Springwell Leeds Academy
Academy special sponsor led school in Leeds (Leeds).
Location
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Springwell Leeds is a specialist academy, established in September 2016, which serves the whole of Leeds. We aim to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
We are based on three sites accross the city of Leeds, with each site providing education for about 115 children between the ages of 5 and 16 years old. The locations of the three sites can be found by clicking here. Springwell Leeds is a proud member of the Wellspring Academy Trust, which is a family of around 30 schools across 8 local authority areas.
The main office details are: Wellspring Academy Trust Digital Media Centre Barnsley S70 2JW Tel: 01226 720742 To find out more about the Trust,.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Awards
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Key facts
- URN
- 142630
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (12 current, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ken Morton | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Chris Thornton | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Shaunagh Barker | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Chris Plowright | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Stella Croot | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Caroline Day | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Catherine Jane O'Gara | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Shona Crichton | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 |
| Mr Mark Wilson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 |
| Robert Stott | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Jayne Rowe | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Scott Jacques | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
| Ms Andrea Cowans Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · 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