Pastoral Lead

£24,000 - £30,000 per year, DOE

Sunderland Primary School – Full-Time – Term Time + 5 Days

Are you an experienced safeguarding professional passionate about protecting and supporting children?

Do you thrive in a pastoral role where you can work closely with pupils, families, and external agencies?

Would you like to join a nurturing primary school with a strong community ethos and a commitment to inclusion and wellbeing?

A welcoming and community-focused primary school in Sunderland is seeking to appoint a Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead to join the school on a full-time, term-time basis. The school serves a diverse pupil population and places a strong emphasis on safeguarding, pupil welfare, and removing barriers to learning so every child can succeed.

What’s on Offer

• Full-time Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead role
• Term time + 5 additional days
• Salary in line with Grade 6 (SCP 23–25), dependent on experience
• Opportunity to work within a supportive senior leadership team
• Ongoing safeguarding, Prevent, and child protection training
• Meaningful role supporting vulnerable children and families

Ideal Candidate – Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead

• HND/HNC or equivalent 
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and child protection legislation
• Experience working with children, families, and external agencies
• Excellent communication, record-keeping, and organisational skills
• Calm, empathetic, and professionally discreet
• Willingness to undertake ongoing training and CPD

The Role – Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead

As Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead, you will act as the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), taking responsibility for managing safeguarding concerns and ensuring pupils are kept safe and supported. You will work closely with the Headteacher, SENCo, pastoral staff, families, and a wide range of external professionals to deliver high-quality pastoral and safeguarding provision.

Your role will include handling referrals to children’s social care, the police, and other agencies where appropriate, maintaining accurate and confidential safeguarding records, completing risk assessments, and contributing to a proactive, whole-school safeguarding culture. You will also play a key role in attendance, early help processes, behaviour support, and the induction of new pupils and families.

This role requires someone who is calm, resilient, organised, and confident working with complex safeguarding cases while building positive, trusting relationships with children and parents.

This Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead role offers a chance to make a genuine difference within a caring primary school that places pupil wellbeing at the heart of everything it does.

Apply now to be considered for this Safeguarding & Pastoral Support Lead position in Sunderland.

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