HR Manager

West Oaks School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2ST

30 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 May 2026

• Closing date

  8 March 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  6 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £42,531.00 - £48,031.00 Annually (Actual) NJC PO4/PO5

HR Manager job summary

Do you believe in ‘Excellence for Everyone’? At West Oaks we do.

West Oaks School is a 2-19 special school and a highly rewarding place to work and lead. Having entered a new phase of leadership, we are strategically focused on strengthening and aligning our teaching and learning offer across our three sites, supporting over 500 pupils with SEND across Leeds.

We are seeking a full time experienced and aspirational HR Manager to join our senior leadership team from May 2026. This is a key role, working closely with the Principal and Heads of School to deliver an exemplary HR service across our three sites.

At West Oaks, we have high expectations and an unwavering commitment to meeting the needs of our pupils. Our values sit at the heart of everything we do, and we strive for Excellence for Everyone — pupils, families, staff, and the wider community. We are proud to be a positive, inclusive, and supportive place to work, where staff wellbeing and professional growth are prioritised.

West Oaks is an oversubscribed specialist provision that has benefited from significant local authority investment to expand and develop our facilities and curriculum offer. As we have reached full capacity, this role is vital in ensuring consistency, quality, and continued improvement in teaching and learning across all phases and sites.

If you are highly skilled, enthusiastic, ambitious, energetic, dedicated to raising achievement and ready for a new, rewarding, and exciting challenge, we would like to hear from you.

As HR Manager, you will:

• Deliver an exemplary HR service across the school
• To work closely with the Principal to lead on, shape and implement effective HR strategies that support the school’s goals and vision.
• To manage the HR caseload for the school with an aim of achieving efficient and positive outcomes that nurture strong employee relations
• To ensure effective and robust processes and practices, ensuring full compliance with employment and data protection law and statutory guidance

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced HR practitioner
• Be a team player with a flexible, positive and proactive team-player
• Have excellent attention to detail, organisational and communication skills,
• Have ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of colleague

In return, we offer:

• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a large, well-established special school.
• Strong support from an experienced and committed senior leadership team.
• A comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development tailored to your role.
• Access to high-quality CPD both in school and externally.
• A positive, supportive staff culture with a strong team ethos.
• Access to the Smartclinic wellbeing package and Cycle to Work scheme.

West Oaks operates across three sites: Woodhouse Learning, Boston Spa Learning, and Headingley Learning. The successful candidate will work closely with the Principal and Heads of School to deliver an exemplary HR service across our sites. The successful candidate will be based at our Headingley site but will work across all sites.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates who reflect the communities we serve.

Please email recruitment@westoaksschool.co.uk if you have any questions regarding the role prior to applying.

Application forms must be completed in full; CVs will not be accepted.
Completed applications should be submitted by Sunday 8th March 2026 at midnight.

Interviews will take place week commencing 16th March 2026.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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 West Oaks School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 488 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Oaks School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-oaks-school

West Oaks School is an all age 2-19 specialist provision catering for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, communication difficulties and those with a diagnosis of autism. The school operates over two locations. The most established provision is based in Boston Spa, a village on the North East outskirts of Leeds. Our second site is based in the inner city Meanwood area of Leeds and is known as Woodhouse Learning. This site opened in September 2015.

Our sites, Boston Spa Learning and Woodhouse Learning both embrace the same vision for educating children and young people. West Oaks is proud of its inclusive and innovative practice where every child and young person’s needs are met with no compromise. A place where we strive, alongside parents and carers, to achieve the very best outcomes. The learning needs of all our pupils are at the core of our thinking, with a positive culture driving excellence for everyone within our school and college community.

Our learners reflect the wide ethnic and cultural diversity of the city of Leeds.

We design and teach a broad and balanced curriculum, highly differentiated to incorporate the needs, interests and motivations of our pupils. We celebrate individualism at all levels and have a reputation for being ever-responsive to the needs of our pupils. We believe that pupils learn best and enjoy learning when they are actively engaged in practical experiences and are confident in established routines

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