Forest School Lead, 21 Hours Per Week, TTO

Pownall Hall School is committed to co-education and aims to provide a caring, disciplined, safe and secure family environment, where all pupils are enabled and encouraged to maximise their academic, sporting, musical and creative potential. The School aims to instil traditional values of courtesy, good manners, mutual respect, tolerance and compassion in its pupils and help them develop self-discipline and good working habits for the future. The all-round personal development of each and every pupil lies at its heart.

Ethos

Our School’s ethos is underpinned by Christian values. It aims to create a calm, caring and supportive environment where pupils, parents and all members of staff play a valuable part and are able to enjoy a sense of belonging within the family community.

Safeguarding, health, safety and welfare

The health, safety and welfare of all the pupils at Pownall Hall School are of paramount importance to all adults who work at the school and govern it. All our children have the right to protection and to have their safety guarded. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pownall Hall School will safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are pupils at the school.

Forest School Leader

Pownall Hall School have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Forest School Practitioner/Leader, qualified to Level 3 or above, to join our magical setting.

Hours: 21 hours per week during school hours worked over 3 days, term time only, working 36 weeks per year

Salary: £11,300-£16,000 depending on level of qualification and experience

For the right candidate, there is the possibility of a full time role should you prefer. Undertaking other duties 2 days per week, such as Teaching Assistant or Grounds Maintenance, based on your experience and interests. To be discussed further at interview, including salary.

The ideal candidate will have experience within an educational setting with particular experience in outdoor learning. You will be working with children from 6 months old through to Year 6, planning and delivering a range of age appropriate activities for their weekly sessions.

Our dedicated Forest School area underwent an impressive upgrade last year, with all-weather canopies, built in fire pit and bench seating area.

Pownall Hall School

Pownall Hall is a ‘magical’ prep school, based within simply beautiful 8-acre leafy grounds in Wilmslow, providing ‘excellent in all areas’ provision for 6 months to 11 years old.

At Pownall Hall we are a family, a family of pupils, staff, parents, governors and friends, all working together to ensure an excellent academic outcome in a caring, safe environment. Our curriculum is creative, broad, active and diverse, wrapped in a caring ethos and all of this is underpinned by a no-compromise approach to the safeguarding of our children, ensuring a happy and safe place for our child to flourish.

We are very fortunate to enjoy over 8 acres of beautiful grounds, with a focus on outdoor learning, housing an outdoor classroom, a wildlife pond, and forest school within our woodland areas; all of which provide excellent learning opportunities for all ages.

Our commitment to safeguarding

Pownall Hall School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Safer Recruitment policy available on our website. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.