Orion Academy

Orion Academy currently offers places to 83 students, and the roll of the school will rise steadily over the next three years to cater for 108 students, aged from 10 to 18 years.  Students attend from throughout the county, and transfer from our SEND feeder school, Orion  Academy, and from mainstream primary and secondary schools.

All students who attend Orion Academy have an Education, Health and Care Plan, which describes their special needs and drives their educational provision.

Students are taught through a differentiated and bespoke curriculum designed to enhance their personal and social development and academic achievement. The Academy provides support for our students with social and emotional needs through our Academy Community Learning Team, which consists of youth workers, therapeutic and pastoral workers.

Benefits of working at Orion Academy, part of The Gallery Trust

Career Progression

• Be a key member of a friendly and supportive staff team who are dedicated to achieving the best for every one of our pupils
• Participate in high quality professional development opportunities which are tailored to your needs and to your career aspirations
• Develop your career in The Gallery Trust, an expanding and successful organisation which offers opportunities for progression, secondments and collaborative working with colleagues across our schools

Financial

• Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
• Perkbox - discount and wellbeing platform membership
• Access to LGPS pension linked to salary life assurance
• Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including cycle to work

Wellbeing

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
• Membership to Wisdom - wellbeing app
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff which increases to reflect length of service
• Complimentary tea and coffee

Facilities 

• The opportunity to work in a new, purpose-built school building, which offers an exciting environment in which to teach and learn, located just a short drive from Oxford’s ring road
• Free car parking and cycle storage
• On-site catering