Assistant Principal

Springwell Leeds Academy, Leeds, LS10 3JA

41 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 September 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L8-L12

Assistant Principal job summary

Springwell Leeds Academy

Assistant Principal

L8-12

Are you an exceptional, creative practitioner who really wants to make a difference every day to the lives of the most vulnerable children?

Are you an outstanding teacher who feels stifled by the mainstream system?

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people?

Do you want the unique opportunity to lead the development of a world-class provision from scratch?

Do you want to be driven by a sense of moral purpose rather than data?

Do you want high quality professional development and support?

Do you want to teach small classes where getting to know the children really well is a priority and a pleasure?

Do you want to work with highly supportive colleagues who share your values and ethos?

Do you want to work in an organisation that supports career progression and has opportunities beyond your own school?

We seek to recruit an exceptional leader to join our team at Springwell Academy Leeds.

For further information and an application pack please contact Lauren Harper, Personal Assistant to Executive Principal (l.harper@springwellacademyleeds.org).

The Trust recognises that it has a statutory and moral duty towards safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and, if appropriate, vulnerable adults who participate in any Trust activities and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS is required for this post. http://springwellacademyleeds.org/

As you will be working with children, this post requires you to undertake regulated activity. It is an offence to seek to work in regulated activity with a group with which you are barred.

Commitment to safeguarding

Springwell Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All candidates successfully selected for interview are required to complete a self-disclosure form.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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About Springwell Leeds Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 326 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Springwell Leeds Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springwell-leeds-academy (opens in new tab)

Springwell Leeds Academy is a special school for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.



We are located on three sites accross the city of Leeds in Middleton, Seacroft and Tinshill - check job details for where each role is based.

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