Speech and Language Therapist – Nightingale Priory Lane

Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DF

33 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  31 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36hrs a week, 5 days a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale NHS Band 5, Actual salary: £34,564.88 - £42,075.00 (FTE £35,867 - £43,661)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team at our Priory Lane Satellite Provision. In this vital role, you will deliver high-quality speech, language and communication interventions to support learners’ communication needs, emotional wellbeing, and access to learning. You will work with individual pupils and groups, contributing to assessment, formulation, and intervention planning, while supporting staff to develop communication-friendly environments.

Working closely with the Principal, Senior Leadership Team, therapists, and teaching staff, you will play a key role in promoting a communication-rich, inclusive learning environment that reflects the Academy’s aims and values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver individual and group speech and language therapy interventions for pupils across primary and secondary phases.

• Contribute receptive and expressive communication strategies to individual student profiles and plans to support person-centred communication strategies throughout the day

• Assess pupils’ speech, language and communication needs and develop, review, and adapt therapy plans and targets.

• Support pupils with SEMH needs, including those with social communication difficulties and associated needs including autism and neuro-diverse conditions.

• Work collaboratively with school staff, families (where appropriate), and external agencies (including CAMHS) to support pupil outcomes.

• Contribute to creating communication-friendly classrooms and strategies to support staff practice, contribute to discussions regarding S&LT service design, delivery and prioritisation within the school.

• Maintain safeguarding, professional standards, accurate record keeping, and engage in supervision and CPD.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration.

• Experience delivering speech and language interventions to children and young people, ideally within SEMH or specialist settings.

• Strong understanding of social communication needs and the impact of SEMH on communication and learning.

• Ability to build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and adapt approaches to meet individual needs.

• Strong communication, organisational, and teamwork skills, with commitment to supervision and professional development

• Maintain up to date knowledge of the evolving evidence base within relevant areas of Speech & Language therapy

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT 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 within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• 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, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics 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, MyGymDiscounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme

• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)

• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Nightingale Community Academy and 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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SaLT Job Description and Personal Specification .pdf - 248 KB (opens in new tab)

About Nightingale Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 137 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nightingale Community Academy website
• Email address: nwei@orchardhill.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nightingale-community-academy

Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.

Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.

“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).

Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.

Arranging a visit to Nightingale Community Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nwei@orchardhill.ac.uk.

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