Location: Middleton Road, Leeds, LS10 3JA 

Salary: Point 3 – 6   FTE £24,796 - £25,185 Actual £21,300 - £21,634, Term Time only + 5 days (39 weeks)

Springwell Leeds Academy is a Special School setting dedicated to supporting pupils with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) challenges. We pride ourselves on an inclusive, supportive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our staff and students.

We are looking for a professional, flexible, and organised Administrative Assistant to join our team and provide crucial clerical support to our school staff

The Role

As the first point of contact for our academy, you will play a vital role in the smooth day to day running of the school. Your time will be split between welcoming visitors, managing communications and handling essential data and administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reception & Communication: Meet and greet students and visitors, provide hospitality and answer incoming calls professionally - taking accurate messages or routing calls as needed.

• Administrative Support: Provide daily clerical support to staff, including typing, word-processing and generating reports or data lists.

• Student Logistics: Collate pupil reports, record and report pupil absences and assist with monitoring and arranging student transport.

• Data Management: Input and manage data within our school management system (Arbor).

• Compliance & Safety: Maintain strict confidentiality and comply with all school policies regarding child protection, health, safety and data protection.

What We Are Looking For

• Skills & Abilities: Exceptional organisational skills, the ability to use your own initiative and a methodical approach with good attention to detail. You must be able to meet tight deadlines, work flexibly and collaborate constructively as part of a team.

• Communication: A proven ability to communicate clearly, concisely, warmly and friendly with everyone from students to external services.

• Education & Tech: Ideally four GCSE’s (Grades A - C), including Mathematics and English.  A satisfactory level of computer literacy, and proficiency in using E-mail and the Internet.

• Development: A strong willingness to undergo further professional training

What We Offer

As part of the Wellspring Academy Trust, we believe in looking after our staff so they can look after our students. When you join us, you can look forward to:

• Professional Growth: We are fully committed to your professional development and actively encourage and fund opportunities for further training and qualifications.

• An Inclusive Workplace: We value diversity and work proactively to remove workplace barriers, offering reasonable adjustments to support your unique needs from day one.

• A Supportive Culture: Work within a collaborative team environment where you are appreciated and supported 

To read the full job description and person specification see attached supporting documents.

The closing date for applications is: 9am, 22 June 2026

If you would like to speak to someone about the role please contact Lauren Harper at: l.harper@springwellacademyleeds.org

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.