Outdoor Education Instructor

Cardrew Court School is a brand new, Independent, SEMH special school which opened in September 2024, in Redruth Cornwall. It is an exciting time for us, at the start of our school journey, therefore we are looking for dynamic, adaptable practitioners who want to make a difference to the lives and outcomes of pupils with SEMH needs. 

Pupils attending the school have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outlining their Special Educational Needs – EHCP’s of commissioned places includes needs such as high anxiety, social and emotional mental health needs and autism. Many of these pupils will have found life in a mainstream school very challenging and will have experience of anxiety-based school refusal and/or of short-term placements in a range of alternative provisions.

Cardrew Court School provides these pupils with a permanent placement in a school that is able to personalise the curriculum and wider support offer to ensure that their specific special educational needs (education, health and care) are understood and met, enabling them to learn, apply and develop specific strategies to facilitate them in participating in learning and preparing for life beyond school.

Cardrew Court School offers a pupil centred curriculum that meets pupils at their stage and not simply their age. Curriculum overviews apply the National Curriculum where at all possible, using this as an aspirational baseline, whilst also offering spiral curriculum pathways that allow for individual, small step success the moment a pupil starts at the school.

Cardrew Court School provides tailored accreditation pathways supporting pupils who may have spiky learning profiles to make academic progress as well as benefit from the therapeutically informed programmes.

Vision

At Cardrew Court School we strive for all of our pupils to be successful learners who reach their potential in all they do; confident learners, who develop resilience and show respect to others, via kindness. Learners who become responsible citizens, well prepared for life and work via a range of independence skills, that enable them health and happiness within their future lives.

Ethos

At Cardrew Court School we believe that that education should take place in a fully inclusive environment that provides equitable opportunities for all. We believe that learning is the process by which pupils gradually acquire knowledge, concepts, skills, and attitudes to enable them to make greater sense of the world. Teaching and learning is central to our work as educators and it stems from the school’s vision statement based on the principles that every pupil deserves and has the right to:

Belong – We aim to provide a safe, positive learning environment where everyone feels they belong, building kind and respectful relationships.

Believe – We support all of our learners to believe in themselves, developing their confidence and resilience. To empower our learners to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Achieve – Together we support every learner to ensure they reach their unique potential. This includes supporting pupils to achieve the accreditations for the next steps they have chosen on their journey to adulthood. We aim to support pupils to identify what makes them happy and equipping them with the knowledge and skills to lead an independent life in the future.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, motivated and enthusiastic Instructor of Outdoor Education who has vision, can take initiative and can contribute to the provision of curriculum based and extra-curricular outdoor education through the school’s outdoor education department.

The provision of outdoor education is part of the founding ethos at Cardrew Court School with an aim to allow pupils to develop social and life skills through the medium of outdoor adventure. It provides forward thinking, current and innovative outdoor learning.

We are looking for someone who can operate within the school and outdoor education safety policy, keep up to date with all aspects of activity/qualification development and CPD. 

Our Adventure curriculum is child led, aiming to allow children to undertake real challenges and risks, to manage and assess danger, learn to self-regulate, organise, build social and emotional skills and perseverance, improve mental health, immerse themselves in a non-competitive environment, to follow nature's calendar and most of all to have fun.

We aim to engage all the senses. The children will experience a plethora of natural habitats from the wild Atlantic coast to the sheltered beaches on the South Coast, and from the open moorland to broadleaf and coniferous forests. Our programme is full and varied and includes activities from pond-dipping to rock pooling, wild swimming to surfing, sailing, walking and forest school activities.

Please see the job description for more details of this exciting post.

Prospective candidates are very welcome to arrange a telephone conversation with the Headteacher. To do so, please call the school office on 01209 912126 or email office@cardrewcourt.org 

The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 29th of November 2024. 

Interview date: TBC

Start date: immediate (subject to satisfactory references and DBS checks)

Please send your completed forms to the school for the attention of Honorata Austin at  haustin@cardrewcourt.org 

Applications should address the items included on the person specification and only candidates who meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted.  

The Interview Process 

Candidates who are shortlisted for the position will be contacted by telephone call and this will be followed up with an e-mail. 

• In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as part of the shortlisting process, the school may carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates

• All interviews will be face to face and will explore the candidate’s suitability for the position. 

• Applications will be scrutinised and discrepancies or anomalies in work related history, experience and qualifications will be discussed at the interview stage.

• Successful candidates will be required to achieve a full enhanced DBS disclosure and 2 satisfactory references.

Prepared by

• Kerry Towers; Headteacher

• Nicky England; School Business Manager

Job title: Cardrew Court School Outdoor Education Instructor 

Salary: £19340 - £30172 (Depending on Skills and Experience)

Hours: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent

Reporting to: Headteacher / Senior Leadership Team

Responsible for: KS2-KS4

Disclosure Level: Enhanced 

Please see the Job Description for duties, responsibilities and person specifications.