Safeguarding Assistant

Moorland Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 4ND

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sep 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: NCJ Range 5
• Additional allowances:

  NCJ Range 5

Safeguarding Assistant job summary

Main Purpose

The Safeguarding Assistant will support the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and wider pastoral team in ensuring the safety, welfare and wellbeing of pupils across the school and promote the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The role will involve:

Supporting safeguarding and pastoral systems

Working closely with children, families and staff

Maintaining accurate safeguarding records

Supporting attendance, wellbeing and behaviour processes

Liaising with external agencies where appropriate

Helping to ensure children feel safe, supported and ready to learn

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

Children have a right to be cared for and protected, protecting them is everyone’s responsibility. Here at Moorland Primary School we have a duty of care to ensure that all users of the school are kept safe from harm. We have an ethos in which children and adults can feel safe, are valued, respected, and listened to. We will never lose sight of the needs of individual children and the duty to take action to safeguard them.

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 Moorland Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moorland Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moorland-primary-school-mk6-4nd

We are a thriving primary school providing education for children aged 3 to 11 years old. We work closely with our local Family Centres and a range of other external agencies to ensure that we can support all our children and families as best as we can. We are a friendly, nurturing school and work in partnership with parents and carers to provide an excellent education in a secure, stimulating environment.

We truly believe that "Together we can"

We have developed seven core values for our Moorland community. These are our RESPECT Values of Resilience, Empathy, Self- Awareness, Passion, Excellence, Communication and Teamwork. We believe that a happy child is a successful one, so we are working hard to design a curriculum that is adventurous, challenging and enjoyable. We are committed to ensuring that every child feels valued and we will always aim to provide high quality learning opportunities to enable every child to succeed and become passionate and resilient learners.

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