Regional Speech and Language Therapist

Springwell Leeds Academy, Leeds, LS10 3JA

33 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,686.00 - £32,732.00 Annually (Actual)

Regional Speech and Language Therapist job summary

Speech and Language Therapist

Are you a passionate SaLT looking to escape the 9-to-5 grind and find a role with genuine work-life balance?

We are looking for a dedicated Speech and Language Therapist to join our growing multidisciplinary team. This isn't just a clinical role; it’s an opportunity to be at the heart of a supportive educational community, transforming the lives of children with diverse SEND needs across the region.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us:

• Great Work-Life Balance: Enjoy 13 weeks of leave per year with our Term Time Only (39 weeks) contract. No weekends, no bank holidays—just time for you.

• Competitive Rewards: Salary aligned with NHS Band 5 plus a dedicated mileage allowance for travel between our vibrant school sites.

• A Diverse Portfolio: Gain experience across a unique range of settings, including SEMH, PMLD, PRUs, and Generic Special Schools.

• Growth-Focused Culture: We’ll invest in you with regular clinical supervision and robust CPD opportunities to help you excel in your career..

In this role, you will work with children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC), learning disabilities, and other complex needs across special schools and alternative provisions within the North and West Yorkshire Specialist Schools Partnership (WNYSP). These schools are part of the Wellspring Trust and include:

• Springwell Leeds Academy

• Springwell Harrogate

• The Forest School

• Forest Moor School

• Green Meadows Academy

• Penny Field School

• Southview Academy (opening 2027)

Your Impact:

As a key member of our team, you will work across our partnership schools to:

• Assess & Diagnose: Identify speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) in students

• Tailor Interventions: Design and deliver evidence-based therapy that fits the student's daily school routine

• Collaborate: Work side-by-side with teachers, parents, and fellow professionals to create an environment where communication needs are understood and met.

• Advocate: Play a vital role in the EHCP process, setting SMART targets that empower our students to reach their full potential.

What You Bring:

• A degree in Speech & Language Therapy and current HCPC registration.

• Membership (or eligibility) for the RCSLT.

• A child-centered approach with the empathy and resilience to work in specialist educational settings.

• A full UK driving license and access to a car to travel to our schools.

Ready to Change Lives?

Join a partnership that values your expertise as much as your well-being. At NWYSP, you aren't just a therapist—you’re a communication champion.

Location: Employed by Springwell Leeds Academy, working across a designated group of special schools and alternative provision settings within NWYSP, with an expectation of travel.

Closing Date: 12 noon 9th February 2026

Interviews: w/b 23rd February 2026

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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