Designated Safeguarding Lead - Support Staff - Extended Leadership Team - Term Time

Northfleet School for Girls Co-Operative Learning , Northfleet

• Ref:KCC886-4040-556S
• Posted:06/05/2026
• Pay:KSJ £50,302 - £56,410 per annum
• Start Date:September 2026
• App Close Date:22/05/2026 at 16:00
• Interviews:TBC

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Designated Safeguarding Lead (non-teaching) to join our Extended Leadership Team in our oversubscribed and successful school.

In this support staff role you will work closely with the Headteacher to ensure an effective safeguarding culture through systems and practices, strong training across staff, student and parent bodies and to ensure that safeguarding concerns are effectively addressed with close monitoring of impact.

You will lead and be supported by an experienced and dedicated wider Safeguarding Team.

This is a permanent post for 37 hours per week and 40 weeks per year (term time plus 1 weeks during the school holidays). The working pattern is 08:00-16:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00-15:30 on a Friday. 

The successful candidate will ideally have significant experience in a school safeguarding role or have a social work/care, welfare, police background. 

Why work at our school?

• Excellent student behaviour; our students enjoy working with us
• A positive and supportive culture amongst the staff team including an active staff wellbeing group and approachable leadership team
• A dedication to career development through internal and externally recognised training programmes.
• A school with excellent facilities and continued future developments, including:
• Fitness suite, with free access for staff outside school hours
• Community Farm, with a whole range of animals from bearded dragon to pigs and alpaca’s!
• Art Gallery
• Recording studio
• Professional Performing Arts spaces
• New classroom block, new Science labs and a 3G pitch in place for Autumn 2026  

• A highly generous approach to staff absence for personal reasons such as family events or those special treat occasions
• Excellent IT facilities including interactive display screens in all classrooms, 1 to 1 laptop scheme and touchscreen staff laptops for all
• A rich and varied curriculum, including our 'Dream Big' days, IB World School status, our Be Training  (Performing Arts) Academy and NSfG Academy in partnership with ST Sports
• Staff children receive higher priority for places (both Year 7 entry and in year waiting lists)

We welcome any candidate who may wish to visit for an informal tour or conversation in advance of applying.  

Northfleet Schools for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 statutory guidance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert before the published closing date should a suitable candidate be appointed before. 

Information about the school

“'There is a strong sense of community between both students and staff and each other” Staff survey 2025

Our vision is that all students should "dream big and achieve" through the following:

• High expectations in all aspects of school life including uniform, attendance, behaviour and academic achievement
• Working together through truly valuing a positive working relationship with staff, students and parents
• Enjoying the journey, we strongly believe that all involved in our community can enjoy being at our school and create lasting positive memories.

We are at a very exciting stage of realising our aspirational vision through the following:

• Very strong academic achievement, significantly above Kent similar school averages
• Continued oversubscription across the school
• A key emphasis that we are not an exam factory, we seek to develop the whole person with equal importance to academic performance
• Valuing and developing our committed staff team through wellbeing support and further career opportunities
• A strong financial position allowing us to invest for the future

Further quotes from our 2025 staff survey include;

"Consistently applied high expectations for behaviour and uniform helps to create a professional and warm atmosphere within the school"

"Great CPD and teaching support, friendly environment, healthy relationship with leadership, teaching staff and non-teaching staff. Students happy and achieving good results"

"Staff effort is regularly acknowledged"

"Relationship with staff and students is excellent"

"SLT are approachable and deal efficiently with concerns"

"Staff well supported across school by SLT"

"The behaviour system and DM process is highly effective"

"I feel supported by my line manager and SLT in managing workload"

"Effective and engaged leadership, dedicated and high-quality teaching staff, a positive school culture and climate"

"The staff team is a real community, not just a staff team"

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs J Annable HR Co-ordinator
• Address:Hall Road, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 8AQ
• Telephone: 01474 831020
• Email: personnel@nsfg.org.uk

Fax: 01474 335058

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• School prospectus
• School vision
• Ofsted Report
• Child Protection Policy
• Employment of Ex-Offenders
• Applicant Pack
• Job description