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This is a significant leadership opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional who can combine expertise, sound judgement and compassion to ensure every pupil feels safe, supported and able to flourish. The successful candidate will lead safeguarding strategy and practice, oversee complex child protection matters, provide guidance and training to colleagues, and work closely with pupils, families, staff, governors and external agencies.
We welcome applications from experienced teachers, educational leaders and safeguarding professionals from related sectors. While experience in education is highly desirable, we are equally interested in candidates who have developed substantial safeguarding expertise through social care, local authority safeguarding services, the LADO function or other child protection settings.
Welcome to OSH
OSH is a warm, inclusive and upbeat school community, where teachers enjoy teaching motivated and interesting young people in a calm and orderly atmosphere.
We enjoy a very good academic reputation, but we are not all about league tables. This school prides itself on a balance of academic achievement and outstanding opportunity for our students to develop as well-rounded people.
OSH is so much more than an 11-18 state school. It is a vibrant and morally driven community that seeks to send out into the wider world young people who can genuinely make a difference to the common good. Our former pupils may be found in Parliament; the media; the military; medicine; banking and finance; public service; science and research; the creative arts and the law. What they all have in common is an optimism about who and what they are, and what just what they can achieve. They are both aspirational and humble. xgikmsk We work hard to keep them grounded, but always aiming high.
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Assistant Head - Director of Safeguarding employer: Old Swinford Hospital
Old Swinford Hospital is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises the development of both staff and students. As a Girls' Games Coach, you will have the opportunity to inspire young athletes while contributing to a well-supported co-curricular sports programme in a dynamic boarding school environment. With a commitment to professional growth and a collaborative team atmosphere, this role provides a meaningful platform for those passionate about sports and youth development.
