Student Support Manager- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Alde Valley Academy, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BGThis job expired on 5 January 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Feburary 2026
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,631.00 - £31,939.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5 SCP 16-20
Student Support Manager- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
Alde Valley Academy are seeking to appoint a passionate and inspiring Student Support Manager- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our friendly and inspiring team. This role is offered on a full time basis working 37 hours per week, 40 weeks of the year.
We take pride in nurturing, motivating and encouraging all our staff and pupils to be the best they can be. At Alde Valley Academy, every day offers the chance to Aspire and Achieve together. As part of our community, you’ll be embraced by colleagues who Lead with Kindness, champion your growth, and celebrate every milestone. Here, Stronger Together isn’t just a slogan, it’s how we work: mentoring one another, sharing expertise in collaborative planning, and offering tailored professional development that helps you thrive at every stage of your career.
We have high aspirations for our pupils and provide a range of opportunities to enrich their life experiences. We are proud that we provide a highly caring and safe environment for our pupils and families.
The main responsibilities of the role will be:
- Lead and coordinate Student Support provision, including overseeing interventions, and reporting to SLT in liaison with senior leaders.
- Provide high-quality pastoral support to students, addressing behavioural, social, emotional, mental health, and safeguarding needs to promote inclusion and positive behaviour for learning.
- Act as a key point of contact for parents and external agencies, arranging and attending meetings, maintaining effective communication, and coordinating multi-agency support.
- Develop, deliver, and evaluate individual and group interventions, using behaviour and safeguarding data to identify needs, monitor impact, and inform next steps.
- Fulfill safeguarding responsibilities, including acting as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, managing concerns and referrals, maintaining accurate records, and supporting students at risk.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be highly motivated, enthusiastic and have the ability to inspire pupils to be the best they can be.
- Deliver the highest quality educational experience for our children
- Be wholly dedicated to safeguarding pupils.
- Work alongside a supportive team of professionals within the school and as part of Kingfisher Schools Trust.
Alde Valley Academy is the fastest growing secondary school in Suffolk due to the high expectations we have of our staff and students. We are ambitious for our students’ progress, attainment and personal development and strive to create an environment that promotes a keen enjoyment of learning. We are situated in Leiston, a small town not far from Saxmundham and Aldeburgh and close to the beautiful Suffolk coast.
We can offer
- a welcoming and caring staff team
- a supportive team of professionals within the school and as part of Kingfisher Schools Trust
- a range of dedicated staff wellbeing support
Alde Valley Academy is part of the Kingfisher schools Trust, providing direction, support and challenge to seven schools in Suffolk and Norfolk. We have a mission to provide exceptional education for our pupils. We seek to have a deep understanding of our local communities but to have ambitions for young people equal to those of the very best schools and academy trusts anywhere in England.
Kingfisher Schools Trust is committed to helping our entire community, but especially the young people in our care, to flourish. We do this through our powerful collaboration: 'achieving success together'.
In return for working at our school, which is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:
- Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
- Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
- Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
- Flu Voucher Scheme
- Optical reimbursement scheme
- Shopping and leisure discounts
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
About Alde Valley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 674 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alde Valley Academy website
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