Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Secondary at Springwell North Site

Springwell Leeds Academy, Leeds, LS10 3JA

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,712.00 - £31,377.00 Annually (Actual)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Secondary at Springwell North Site job summary

Springwell Leeds Academy

North Site

Secondary Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Salary: Point 23-25 (Full time 39 Weeks)

(FTE: £34,434 - £36,363 Actual: £29,712 - £31,377)

Do you want to make a really difference to some of the most vulnerable students in the city?

Work at a new bespoke SEMH provision?

Be part of the 45 million pound wider development of the academy across the city?

Move away from the restrictions of a mainstream pathway?

Have a passion to develop individuals with a more flexible curriculum than mainstream?

We require a creative HLTA at our North Site to work with our secondary pupils who is passionate about providing the best possible education and care for vulnerable students. As we are a nurture based provision we follow a primary based model and post holders would spend the majority of their time working as a consistent tutor with just one or two classes and work with teachers and instructors to lead in the delivery of planned activities according to the needs of pupils and groups. You may lead on areas such as PSHCE and pastoral subjects support or co-teach with the specialist teachers that come to the class to deliver more academic input and developing activities, courses, campaigns and events aimed at increasing the participation of children and young people. This is an exciting opportunity to get back to teaching children and play a significant part of their overall development. This could be a great opportunity to take full pastoral responsibility for a small group(s) as a stepping stone into teaching. We would provide full training to staff to support them in either of these areas.

This position would suit a candidate with a proven track record of being an advocate and supporting the learning of vulnerable pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). It would suit an individual who is passionate about making a real difference to student’s life chances and supporting them in achieving their potential in essential life skills, which is a high priority for Springwell Leeds. The ability to be creative and use imaginative flair to engage is essential, along with having resilience, drive and high expectations to inspire students to achieve. As we are a growing Academy with a teacher training school in the trust, it may also provide an opportunity of further opportunities in the future.

If you would like to discuss or find out more about this post, please contact Mary Ruggles, in the first instance via email. m.ruggles@springwellacademyleeds.org

To apply please submit an application through My New Term outlining why you feel your experience makes you a strong applicant for this exciting opportunity, highlighting areas in which you have shown impact.

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.

Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

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.

We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/ countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Springwell Leeds Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springwell Leeds Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springwell-leeds-academy

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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