Inclusion and Safeguarding officer

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2AR

59 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  31 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,160.00 - £35,530.00 Annually (FTE)

Inclusion and Safeguarding officer job summary

Job Description

Job Title: ELSA with Support Staff Duties

Reporting to: Headteacher

Location: St Mary’s C.E. Primary School, Yew Tree Road, Slough, SL1 2AR

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, term time only.

Purpose of the Role

To provide high‑quality administrative, pastoral and safeguarding support across the school, working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), SENDCO and senior leaders. The role combines safeguarding administration, parental liaison and complaints coordination, SEND administrative support, and afternoon ELSA provision for identified pupils.

Key Responsibilities

1. Safeguarding & Pastoral Administration (Working with the DSL)

• Support the DSL with day‑to‑day safeguarding administration, ensuring accurate and timely record‑keeping.
• Manage and maintain CPOMS entries, ensuring actions, outcomes and follow‑up tasks are recorded clearly.
• Liaise with parents as directed by the DSL, including arranging meetings, supporting conversations and documenting outcomes.
• Prepare safeguarding paperwork, reports and meeting notes as required.
• Assist with multi‑agency communication and coordination, ensuring information is shared appropriately and securely.

2. Parental Complaints Coordination (Working with the Headteacher)

• Act as the first point of contact for parental complaints, ensuring concerns are acknowledged promptly and handled in line with the school’s complaints policy.
• Investigate complaints by gathering information, speaking with relevant staff, and compiling clear summaries of findings.
• Draft documentation for review by senior leaders: reports and minutes.
• Coordinate the complaints process, including scheduling meetings, tracking timelines and ensuring procedural compliance.
• Draft responses to parents for review by senior leaders, ensuring communication is professional, accurate and empathetic.
• Maintain a confidential log of complaints, outcomes and actions taken.

3. SEND Administration & Parent Liaison (Working with the SENDCO)

• Support the SENDCO with administrative tasks including scheduling annual reviews, parent meetings and external agency appointments.
• Prepare documentation for SEND meetings, including pupil profiles, reports and minutes.
• Communicate with parents of pupils with SEND, ensuring they are kept informed and supported.
• Maintain SEND records and contribute to the organisation of the SEND provision map.
• Assist with coordination of interventions and tracking of pupil support.

4. Afternoon ELSA Provision (1:1 Support)

• Deliver ELSA sessions to identified pupils on a 1:1 basis each afternoon, following agreed programmes and emotional‑literacy objectives.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with pupils to support their emotional wellbeing.
• Monitor and record progress, feeding back to the SENDCO, DSL and class teachers as appropriate.
• Prepare resources and maintain a calm, supportive environment for ELSA work.
• Contribute to wider pastoral support across the school where needed.

General Duties

• Always uphold confidentiality and data‑protection requirements.
• Work collaboratively with all staff to promote a safe, inclusive and supportive school environment.
• Undertake relevant training, including safeguarding, ELSA supervision and SEND updates.
• Carry out any other duties reasonably requested by the Headteacher.

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

St Mary’s CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our pupils. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a successful enhanced DBS clearance process.

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 St Mary's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 680 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-slough

St Mary’s school is between Slough's main high street and Upton Park. It is surrounded by thriving businesses, housing, churches as well as parks and woodlands. The school was set up by the church in the 19th century to serve the needs of its local community and it still does today.

St Mary's started off very small and today we accept on role around 660 pupils. The school centres around a busy and bustling diverse community that celebrates a range of ethnicities and culturally rich families that represent many parts of our integral world.

As a Church of England school, we value and are ambitious for all children and are committed to providing a positive, happy, safe and stimulating environment for them to enjoy and excel in their learning; grow in confidence, resilience and independence; achieve their full potential and flourish as individuals whatever their ability. To provide a safe, supportive and happy learning environment where all children can learn, grow, achieve and flourish.

We take every opportunity to work with churches and faith groups, schools, charities, businesses and organisations, resulting in exciting learning opportunities for our children and learning outside the classroom.

We also take part in many local, national and international events such as fundraising for global charities, competitions and campaigns, reflecting our school vision and core values. The Slough Foodbank, Defibrillators in Public Places (DiPPs), The Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service, NSPCC; Children in Need; Comic and Sports Relief; Macmillan Cancer Support; UNICEF UK campaigns are a few of the charities that we support.

In addition, we respond to emergency appeals when we can e.g. Cyclone Idai and the hurricane disaster Fund, supporting Alwyn Allison Primary School, Anguilla following Hurricane Irma.

We engage with our MPs, previously Fiona Mactaggart and Tan Dhesi and have visited them in The Houses of Parliament and have visited Slough Mayors’ Office. Slough Youth Parliament have several representatives who were previous pupils and who have now enjoyed prestigious political experiences in secondary schools. Black History Month is elaborated with local representative and creative partners. Sustrans worked with us to support sustainable transport and we have taken part in farm projects and county estates’ programmes for increasing access to local food, and attended Countryside Food and Music festivals.

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