Woodland Provision Curriculum Lead

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.  

Job Title:  Woodland Provision Curriculum Lead

Location:  Oak Tree School, Truro

Salary:       Up to £30,000 per annum

Hours:       42.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

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 Woodland Provision Curriculum Lead to join our close-knit team at Oak Tree School located in Truro. 

The Role:

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Woodland Provision Teacher to lead and develop our outdoor education programme. This is a unique opportunity to use the natural environment to engage, motivate, and support students with SEMH needs, helping them to build resilience, confidence, and essential life skills.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in the development of the school site, ensuring it supports and enhances educational outcomes. This will involve implementing a development plan where pupils are at the heart of the process, fostering ownership, creativity, and engagement in their learning environment. Additionally, the successful candidate will work closely with other subject areas to establish and promote healthy cross-curricular links, creating a cohesive and enriching educational experience for our learners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate high-quality outdoor learning sessions tailored to the individual needs of students with SEMH challenges.

• Foster a safe and supportive outdoor learning environment, ensuring the physical and emotional well-being of all students.

• Use adaptive teaching strategies to meet diverse learning needs and abilities, ensuring that every child can access the curriculum and achieve their full potential.

• Take a leadership role in developing the school site, creating and implementing a plan that actively involves students in shaping their learning environment.

• Work with colleagues across different subject areas to develop meaningful and effective cross-curricular links, embedding outdoor learning into the wider curriculum.

• Promote the development of social skills, teamwork, and self-regulation through structured and creative activities in the woodland setting

To view the job description, please click here - Woodland Provision Curriculum Lead JD

About us

Oak Tree School in Truro has recently expanded and developed two new buildings and undergone a successful inspection from Ofsted allowing us to offer a wider age range of pupils from 5 – 18 years the opportunity to have the best education possible. Oak Tree School is a specialist SEMH provision positioned near the city of Truro in Cornwall. The school provides full-time specialist co-education for up to 135 pupils and young people aged 5 to 18 who experience social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours. These pupils and young people often cannot cope, function or achieve within a mainstream environment. The aim is to provide a structured, nurturing approach, with pupils accessing a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum to meet their significant needs.

This opportunity is in Truro which is within commutable distance of Redruth, St Austell and surrounding areas.

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.

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.

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 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.

Equal Opportunities

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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