Safeguarding and Attendance Lead

Catton Grove Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3TP

25 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,143-£36,363 Pro rata (G21 - H25)

Safeguarding and Attendance Lead job summary

Tel: 01603 426728

Email: finance@cattongrove.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: http://cattongrove.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs C Lorne

• Salary: £33,143-£36,363 Pro rata G21 - H25 (starting point dependent on experience and relevance)
• Permanent
• Part time
• 32 hours per week (4 or 5 days)
• Term time + 1 week
• Starting 13 April 2026

Rare opportunity to lead Safeguarding and Attendance within a large urban well established and successful Primary School in North Norwich. 

This is a crucial role where you will work at the heart of the school, under the line management of the DHT and HT alongside 7 other experienced DSLs. You will champion safeguarding and attendance practice for pupils, families and colleagues.

Due to the size of the school we have the unique experience of a vibrant and nurturing Primary School, with staff resources that match those of a small High School. We take pride in the fact that people are at the heart of everything we do and many staff have been at the school for over ten years or more! It is a fantastic opportunity to help every child feel safe, supported and ready to learn at such an important part of childhood.

You will be joining a warm, friendly, enthusiastic and talented team. There are plenty of opportunities to connect to staff social events as well as whole school activities if you choose to do so. Applicants should have excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills. Resilience, high expectations and a sense of humour are essential.  

We can offer you-

• A welcoming and caring school where you can make a difference to the lives of our children.
• An enthusiastic and talented staff body who work brilliantly as a team to achieve the best for all our pupils within a supportive, professional and constructive ethos.
• A commitment to your own continued professional development.

Applicants are encouraged to look at the school website, read the Ofsted report, and visit the school in action. This visit provides an opportunity to meet the staff, including the current Safeguarding Lead who is leaving at the end of the Spring Term.

By becoming part of our school family and community, your expertise will make a meaningful difference every day to the lives of children, particularly those most vulnerable and in greatest need of our support. 

If you would like to arrange a time to look around, please send an email to- finance@cattongrove.norfolk.sch.uk or phone 01603 426728 and someone will get back to you to arrange this. If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to get in touch.

How to Apply:

A Job Description and Person Specification are available from ‘Attachments’.

Please click ‘apply for job’ to download an application form.

Completed applications should be addressed to Mrs C Lorne (Headteacher) at: finance@cattongrove.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:   13 January 2026

Interview date: 16 January 2026

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

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 Catton Grove Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 675 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Catton Grove Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/catton-grove-primary-school

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