News

OHC&AT Governors’ Conference

Governors, Trustees and Members came together at the annual Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) Governor Conference held on 8 October. Jay Mercer, the Trust Chair of Trustees, welcomed everyone to the conference, saying, “Isn’t it nice to meet …
22nd October 2021

Satellite model of education – Thinking differently at Dysart School

Principal of Dysart School, Leigh Edser’s article ‘Satellite model of education – Thinking differently at Dysart School’ has been published in the September 2021 edition of NASEN Connect Magazine. Click here to read how Dysart School’s approach has provided new …
11th October 2021

Sport Inclusion Hub

Orchard Hill College has been pleased to be involved in the Association of Colleges (AoC) Sport Inclusion Hub programme. This was introduced in the 2019/20 academic year as an opportunity for AoC Sport to gather insight into how colleges can …
22nd September 2021

Virgin Money London Marathon

Ashleigh, one of our Therapists has been training really hard for this years Virgin Money London Marathon. She is raising money for the Orchard Hill College. To donate, please click here. Good luck, Ashleigh!
20th September 2021

Winner of a Natspec Award 2021!

We are thrilled to announce that Orchard Hill College has won a Natspec Award 2021 for Curriculum Innovation! The college’s nomination was for was the recovery curriculum; RESET, RECOVER, RECONNECT! The creation and implementation of the recovery curriculum was to …
14th May 2021

New toolkit launched for therapists

Sarah Gummett-Hart, a Music Therapist at Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust has led a group of therapists from across Natspec (membership organisation for specialist further education) to develop a new toolkit. Natspec has assembled a toolkit to support therapy …
14th May 2021

Being Extraordinary for the Extra Ordinary

Executive Principal of The Link Schools, Sandy Turner and PDA and Outreach Teacher, Judy Turner have joined forces again to write another article for the May edition of  Autism Parenting Magazine. The article is entitled “Being Extraordinary for the Extra …
10th May 2021

Pathological Demand Avoidance article published in Autism Parenting Magazine

We are proud to advise that The Link Schools have had another article published in Autism Parenting Magazine – April 2021.  Executive Principal, Sandy Turner and PDA and Outreach Teacher, Judy Turner collaborated to write the article entitled “Building Emotional …
26th April 2021

Principal appointed at St Dominic’s School

We are pleased to announce that, after a robust recruitment process, Mrs Victoria Perry, who has worked at St. Dominic’s School for many years most recently in the role of Vice Principal, has become Principal of St. Dominic’s School; concurrently, …
18th April 2021

Principal appointed at Carew Academy

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr James Kearns as Principal of Carew Academy. Mr Kearns joins us from Thomas Moore School in Purley where he was Deputy Headteacher. Mr Kearns said: ‘I was lucky enough to meet …
18th April 2021

Principal appointed at Unified Academy

The Trust have appointed Mrs Annabelle Thomas, as the new Principal at Unified Academy. Mrs Thomas joins us from Young People’s Academy within OHC&AT and has a wealth of experience in SEND education and is extremely well placed to drive the …
18th April 2021

Sharing good practice, knowledge and ideas

Sandy Turner, Executive Principal of The Link Schools and her colleague Danielle Donnelly, Primary class teacher and Maths co-ordinator have collaborated to write an informative article for Autism Parenting Magazine entitled ‘OCD and Autism: Unpicking Children’s Behaviour in a Dual …
7th April 2021