Safeguarding Officer

Salary: SCP 26 - 32

  37.5 hours

 Term Time Only plus 10 days (times and weeks to be negotiated)

  FTE £32,394 - £38,279 +£2,000

 Actual £29,028 - £34,296 +£2,000

Start date : 1st January 2026

Basis: Permanent

About Us

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you’re looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.

We invite you to join our team at Trinity Academy. Trinity is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other, and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for an exceptional Safeguarding Lead to join us in our mission.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated, caring and professional individual to oversee the student facing management of Safeguarding from January 2026. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join an outstanding and highly committed safeguarding and pastoral team. Working with individual students with high needs as well as taking strategic oversight of student safeguarding.

If you join us, you benefit from being part of a school that:

places a strong emphasis on reading

has outstanding facilities, including a new, well-stocked library and budget for more purchases

has an exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team

has hardworking staff and students who want to do well

is supporting students to make progress that is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.53)

is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding‘ Personal Development’, according to Ofsted in Jan 2024, who also said:

“This is an ambitious school that wants the very best for its pupils, both academically and pastorally”.

“Its curriculum is highly ambitious for all pupils”

“Lessons are not disrupted by poor behaviour. The school is calm and orderly because pupils understand the rules and routines in place.”

is a music specialist school with an emphasis on the performing arts

is a school that develops its people

About You

You will have a passion to see young people safeguarded to enable them to flourish. You will have gained this through your career either by working in education or with young people. You will be self-motivated but also able to work in a team. Ultimately, you must care deeply about young people, especially those who are disadvantaged.

More information about the Trust, School and Role

To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.

To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and Trinity Academy please read the attached Recruitment packs or visit our school website. 

Informal enquiries can be made via email.

School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email to the school.

We can offer you

Continuing Professional and Leadership development

An employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas

Access to discounted gym membership, the cycle-to-work scheme, and eyesight test vouchers

Onsite parking or easy access via public transport or onsite parking

Flexible working, fully supported, and enhanced family-friendly policies

Automatic enrolment for the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund

How to apply

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many, but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would still encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 30th November 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Wednesday 10th December at Trinity Academy

All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date

We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding

Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.