Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8ED |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2a44d5ac-cb11-4af9-8ea2-e136d90eea5a |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Priory Ruskin Academy is looking for an experienced and dedicated individual to join our team and contribute towards the opportunities and experience our students.
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, together with the safeguarding and pastoral teams, to ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of all our students in the academy. This vacancy would suit an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with vulnerable students, supporting them to ensure the best outcomes for them.
The successful candidate should be computer literate and have worked with MS Word, Outlook and Excel. English and Maths GCSE grade A-C or equivalent are essential. The successful candidate should have relevant experience and a sound knowledge of safeguarding training as well as a commitment to promoting the welfare of children and young people.
What the school offers its staff
Are you looking for an opportunity to join an outstanding Academy and develop your experience in a school environment? Do you want to have a genuine impact on shaping our teaching and learning culture as well as accessing Trust wide mentoring, succession planning and career development? We are looking for a passionate individual with a desire to support and promote outstanding education to join Ruskin’s progressive and dynamic staff team. There is a unique energy at The Priory Ruskin Academy; we are forward thinking, aspirational and dynamic but with a genuine warmth and supportive culture.
The Priory Ruskin Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
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.
The Priory Ruskin Academy is looking for an experienced and dedicated individual to join our team and contribute towards the opportunities and experience our students.
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, together with the safeguarding and pastoral teams, to ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of all our students in the academy. This vacancy would suit an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with vulnerable students, supporting them to ensure the best outcomes for them.
The successful candidate should be computer literate and have worked with MS Word, Outlook and Excel. English and Maths GCSE grade A-C or equivalent are essential. The successful candidate should have relevant experience and a sound knowledge of safeguarding training as well as a commitment to promoting the welfare of children and young people.
What the school offers its staff
Are you looking for an opportunity to join an outstanding Academy and develop your experience in a school environment? Do you want to have a genuine impact on shaping our teaching and learning culture as well as accessing Trust wide mentoring, succession planning and career development? We are looking for a passionate individual with a desire to support and promote outstanding education to join Ruskin’s progressive and dynamic staff team. There is a unique energy at The Priory Ruskin Academy; we are forward thinking, aspirational and dynamic but with a genuine warmth and supportive culture.
The Priory Ruskin Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
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.