Forest School Teacher

Forest School Teacher (1 day per week)

January 2025

Pay Scale: Unqualified Teachers 

Do you have a passion to help children love learning? Do you want to inspire children to learn through fun and engaging outdoor learning sessions? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Forest School Teacher here with us.

Henry Cavendish is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school (2024) and we pride ourselves on developing a child's love of learning within a nurturing, inclusive environment. To help enrich children’s school experience, we are looking to recruit an imaginative, enthusiastic and creative Forest School teacher to deliver educational, engaging and memorable outdoor learning sessions for our children in Year 1 and Year 2.

If you have a genuine passion for Forest Schools education, experience of delivering sessions in an educational environment and have a Level 3 Forest Schools leaders qualification or would like to work towards it, then we would love to hear from you!

We are a highly respected and extremely popular school located on two sites in the London Borough of Lambeth; ideally located with excellent public transport links and can easily be reached.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

Henry Cavendish is strongly committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to create a welcoming, respectful and safe environment for all members of our community. We know that more diverse teams, are stronger teams, and that the more inclusive we are, the more our staff and pupils will feel a sense of belonging and will thrive. We are committed to attracting and retaining the very best staff, ensuring that our staff body reflects the diversity of our pupils and local community. Acknowledging a lack of ethnic diversity within our staff teaching community, we particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates for this role.

We are seeking someone who

· Holds a Forest School Level 3 qualification (or willing to complete the qualification)

· Is positive, reflective and able to inspire pupils

· A love of the outdoors and a desire to help children develop the same

· Has a committed, passionate approach with high expectations of behaviour

· Has highly effective communication skills, and a commitment to a collaborative, team approach

We can offer:

· A curricular approach which values creativity and opportunities to enrich children’s learning

· Wonderful, considerate and happy children who are keen and eager to learn

· A commitment to help children develop a love of learning

· A warm, friendly, supportive environment with dedicated and experienced staff

· An individualised programme of professional development

We welcome tours at the school, please email Lorna Burg at recruitment@henrycavendish.co.uk to book a tour or if you have any queries or questions. To apply, download an application pack from our website: https://www.henrycavendish.co.uk/vacancies-at-henry-cavendish/ In your supporting statement, please state any Key Stage preference, as well as particular subject strengths.

Deadline: 9am – Sunday 12th January 2025   /    Interviews – Tuesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd January 2025

Completed application forms should be emailed to Lorna Burg at recruitment@henrycavendish.co.uk

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.