Leiston Primary School – Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4JQ Family Welfare Lead £31,586 - £35,235 per annum pro rata 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks a year Part Time Permanent Reference: 7209 Required as soon as possible Leiston Primary School is a 420-place school with a busy nursery, currently judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities and are a supportive and thriving environment, working with pupils from a range of backgrounds. We constantly look at ways to develop and extend our practice to support our role as part of the community. We uphold a safeguarding ethos at the very heart of what we do, and it forms our decisions on a day-by-day basis with the child’s voice being a key part of this. Our ideal candidate will work to ensure that safeguarding across the school is effective and take lead responsibility of safeguarding, as well as advising and supporting children, families and staff within our school community. You will: be passionate about safeguarding and can work collaboratively with pupils and colleagues be a positive and welcoming presence in the school and can work effectively with all stakeholders have proven experience in effective safeguarding understand the importance of shared culture within a school and know how to promote this for the benefit of all be an excellent practitioner have high expectations in all areas of school life. We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and four other primary schools Wickham Market, Easton, Leiston and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with. For more information For an informal conversation regarding this role, please contact the school office by calling 01728 830745 and asking for Mrs Lucy Melton, Head of School or by emailing lei.financeeastmat.org. How to apply To apply, please complete your application by visiting MyNewTerm (mynewterm.com/jobs). Closing date: 8am, 28 April 2025. The trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. The successful candidate will also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. The successful candidate will also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are a Teaching School Hub partner, which allows us to improve teaching and learning on a continuous basis. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff. We are also extremely pleased to have launched our own teacher training provider: EAST SCITT. This allows us to award QTS and QTS PGCE Programmes within both Primary and Secondary schools.