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Job Title:        Head of Wellbeing and Safeguarding (Maternity Cover)

Salary:            £40,000 - £50,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Job type:        Full time, one-year fixed-term contract. 40 hours per week including some evening and weekend work

Location:        English National Ballet School, Hortensia Road, London SW10 0QS

English National Ballet School, in Association with English National Ballet, is a specialist training centre for aspiring and highly talented young ballet dancers aged 16 to 19. We transform talented young dancers into world-class performers over a three-year programme validated by Trinity College, London.

Who we are looking for:

We are currently recruiting a Head of Wellbeing and Safeguarding (Maternity Cover).

Reporting to the Executive Director, as the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead this role will develop and maintain clear systems of communication across the School, ensuring that all staff are adequately and appropriately supported to apply their safeguarding knowledge and ensure students are listened to and their wellbeing is placed at the heart of the School.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• providing leadership to staff, demonstrating to students and parents the value ENBS places on the safety of students.
• leading on safeguarding training for staff, ensuring that it is legally compliant, promotes best practice and is reflective of the risks identified in the School
• being the first point of contact for any safeguarding disclosures, concerns and referrals, providing expert advice and guidance, completing all necessary documentation and ensuring that full and accurate records are maintained.
• analysing complex and sensitive information and providing regular reports of safeguarding concerns and referrals, risk and risk mitigation strategies to SMT, the safeguarding sub-committee and the Board of Governors.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:

• Excellent communication skills
• An empathetic and collaborative approach to dealing with people
• Experience at a senior management level with responsibility for safeguarding in a school/FE college environment
• Awareness of regulatory frameworks
• A track record of working with young people particularly those aged 16-19.
• A track record of successfully managing staff

Experience in a dance training context is not a requirement.

How to apply:

Candidates are invited to complete the application form here.

Deadline for applications: 12pm Wednesday 27 May 2026.

If you are disabled and wish to submit your application in a different format, please contact recruitment@enbschool.org.uk

Please also complete our separate anonymous Equal Opportunities Monitoring form. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Applicants must have UK work authorisation.

ENB School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 1^st June 2026.