Head of Safeguarding

Employer

Castle Mead Academy

Location

Leicester, Leicestershire

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours

Full Time

Salary

LG Band 10, Point 31 - 34 £48,214 - £51,374

Posted

12th October 2026

Start Date

To Be Confirmed

Expires

30th October 2026 09:00 AM

Contract Type

Permanent

Start Date

To Be Confirmed

Job ID

1579141

Job Reference

CMA/HOS

Head of Safeguarding

Location: Leicester, city centre.

Closing Date: 30th October 2026, 9.00am

Interviews: November 2026

Position Start Date: to be confirmed

Salary: LG Band 10, Point 31 - 34 (£48,214 - £51,374 pro rata) (£49,164- £52,386 FTE)

An opportunity for an experience Head of Safeguarding to lead the team at Castle Mead Academy, as part of The Mead Educational Trust.

In August 2019, Castle Mead Academy, a non-selective secondary school, opened its doors and welcomed our first year 7 cohort. Since then, we have never looked back! We are now fully-grown, with over 1200 scholars as part of our school, going about their learning each and every day. Building on the success of Rushey Mead Academy, Castle Mead is making available in the heart of Leicester a standard of education matching the very best schools in the country so that every scholar leaves us with high value academic qualifications and wider positive dispositions to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

The opportunity to work in a growing school, is like no other. When you start a school from scratch like we have, it is a golden opportunity to put in place all of the amazing things you have heard and read about from the best schools in the land – but in one place, here in Leicester! Having moved into our new state-of-the-art school building in 2022, join us and help to build a genuine legacy of your own, alongside colleagues who are aligned in their values.

Castle Mead is an Outstanding school, and we seek a colleague with high potential to join our team.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school where:

• there is a pristinely calm orderly environment with rigorous routines so as teachers can teach and scholars can learn;

• we champion old-fashioned values, including manners, and want our scholars to grow as individuals;

• we distribute leadership, consistently consider staff workload and want to just keep getting better;

Yes, we seek someone who has a genuine moral purpose and belief that everyone is capable of excellence. We seek a colleague to join us to bring a no excuses approach, to ensure every child has the very best offer that they deserve.

We know that carefully considering the way we do things and how these impacts on our school culture is of paramount importance.

Please submit your application by the Friday 30th October 2026

We reserve the right to appoint earlier than the closing date for this post, should a suitable candidate be recruited.

For further information, a confidential discussion, to book a visit to Castle Mead Academy or any technical queries please contact Kirsty Gunn, Office Manager by email or telephone (details can be found in the candidate pack).

Castle Mead Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Safeguarding Statement:

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.