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Salary: £55,490-£70,843 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance (Lecturer and Management Pay Scale, Spine Points 19 – 29)
Position
Recruitment Business Partner at Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust
Location: Please note, this role will be based across the different Orchard Hill College regions, and travel between sites will be required
Starting: January 2026 or sooner if possible
Organisation: Orchard Hill College (OHC) is an Outstanding Specialist College (Ofsted, April 2025) delivering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults with a range of special education needs and/or disabilities. We operate community-based College Centres across London and Surrey with specialist teams and diverse programmes.
Students have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. Each student is individual, and learning programmes are designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals while developing independence.
Role overview: We are seeking an experienced and dynamic professional to join our leadership team as Deputy Head of College for Work Based Learning (WBL). In this pivotal role, you will shape and drive the College’s strategic vision for employment pathways. Working closely with the Director of Work Based Learning, you will have a peripatetic presence across our college regions, ensuring consistent delivery excellence and alignment with our mission. As Deputy Head, you will provide leadership and operational support, deputising for the Director when required and contributing to the growth of our work-based learning provision.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage a high-quality educational environment for students on work based learning programmes, including functional skills, with barriers to learning including SEND, Social, Emotional and Mental Health, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
* Ensure the college sustains its outstanding Ofsted rating
* Responsible for the safeguarding of young adults
* Ensure that the college centres meet their statutory duties as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice
* Keep abreast of developments within education and the special needs sector locally, nationally, and internationally, particularly in employment and careers development
* Represent the College on local authority, commissioning groups and other stakeholder forums such as supported internship steering groups and SEND employment forums
* Responsible for the management of all qualifications for students across the college
* Lead on the management and control of risks
Key Requirements:
* Diploma in Education and Training or equivalent
* Proven ability to lead on and model exemplary teaching practice and develop high quality coaching and training across centres
* An outstanding teacher with proven ability to demonstrate and lead outstanding classroom practice and innovative curriculum development and implementation
* Evidence of successful experience as a manager in one or more settings, especially specialist SEND settings
* Comprehensive and up to date knowledge of current statutory and compliance matters and regional/local landscapes, policy, and legislation. Ability to interpret and advise effectively
* Ability to communicate a clear vision, ethos, and strategy to a range of audiences and stakeholders, including outside the Centre and College
Benefits: Orchard Hill College offers comprehensive training and development, opportunities to engage with internal professional networks, access to counselling and employee wellbeing support, wellbeing initiatives, generous annual leave and flexible working schemes, TPS membership with life cover, enhanced parental leave, cycle to work, season ticket loans, home electronics scheme, and more. The Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and Disability Confident principles.
Our Trust: The College is an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013, home to 13 special schools, serving over 1500 pupils/students with SEND across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. For more information about us, please visit our vacancies page.
Closing Date: 12th October 2025
Interviews: Week commencing 20th October 2025
Safeguarding: Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Appointments will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and related amendments. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Note: This is a refined description focused on the Deputy Head of College for Work Based Learning role. Other job listing fragments and unrelated boilerplate have been removed for clarity.
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