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.
Are you interested in supporting young people with severe learning disabilities, including Autism? Arbour Vale is recruiting Special Teaching Assistants to support our pupils who range from 2 – 19 years old. The successful candidates will play a crucial role in supporting our pupils’ learning.
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.
SEN CLASS TEACHERS
Start Date: September 2021
Addington Valley Academy (AVA) is a co-educational Special School which will have 150 places for children and young people aged 2-19 who have autism and social communication, cognitive, sensory and social, emotional, and behavioural needs in the Croydon region. All our children have Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD). We opened in September 2020 with an initial cohort of 22 ASD year 7 pupils in a temporary site based in Croydon.
This is an exciting time in the school’s development with a planned relocation to a newly constructed school building for the academic year 2021-22 with a fantastic learning environment designed to meet the needs of autistic children.
Addington Valley Academy benefits from being part of Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex. As an outstanding provider and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and strongly motivated individual to join our school to provide intensive specialist support for pupils. We seek a therapist who wants to develop their career, skills and knowledge in a specialist educational setting from Key Stage 1 and 2.
This is a unique opportunity to develop clinical skills within an educational environment, offering the chance to work collaboratively with a range of professionals and to use therapeutic skills creatively to meet the needs of pupils and students. In return we offer excellent support from colleagues and staff, commitment to CPD, access to internal and external training.
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months (secondments will be considered from internal staff)
The Health & Safety Coordinator will work proactively as directed by the Head of Health & Safety to ensure a high level of H&S compliance is achieved across all the OHC&AT sites and activities, in order to support the teaching and learning within OHC&AT.
Start Date: September 2021 (potentially sooner due to candidate availability)
This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference and change lives. The successful candidate will have a unique chance to lead on system design and will be the perfect platform for Headship in the future.
Start Date: September 2021 (potentially sooner due to candidate availability)
This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference and change lives. The successful candidate will have a unique chance to lead on system design and will be the perfect platform for Headship in the future.
Are you interested in supporting young people with severe learning disabilities, including Autism? We are seeking to recruit Learning Support Assistants who have the drive, creativity and a passion for teaching and learning to join our dedicated and welcoming team.
The COO will be responsible for improving the business capability, effectiveness and overall efficiency of OHC&AT service areas to support the education and wellbeing of our pupils and students. Immediate priorities include the delivery of an ambitious estate strategy with five live Free School projects, significant funded building projects and an ICT strategy that meets the expectations of its users whilst providing value for money.
Start: September 2021 (July starts considered for suitable candidates)
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Art teacher who will be able to work with key stage 3 and 4 pupils. This is an ideal opportunity for either a mainstream Art specialist or a teacher experienced in special educational needs who is confident teaching Art. Class sizes are between 8-10 students and follow a moderated version of the National Curriculum.
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
Today marked a great milestone in the construction of our first special free school in Croydon. Key stakeholders were invited by building contractor, Kier, to witness the ‘topping out’ of Addington Valley Academy. The virtual ceremony took place on the …
Tracey Goodsell, Head of Corporate Governance for OHC&AT, was invited to speak at the Academy Governance Summit conference – Delivering resilient governance in academy trusts. The one-day virtual summit was developed for governance professionals, clerks, and anyone responsible for governance in trusts …
The latest edition of Include, our annual publication for stakeholders is available to read here. It features articles from our Leadership Team and success and achievement stories from across the schools and college. If you would like a printed copy …
OHC&AT Executive Principal and Deputy CEO, Laurie Cornwell’s article on OHC&AT’s mental health strategy is featured in the January 2021 edition of SEN Magazine. The article illustrates the importance of a whole-school approach to positive mental health and wellbeing. You …