Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Minerva Primary Academy, Bristol, BS16 4HA9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
16 March 2026
Closing date
25 March 2026 at 11:59am
Date listed
16 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,258 - £23,746
Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
Job Title: Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Actual Annual Salary: £22,258 - £23,746 Based on hours and weeks worked
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £39,649 - £42,301 (CLF Grade F) Based on Full Time hours, All year round
Contract: Permanent, Part Time, Term Time only, 5 insets & 4 weeks - pro rata
Hours: 22 hours per week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (with some flexibility)
Provisional Start Date: May 2026 pending completion of pre-employment checks
Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive both academically and personally?
Minerva Primary Academy based in Fishponds, Bristol, are seeking a dedicated Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead to join their team on a permanent basis. As a member of the senior leadership team, the Pastoral & Safeguarding Lead will provide high quality, impartial, solutions focussed pastoral support and guidance to students and their families. They will
act as the main point of contact with lead responsibility within the academy for safeguarding and child protection in line with statutory requirements.
The postholder will enable students to achieve their full potential, raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress. They will be expected to work in partnership with parents to strengthen parental capacity, promote understanding of their child’s needs, improve family relationships and increase parental engagement.
About you:
You will have:
- A professional qualification in working with young people or related field, or equivalent experience.
- An understanding of the range of issues that can affect young people, their families, and disadvantaged sections of the community
- Advanced safeguarding training and child protection training skills
- Extensive experience of safeguarding with schools and inter-agency working.
- Ability to plan, organise and lead meetings
- Proven experience working with young people and their families in education or a related area such as youth, community or health and social work.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About Minerva Primary Academy
Minerva Primary Academy is a happy and successful school. We are a popular two-form entry primary school located in East Bristol with a committed staff and a purpose-built modern building and unique playground. Our school ethos is 'Learning, Believing, Growing, Achieving' and everything we do is underpinned by our high expectations and a love of lifelong learning. To support our children to understand themselves as effective learners, we explicitly teach and promote seven learning dispositions: self-agency, growth mindset, perseverance, being curious and creative, making connections and collaborating.
We are committed and passionate about providing our children with the best possible start to their education. We encourage all children to be Minerva Global Citizens who are safe, responsible, respectful and an active citizen within our community. We value creativity and the arts and have strong links with Bristol Beacon.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 25 March 2026 @ 11.59am
• Short-listing: 25 March 2026
• Interviews: 31 March 2026
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Minerva Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 367 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Minerva Primary Academy website
At Minerva Primary Academy we believe that all children deserve the best teaching for learning opportunities every day, with their needs met and a love of learning they will achieve great outcomes. We want all children to be confident, curious, adaptable and independent learners who can use these learning skills now and as they progress through their education and beyond.
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