Student Services Officer
John Smeaton Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8TA317 days remaining to apply
Closing date
31 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 1 week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- B3 (SPC 7-11) £25,584-£27,269 Actual Salary: £22,005-£23,454
What skills and experience we're looking for
John Smeaton Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Student Services Officer. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy - the successful applicant will be expected to oversee the smooth running of the Student Services office and be the first point of contact for students on a day-to-day basis. To Line manage all colleagues within the Student Services team, providing clear direction and quality assurance of tasks to be completed.
The ideal applicant will have:
- GCSE Grade C/4 and above (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics.
- Excellent telephone manner / communicator.
- Experience of working in an Office / Reception environment.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further details about the role
About us:
On 1 September 2021 John Smeaton Academy joined The GORSE Academies Trust, an organisation renowned for excellence in education. The trust has a nationally recognised track record of transforming inadequate schools and making them great again, or for the first time in their history. Consequently, this role represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for any candidate who is eager to be a part of an organisation that seeks to secure the very highest educational standard for every student. We are determined to ensure students at John Smeaton Academy are inspired to ‘Secure the Gift of Choice’ and we expect any successful candidate to be passionate and tenacious in their quest for all round academic and pastoral excellence.
A unique opportunity to be part of the rapid transformation of an academy, and its wider community.
In 2019 John Smeaton Academy's performance data placed it as the lowest performing secondary school in the city of Leeds and one of the worst performing in the country. It is fair to say that John Smeaton Academy was a school whose performance for many years was unconvincing, resulting in the community losing confidence in the school.
The academy has already improved significantly as evidenced by parent/carer and student feedback alongside the day-to-day experience of the students.
If you would like to know more about John Smeaton Academy, please visit our website at John Smeaton Academy.
How to Apply:
If you’re as excited about this role as we are, a Job Description / Person Specification and application form is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website www.tgat.org.uk/jobs
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Apply Now
Interviews will take place: TBC
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About John Smeaton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 604 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Smeaton Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@johnsmeatonacademy.org.uk
School location
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