Safeguarding Officer
The Milton Keynes Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LA12 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 July 2025
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
- £26,307.22 - £31,028.29 Annually (Actual) £29,093 - £34,314 per annum -- £26,307.22 - ---£ 31,028.29 per annum (pro rata)
Safeguarding Officer job summary
Thank you for your interest in the role of Safeguarding Officer at The Milton Keynes Academy.
We are seeking to appoint highly organised and meticulous individual to work as part of our busy safeguarding team, supporting the effective operation of the Academy’s safeguarding service on a day-to-day basis. The post holder will act as a first point of contact for any safeguarding and child protection concerns providing timely support and advice to safeguard students, making external referrals to a range of agencies, as and when appropriate.
Applications are encouraged from candidates with previous experience of working with children and families and dealing with complex safeguarding and child protection issues. The ideal candidate will have a sound knowledge and understanding of relevant safeguarding and child protection procedures and legislation and be able to apply these effectively in practice. The ability to build and maintain good relationships and communicate effectively with students, parents/carers, colleagues and external agencies is essential.
If you are passionate about the importance of Pastoral care and want to join an ambitious, hardworking and caring team, this is the job for you.
We are based in central Milton Keynes, an area that continues to grow and thrive at a rapid rate. The Milton Keynes Academy joined Creative Education Trust in September 2018. This has enabled the school to continue its rigorous pursuit of rapid improvement for the children it teaches.
Our staff are inspirational and caring. The students are at the heart of everything we do and if you share our vision of Opportunities for Everyone and are suitably qualified for the role, then we would love to hear from you!
We are an equal opportunities employer. MKA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, we expect all staff to share this commitment. References from previous employers will be requested for short-listed applicants prior to interview.
If you think that The Milton Keynes Academy would be the right place for you to inspire our students, please visit our website to download a recruitment pack and application form, or contact
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 The Milton Keynes Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1010 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Milton Keynes Academy website
The Milton Keynes Academy is an Academy with strong links in the community. Our Academy is underpinned by an ethos based on raising aspirations and raising achievement, so that we realise our mission of providing opportunities for everyone. We are relentless in our pursuit of high standards and excellence and emphasise traditional core values of good behaviour, honesty and mutual respect.
We are a vibrant Academy (Ofsted judgement Good November 2017) with outstanding facilities. We cater for 1400 pupils aged 11-19 and welcome pupils of all abilities. We are a member of the Creative Education Trust (CET), which marks a new phase on our journey and will further strengthen the Academy on our pursuit to Outstanding. Further information about CET can be found on their website at http://www.creativeeducationtrust.org.uk/
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