What can you gain from a career at Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust?
Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and there are many benefits to embarking on your career with us. There are plenty of reasons to join OHC&AT, here are just a few:
– a strong ethos and culture focused on pupils and students with SEN
– comprehensive training and development from our in-house Training School
– scope for career progression across our College Centres and Academies
– generous annual leave and flexible working schemes
– defined benefits pension scheme
– childcare vouchers and enhanced parental leave schemes
– membership to Perkbox for benefits, vouchers and freebies
Please see below the current vacancies available across OHC&AT or email us on jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk to register your interest.
We are looking to recruit a Site Supervisor/Driver. You will be required to carry out a range of duties relating to the running, upkeep and security of our sites.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and resilient Occupational Therapist interested in a career in paediatric Mental Health to join our school to provide intensive specialist support for pupils. We seek a therapist who wants to develop their skills and knowledge in a specialist educational setting from Key Stage 1 and 2. Confidence and experience of working with children with complex Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs is essential.
We are seeking to recruit an ASD & PMLD teacher who has drive, creativity and a passion for teaching and learning to join our dedicated and welcoming team.
Your role in OT service is an integrated model which is focused on supporting students to access the class-based curriculum by working on core barriers to learning. The aim is to maximise a child’s potential to access learning, and to optimise their ability to function in class and home. You will work closely with teaching staff and the inclusion team. You will be part of an expanding and innovating, multidisciplinary therapy team.
PE Teacher
Grade MPS
£29,915 – £41,136
Full time
The Skills Hub is a secondary co-educational alternative provision predominantly working with students who are at risk of or are permanently excluded from mainstream education. The school aims to provide a therapeutic environment to support young people’s academic journey and psychological wellbeing.
Are you interested in developing the play skills of youngsters with severe learning difficulties? If your answer is yes, this is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly lunchtime team.
Due to expansion of our popular school, we are looking for a number of special people to help play with, feed and look after the personal care of our pupils.
Bedelsford School is a small, friendly school specialising in looking after pupils aged 2 – 19 with SEN, including physical disabilities, severe learning disabilities and profound and multiple learning difficulties. Due to our increasing pupil numbers we currently have vacancies for a Teaching Assistant.
Our ideal candidate embraces our principles, values and our priorities, which seek to increase the life chances of our young people and to lift their ambitions.
Contract: 12 months fixed term contract
The Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner will provide a high standard of clinically effective, person centred and evidence based assessment of wellbeing, and intervention to students with profound/multiple learning disabilities as well as physical disability/complex physical health needs and SEMH needs.
Addington Valley Academy are seeking to recruit a PE/Outdoor Education Teacher with Qualified Teacher status to be responsible for the education and welfare of designated classes or groups of pupils with complex needs on the Autistic Spectrum.
We are seeking an ambitious, and inspirational leader to provide the professional leadership for the school to ensure that high quality teaching and learning secures at least good progress for each learner.
We are seeking team members with drive and enthusiasm to work as Pastoral Support Teaching Assistants to work as part of our Pastoral Team.
We are seeking a teacher with drive and enthusiasm to deliver training to learners in Construction to cover both the establishment’s needs and aspirations in working towards gaining recognised accreditations.
We are seeking a nurture teacher with enthusiasm, creativity and a passion for teaching to join our team and contribute to our fast improving school.
Addington Valley Academy are seeking to recruit Class Teachers with Qualified Teacher status to be responsible for the education and welfare of designated classes or groups of pupils with complex needs on the Autistic Spectrum.
This is a very exciting and pivotal moment in the lives of St Dominic’s, Brantridge and Grafham Grange schools. Academy conversion under the sponsorship of Orchard Hill College Academy Trust will help secure their futures and, no doubt, lead to better outcomes for pupils and students, families and carers, staff and all stakeholders.
Ken Cowdery, Chair of Governors
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We have launched a new ‘In the media’ resource page. OHC&AT’s expert practitioners and partners regularly contribute to a range of articles, best practice pieces and news stories across specialist and education media. Click here to read the latest.