Multiple Roles - Leadership, Teaching, Therapy & Support

Multiple Roles | London & Essex | Starting April 2026 onwards

At Octavia House Schools, we have a passionate team delivering high-quality trauma-centred therapeutic education, supporting and building relationships with pupils who have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and complex social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, as well as other associated special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We provide a specialist educational setting, we proactively welcome enquiries from both experienced mainstream and specialist colleagues, from varying disciplines, who would like to extend their skill base.

As we continue to grow and open new schools, we are now looking to expand our fantastic teams at our schools across London & Essex.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Depending on your role, responsibilities Octavia House Schools have been leading the way in therapeutic education since 2012. Recent Independent School Inspectorate’s routine and material change inspections of our London and Essex schools were successful and highlighted a rare significant strength. This is in addition to our previous outstanding Ofsted reports which demonstrate the strength of our provision across all sites and the success of our specialist therapeutic approach.

We have unique & exciting opportunities for:

• School Leaders (Head of School & Assistant Head)

• Teachers (Primary & Secondary)

• Therapists (Creative Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists (OT) and Speech and Language Therapists (SaLT)

• School Administrators

• Chefs

• Caretakers

The responsibilities in our roles may include:

• Upholding the schools’ relationships-first approach, policies and procedures to support positive behaviour and long-term outcomes

• Delivering high-quality, engaging teaching or therapeutic interventions aligned with the OHS curriculum and therapeutic framework

• Creating and maintaining calm, safe, well-managed environments where relationships and emotional regulation are prioritised

• Working collaboratively within a seamless therapeutic team model

• Assessing and monitoring pupils’ academic, social and emotional progress using OHS assessment tools

• Producing clear, meaningful reports for families and placing authorities

 

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT OHS INCLUDE:

• Highly-competitive pay

• Being a part of a unique, seamless therapeutic team

• Vitality's private healthcare package which includes health, medical and dental insurance, lifestyle benefits, heavily-discounted gym membership and various rewards

• Opportunities for high-quality professional development and career progression, and financial support of up to 100% towards relevant professional qualifications

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged.

We also welcome candidates who are available to start from September 2026.

With new school openings, you will be required to attend an onboarding programme which includes training and welcome days prior to the start of the academic term in September 2026. To facilitate this, if you are successfully recruited into one of our roles, we may require you to be available to start from July 2026. This will be discussed in more detail during the recruitment process.