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Primary Forest School/ PE Instructor
Job description
Job Title: Primary Forest School/ PE Instructor
Location: New Barn School, Newbury
Salary: £24,000 - £30,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm including 1x 5pm finish
Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Primary Forest School/ PE Instructor to join our close-knit team at New Barn School located in Newbury.
Job Purpose:
In particular the Outdoor Learning & Forest School instructor is expected to:
Plan, prepare and deliver purposeful and productive activities for pupils.
Be prepared to innovate and devise imaginatively varied ways of teaching the Forest school experience to pupils.
Encourage pupils and show enthusiasm for their subject indoors and outside.
Select and use a range of different resources and teaching styles, appropriate to the Outdoor Learning experience.
Promote positive management of behaviour in the Outdoor environment, establish routines and boundaries to ensure the safety and good behaviour of the pupils.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Work under the guidance of the Outdoor Learning Lead using experience and expertise in Forest School and Learning in the Outdoor Environment, in an agreed system of supervision to;
Work with the Outdoor Learning Lead and senior staff in the observation, assessment and planning cycle and to manage and prepare resources.
Engage with and support pupil’s learning and generally support pupils with set activities, independent problem solving and creative play.
Supervise pupils at all times and this may include lunchtimes as required.
To manage support staff and volunteers effectively, ensuring they embrace the ethos of Outdoor Learning.
To ensure the health and safety of all participants, including writing and checking risk assessments for the sites, tools and activities used.
To regularly check and maintain tools and other equipment.
To keep records as appropriate of emergency contact details for participants, permission forms and achievement of pupils.
To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures of the individual schools and settings.
To engage in continuous professional development.
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About the School
New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6–19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.
New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The school is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.
We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
Why join Acorn Education?
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS