Springwell Alternative Academy
Academy alternative provision converter school in Barnsley (Barnsley).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Thank you for visiting our school website. We hope that you can use it to find all the information you need about our happy and successful school. We also hope that you will enjoy sharing and celebrating the achievements of our pupils and the work of our amazing team.
We maintain our website ourselves and have tried to design it to give you a thorough understanding of what we do as well as provide regular updates for members of our community. We welcome feedback and would value your views on how we can continue to develop and improve the site for everyone who views and uses it.
A special school that ensures all children and young people are exceptionally well prepared for further education, training and employment; empowering them to be active, valued citizens who make a meaningful and positive contribution to society. As a school we will be relentless in our aim to: Teach every pupil to read and keep them reading - no exceptions.
Ensure every pupil meets the objectives set out in their Education Health and Care Plan. Provide an appropriate, balanced and challenging curriculum, which equips pupils for their next steps.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Cooking
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Stem
- Forest School
- Restorative Practice
- Trauma Informed Schools
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 141564
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Wild | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Melissa Adderley | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 |
| Emma Nuttall | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Sian Vaughton | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Vicki Geldart | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2028 |
| Michael Ibbotson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Tom O'Hara | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Ms Pam Bower | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Sarah Wilson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Mr Adam Fox Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mark Wood Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record