Safeguarding Lead

Flying High Trust, Nottingham, NG9 6RY

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  12 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 October 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: £18,872.40 - £20,965.20 Annually (Actual) Pay Band D, points 36 - 41 (£47,181 - £52,413 FTE)

Safeguarding Lead job summary

About this Role

Are you looking for a career-defining opportunity where your skills can make a real difference? Are you highly organised, proactive, and passionate about leading safeguarding at the highest level?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Flying High Partnership is seeking a dedicated Safeguarding Lead to join our central team. This is a pivotal role, offering the opportunity to directly influence the quality of education across our partnership of 35 primary schools.

About Us

Flying High Partnership is a multi-academy trust committed to creating unique, exceptional, and sustainable schools that inspire communities and empower children. Our mission is to make every day count, achieved through meaningful partnerships, collaboration, and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.

The Role

The primary purpose of the role is to.

• Provide leadership of safeguarding across the partnership, through the development and implementation of a comprehensive safeguarding strategy.
• Ensure leaders are up to date and fully equipped to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.
• Deliver robust quality assurance of safeguarding across the partnership and provide target support, to bring about rapid improvement.
• Develop systems and processes which ensure the effective and efficient administration of all safeguarding responsibilities.
• Work across departments, to ensure a coherent approach to safeguarding is reflected in all that we do.

This is an office-based role, with travel to schools across the partnership.

What We Offer

• A significant career development opportunity within a supportive and ambitious team.
• The chance to see the direct impact of your work on schools and children.
• A commitment to your professional growth through continuous professional learning (CPL).
• A positive and collaborative working environment where your contributions are valued.
• Access to a comprehensive benefits package including retail and leisure discounts, car leasing, and an employee assistance programme.
• Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days plus Bank Holidays.

We Are Looking for Someone Who:

• Has experience operating at an executive level, within an educational or public sector setting.
• An unshakable commitment to the safeguarding of every child
• Experience of addressing complex safeguarding concerns
• Pays exceptional attention to detail and takes pride in delivering high-quality work.
• Can effectively prioritise and manage their workload independently.
• Is committed to the mission, culture, and values of the Flying High Partnership.

Early application is strongly encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview and recruit before the closing date.

Flying High Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post-holders to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnerships.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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 Flying High Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Flying High Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/flying-high-trust

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