in the country. It was inspected in November 2024 and once again was rated as outstanding. With high quality teaching and learning at the heart of our student experience, we consistently achieve impressive results. Our campus provides attractive and stimulating spaces in which to work and study reflecting our lively, vibrant ethos.

Director of Safeguarding and Intervention

  • Permanent, Full Time
  • Required from 22nd February 2027 or 12th April 2027

The role is a permanent full-time post and will be remunerated on the Sixth Form Colleges Leadership pay spine, range L13-L15 currently £63,833 to £66,024 per year including fringe allowance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a popular and successful College, which has a very strong reputation for the quality of its provision for its students as well as a strong culture of learning. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate wide-ranging and high-level interpersonal skills with excellent management and leadership qualities. Applications are invited from outstanding teaching professionals who possess the necessary vision, leadership and drive to further enhance our already outstanding student support provision.

As well as our academic success we are also proud of the welcoming and collaborative environment at the College and a few comments from our staff survey show that our staff feel the same.

‘The sense of community, common purpose, and kindness to each other. The willingness to help each other, support each other and look after each other. We are proud to be continually improving - which is a signature of Godalming College.’

‘Working every day supporting amazing young people, having kind and compassionate colleagues and making progress and learning for my own professional development.’

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

Godalming College is committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates must complete a College application form, may be subject to online searches and are required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It's a requirement for all successful candidates to apply for an enhanced DBS in addition to referencing & qualification checks. The College’s Safer Recruitment, Data Protection and Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are on our website.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Godalming College

Organisation type
Academy, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
0 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
Ofsted report
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Website
Godalming College website
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Godalming College is one of the best performing 16-19 colleges in the country and a great place to work and study. We are very proud of the achievements of all our students and have a strong track record of consistently high results. Value added scores are excellent and the College was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in our inspection in December 2019.

The College currently employs around 220 teaching and support staff on both a full and part time basis.

The success of Godalming College is also about community with students from all walks of life enjoying a whole range of opportunities in a welcoming and friendly environment. Students enjoy a stimulating, lively and challenging learning and social experience; they are treated as adults by specialist and dedicated teaching and support staff in facilities that have seen major investment over many years.

The campus comprises of nine newer large buildings and our older main building, which was the original grammar school, built in the 1930’s. Since the 2000s there has been a phased refurbishment and expansion of the College which included a new English and Modern Foreign Languages block, Media suite, netball and tennis courts and an 11 acre site for Rugby and Football pitches. We would invite you to take the virtual tour on our website to see for yourself the facilities of which we are so proud.

The College is within walking distance of Godalming town centre and the railway station, is easily accessible from the A3 and provides free car parking with EV charging stations for staff.

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