Deptford Green School
Lewisham
£46,310 - £48,162 per year
Salary:
PO4
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
19 September 2025
Job overview
'Steering our journey towards becoming the leading Art school in Lewisham and beyond with exceptional academic and pastoral provision inclusively for all'
Want to work in a progressive community school with creativity at its heart?
Want to join a school where professional development and staff voice are core to our everyday practice?
Join us at Deptford Green, an inner-city London school with diversity, creativity, and community at its core.
'Catch the wind in your sails, Explore, Dream Discover' - this is our school motto and it underpins our ethos and philosophy.
So, if you are a dynamic and passionate professional who wants to be part of something special, apply today.
Attendance and Welfare Officer
Salary: PO4 scale points 37 to 39 (£46,310 - £48,162)
The purpose of this post is to:
* Lead on securing and promoting good whole-school attendance
* Act as one of the school's Designated Safeguarding Officers
* You will be joining a small but incredibly friendly and supportive team
You will have excellent communication, interpersonal, and IT skills. You will be able to analyse and manipulate attendance with ease. You will have experience in improving whole-school attendance in other settings.
You will also be resilient, highly organised, and demonstrate our GREAT values daily.
Hours: 8:30 - 16:00 daily (including a half an hour unpaid lunch break)
Weeks: 40 weeks per year (currently this means working term time only plus working 8 additional days during the school holidays or as overtime. You will work INSET days)
To find out more about our school,
please visit our website.
To find out more about what it is like to work with us, watch our
recruitment video
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 19th September 2025
Additional information
Deptford Green School is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people. We will only recruit those who share this commitment, therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job and that all candidates are appropriately screened before appointment. Please ensure that you complete your application fully. Any job offer will remain conditional until satisfactory completion of:
* References (which will be sought before the interview)
* Verification of past employment
* Verification of any gaps in employment
* Enhanced DBS check
* Barred list check
* Overseas criminal record check (if necessary)
* Identity check
* Right to work in the UK
* Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role
* Confirmation of accreditation with professional bodies where applicable
* A satisfactory health check (if applicable)
You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time, once we have received sufficient applications.
About Deptford Green School
Deptford Green School
Edward Street, New Cross
London
SE14 6AN
United Kingdom
'Steering our journey towards becoming the leading Art school in Lewisham and beyond with exceptional academic and pastoral provision inclusively for all'.
Want to work in a progressive school with creativity at its heart? Want to join a school where professional development and staff voice are core to our everyday practice?
Join us here at Deptford Green, an inner-city London school with diversity, creativity and community as our core purpose.
'Catch the wind in your sails, Explore, Dream Discover' - this is our school motto and it underpins our ethos and philosophy.
So, if you are a dynamic and passionate professional who would like to be part of something special, apply today.
To find out more about what it is like to work with us, watch our
recruitment video
Headteacher
Emma Thurston
Ofsted Reports
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