DSL and Attendance Lead

Organisation

Schools

Directorate

Primary Schools

Service Area

Hillside Primary School, Headfield Road, Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4

Hours

Full-Time

Number of Jobs

Location(s)

Hillside Primary School, Headfield Road, Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4

Position type

Permanent

Grade

Grade 10 SCP 27- 30

Salary

£30,827.00 - £32,402.00 Annually (Actual)

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Hillside Primary School

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

• Take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection, including online safety.
• Act as the main point of contact for safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain accurate, confidential child protection records.
• Promote a strong culture of safeguarding awareness and vigilance.
• Provide advice, guidance, and support to staff.
• Ensure safeguarding policies are reviewed, updated, and understood by all.
• Contribute to improving outcomes for vulnerable pupils.

Attendance Lead

• Have oversight of all attendance issues.
• Ensure pupils, parents & carers understand that regular school attendance and educational attainment are inextricably linked and to communicate to them their legal responsibility to ensure their children’s regular and punctual attendance.
• Ensure relevant paperwork in line with the Trust attendance policy in a timely and effective manner.
• Hold support and accountability meetings with parents/carers in line with the Trust attendance policy procedures
• Meet with the responsible Principal / DSL on a regular basis to review pupils’ attendance and punctuality and progress towards whole school and year group targets
• Produce attendance and punctuality reports as required.
• Work with the appropriate agencies to support the statutory duty of legal action when all attempts have failed.
• Keep accurate, up to date records of all casework.
• Produce accurate, statistical data showing trends for different groups of pupils including those eligible for Free School Meals etc.
• Liaise with office staff to identify pupils and make CME / PSN1 referrals where appropriate.
• Carry out home visits when required to.

Please apply via MNT (My New Term), where a full application pack can be downloaded

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Closing date

01 July 2026, 9:00 AM