Overview
Salary: NHS Band 6 £44,684 to £52,990
Location: Nightingale Satellite Priory Lane, SW15 5RT
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time, 5 days
Nightingale Community Academy is a special school in Wandsworth, providing education for boys aged between 5 to 19 with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs. Our primary pupils benefit from a purpose-built classroom hub, an outdoor adventure playground, weekly music lessons, and a comprehensive therapy service. Secondary and post-16 students have access to a broad curriculum, including vocational courses such as motor vehicle studies, construction, horticulture, and hospitality. All pupils also enjoy regular animal therapy sessions at Tom’s Farm, located on our expansive school grounds. Staff at Nightingale Community Academy take pride in the development of young people in a safe and stimulating environment and are offered a rewarding and varied career in return. We are excited to announce the development of a new satellite centre, opening after Easter 2026. This provision will offer up to 72 secondary places for boys and girls, introduced through a phased build-up over three years. Joining the team at this new site provides a unique opportunity to help shape a brand-new provision from the ground up, creating a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment for students from day one.
Responsibilities
* Provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention to support learners’ access to education, wellbeing and daily functioning
* Deliver targeted, evidence-based therapeutic interventions to address barriers to learning and participation
* Develop, implement and review individualised occupational therapy programmes and contribute to EHCP outcomes
* Work collaboratively with families, teaching staff and multi-disciplinary and external agencies
* Support teaching and learning through advice, training, planning, monitoring and feedback
* Uphold safeguarding, health, safety, professional standards and academy policies
Key Requirements
* Degree in Occupational Therapy with HCPC registration (or eligibility to register)
* Experience working with children or young people with additional needs, including neurodevelopmental and behavioural difficulties
* Experience delivering individual and group-based occupational therapy interventions
* Knowledge and practical experience of therapeutic approaches, inclusion and safeguarding within an educational or clinical setting
* Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain)
Benefits
* Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
* Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers\' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
* Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme and Employee Car Lease Scheme)
* Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
* Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
* Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
About the Trust
Nightingale Satellite is part of Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust. We are a family of specialist education providers from pre-school through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire and fully represent all designations of special education needs and disabilities (SEND). To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our website.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners. Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential. As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities. It is an exciting time to be part of OHCAT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.
How to apply
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please get in touch with the School directly. Visits to the School in advance of applications are encouraged. Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.
To ensure a fair opportunity for all applicants, candidates who have applied for this position in the past 6 months will not be considered.
To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’, you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, once signed in, please complete and submit the Application Form.
Closing Date: Monday, 23rd March 2026
Interview Date: Thursday, 26th March 2026
(To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.)
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