Assistant Headteacher : Student Welfare (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
| Posting date: | 11 October 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Location: | Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0EB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 970f5265-cb88-4460-b452-503038396054 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• is passionate about unleashing students’ passions and talents;
• has a record of success as a middle/senior leader;
• is an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;
• has a proven and demonstrable record of accomplishment of success;
• has a good understanding of current educational developments;
• is a strategic thinker with the ability to motivate and inspire colleagues and students;
• is an excellent communicator;
• has the energy, commitment and enthusiasm to help us to realise our vision to be an exceptional school.
What the school offers its staff
• the chance to play a significant role in shaping the school’s future;
• a school with an established reputation for success with supportive governors and parents;
• an extensive staff CPD programme;
• the full support of a talented and professional team of staff;
• a school that is totally committed to school improvement.
Further details about the role
The Governing Body wishes to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Assistant Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead) to join the Leadership Team at Ulverston Victoria High School to lead and manage Pastoral and Student Wellbeing to include Child Protection and Safeguarding.
The successful candidate will play an essential role within the school’s Senior Leadership Team. They will be able to lead, engage and enthuse staff, be highly motivated and innovative with strong leadership skills and a proven record of accomplishment. We are looking for a person who shares our commitment to improving the life chances of young people regardless of their starting point and have the passion to sustain and improve continuing excellence. This is a superb opportunity for an ambitious individual to make their mark, being part of a team that will continue to lead the school into the next chapter of its exciting future.
We are looking to appoint a leader who shares our commitment to pastoral care, high standards of professionalism and academic achievement for every one of our students, and who will go the extra mile to help them achieve excellence.
If you are a candidate committed to student wellbeing and pastoral care and want to develop your career in an exceptional school, working closely with colleagues who share that passion, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please email applications for the attention of the Headteacher, Mr M Hardwick, at recruitment@uvhs.uk
Please would applicants email a scanned copy of their passport with the completed application form.
Please note that UVHS does not accept CV applications.
If you have any questions or queries relating to the application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact Claire Jarvis on 01229 483900 or email recruitment@uvhs.uk
Ulverston Victoria High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, in line with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education, Revised September 2024, and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of employment vetting checks including an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service, suitable references, online vetting checks, Proof of Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory pre-employment health check and professional qualifications.
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.
• is passionate about unleashing students’ passions and talents;
• has a record of success as a middle/senior leader;
• is an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;
• has a proven and demonstrable record of accomplishment of success;
• has a good understanding of current educational developments;
• is a strategic thinker with the ability to motivate and inspire colleagues and students;
• is an excellent communicator;
• has the energy, commitment and enthusiasm to help us to realise our vision to be an exceptional school.
What the school offers its staff
• the chance to play a significant role in shaping the school’s future;
• a school with an established reputation for success with supportive governors and parents;
• an extensive staff CPD programme;
• the full support of a talented and professional team of staff;
• a school that is totally committed to school improvement.
Further details about the role
The Governing Body wishes to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Assistant Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead) to join the Leadership Team at Ulverston Victoria High School to lead and manage Pastoral and Student Wellbeing to include Child Protection and Safeguarding.
The successful candidate will play an essential role within the school’s Senior Leadership Team. They will be able to lead, engage and enthuse staff, be highly motivated and innovative with strong leadership skills and a proven record of accomplishment. We are looking for a person who shares our commitment to improving the life chances of young people regardless of their starting point and have the passion to sustain and improve continuing excellence. This is a superb opportunity for an ambitious individual to make their mark, being part of a team that will continue to lead the school into the next chapter of its exciting future.
We are looking to appoint a leader who shares our commitment to pastoral care, high standards of professionalism and academic achievement for every one of our students, and who will go the extra mile to help them achieve excellence.
If you are a candidate committed to student wellbeing and pastoral care and want to develop your career in an exceptional school, working closely with colleagues who share that passion, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please email applications for the attention of the Headteacher, Mr M Hardwick, at recruitment@uvhs.uk
Please would applicants email a scanned copy of their passport with the completed application form.
Please note that UVHS does not accept CV applications.
If you have any questions or queries relating to the application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact Claire Jarvis on 01229 483900 or email recruitment@uvhs.uk
Ulverston Victoria High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, in line with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education, Revised September 2024, and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of employment vetting checks including an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service, suitable references, online vetting checks, Proof of Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory pre-employment health check and professional qualifications.
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.