Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Location:  Endeavour Academy, Woodside Road, Bexleyheath DA7 6LB

Contract Type: Permanent - Term time only + 1 week (40 weeks) 

Grade: H24 - H28

Salary: £29,757 - £33,608 (actual)

Post Start Date: September 2026 or ASAP

Closing Date:  15th July 2026

We are seeking an experienced practitioner to take up the post of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead at Endeavour Academy. To support the Designated Safeguarding Lead in ensuring effective safeguarding practice across the school, promoting the welfare of all pupils, and fulfilling statutory duties under Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and Working Together to Safeguard Children.

Additionally, to oversee pupil attendance, working proactively with staff, pupils, families, and external agencies to promote high levels of attendance and punctuality, reducing persistent absence and supporting pupils at risk.

For further information please contact the Head Teacher at [email protected]  or the Office Manager at

[email protected]

Endeavour Academy Vision

An inclusive, holistic curriculum for learning that provides opportunities for success.

Endeavour Academy aims to enable individual students through developing their:

• Capacity to manage challenges
• Ability to manage their own emotions
• Skills to build positive relationships within our community
• Academic achievement
• Knowledge and skills for future learning and employment

London South East Academy Trust

Passionate about potential, our aim is to realise the unique talents and abilities of children and young people in all our schools.

Ambitious for every child, we promise to work tirelessly to support them throughout their educational journey. We will equip them with the confidence and skills they need to progress and succeed at every level.

We recognise and respect the rich diversity, individuality and strengths that our different schools bring to our wider community. Our ambition is to continue strengthening our network of schools by:

• Celebrating our diversity
• Promoting excellence
• Enabling personal development, achievement and progression
• Safeguarding the well-being of all children, young people and staff.

Our vision is to create a future where:

Every child, in every school, can flourish every day.

Values

SUCCESS: Success is for all: we create a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging all learners and staff to strive to be better, and succeed.

TEAMWORK: We work together to maximise the talent and abilities of all, with our learners central to every choice we make.

ACHIEVEMENT: We have ambition for our learners and staff so that they can achieve and exceed with courage, resilience and determination, realising their own unique potential.

RESPECT:  We empower our learners and our staff to be respectful, to value diversity and to maximise this as a talent and strength.

SERVICE: Our purpose is to serve our learners and our communities. Leaders at every level serve with integrity, ensuring our learners achieve and progress in society.

Endeavour Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.

Endeavour Academy is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.

For further information about Endeavour Academy, please visit https://endeavour.lseat.org.uk/  . For further information about Trust, please visit https://lseat.org.uk/  .

Further details about this vacancy, including the Job Description and Person Specification, are available to download from the downloads section below. Alternatively, if you wish to discuss the position, please contact Margaret Rozario on 01322 553 787 or at [email protected].

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy please download and complete the application form, available from the downloads section below, paying particular attention to Section 4 of the form; to indicate how you satisfy the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Applications should be submitted to [email protected] . Alternatively, paper applications should be sent to address Endeavour Academy Woodside Road Bexleyheath DA7 6LB. CVs will not be accepted. The closing date for applications is 15th July 2026.

Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

References will be requested for applicants shortlisted prior to interview.

Applicants invited to the interview stage will be required to complete a Self-Disclosure form.

Further vetting checks including an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service, will be required on provisional offer.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers.  School name therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages

About Us

About the Trust

London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.

Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.

We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.

London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.

Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.

Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.

If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us at [email protected].

As the Trust supports children and vulnerable adults, all roles are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and, where relevant, a Children’s and/or Adult’s Barred List check. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if these checks are unsatisfactory. Self-disclosure is required as part of the recruitment process, and failure to make a full disclosure or to provide sight of a DBS certificate is likely to result in withdrawal of an offer. The Trust’s DBS policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.

All appointments are also subject to verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with Home Office requirements. Original documentation will be required prior to commencement of employment.