Standards and Quality Support Lead
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £49,370 to £54,142 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Curriculum Lead Grade, Spine point 15 – 18, £49,370 - £54,142 inclusive of London Weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | Base location flexible dependent on where successful candidate lives, travel to all centres is essential |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Orchard Hill College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Orchard Hill College is an Outstanding Specialist College (Ofsted, April 2025) offering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults with a range of special education needs and/or disabilities. We operate vibrant community-based College Centres across London and Surrey, where committed specialist teams deliver a variety of programmes designed to meet the diverse needs of our students.
Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. All students are individual, and their learning programme is designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Standards and Quality Support Lead to work closely with senior leaders to drive highquality teaching, learning, and student support across college centres. The purpose of this role is to support the ongoing improvement of educational standards, develop staff through coaching and professional development, and that EHCPs are followed properly.
Key Responsibilities:
Teaching, Learning & Student Support
Staff Support & Development
College Development
Accountability
Key Requirements:
Qualified Teacher Status
Experience in specialist school and/or college settings
Experience teaching of students with SEND and complex needs
Ability to lead, coach and develop staff
Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
Pathways for progression; 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).
Salary Sacrifice Schemes.
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
Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Our Trust:
The College is an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013 which is home to 13 special schools. Together Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust provide for over 1500 pupils and students with SEN across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our vacancies page.
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. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHC and we’re keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please get in touch with the college directly. Visits to the College in advance of applications are encouraged.
Your application form will be scored according to the requirements in the person specification. Demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. All students are individual, and their learning programme is designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Standards and Quality Support Lead to work closely with senior leaders to drive highquality teaching, learning, and student support across college centres. The purpose of this role is to support the ongoing improvement of educational standards, develop staff through coaching and professional development, and that EHCPs are followed properly.
Key Responsibilities:
Teaching, Learning & Student Support
Staff Support & Development
College Development
Accountability
Key Requirements:
Qualified Teacher Status
Experience in specialist school and/or college settings
Experience teaching of students with SEND and complex needs
Ability to lead, coach and develop staff
Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
Pathways for progression; 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).
Salary Sacrifice Schemes.
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
Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Our Trust:
The College is an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013 which is home to 13 special schools. Together Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust provide for over 1500 pupils and students with SEN across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our vacancies page.
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. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHC and we’re keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please get in touch with the college directly. Visits to the College in advance of applications are encouraged.
Your application form will be scored according to the requirements in the person specification. Demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
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