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.
Nightingale Priory Lane is a new satellite provision of Nightingale Community Academy in Wandsworth, providing high-quality specialist education for secondary-aged pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, including Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). Based in Putney (SW15), the school offers a personalised, therapeutic curriculum focused on student voice, independence and emotional development, within a purpose-designed environment featuring specialist facilities and vocational opportunities.
We are seeking a highly organised and motivated Occupational Therapist to work collaboratively with teachers, leaders, learners and families to promote inclusion, engagement and access to learning. The role involves delivering evidence-based occupational therapy assessments and interventions, addressing barriers to learning, developing and implementing individualised therapy programmes, and monitoring progress and wellbeing. The post also contributes to whole-school inclusion and therapeutic strategies and upholds safeguarding and professional standards across all settings.
Key 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)
* 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)
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.
Interview date: The week commencing 11th May 2026
Safeguarding Statement
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace for all.
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