Adventure Learning Instructor (Delta Bespoke)

Harbour School Dorset, BH20 6NU

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Other support roles
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,730 – £33,901 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• We are looking for someone who is able to run both outdoor activities and forest school, examples of qualifications we’re looking for – Paddle UK Paddlesport Leader +, RCI, ML, British Cycling or MIAS MTB Leader, NCC Guide, Forest School etc.
• Teaching/youth work qualifications would be desirable and experience working with students of this nature.
• A highly motivated and flexible individual who can form positive relationships with students with a wide range of special needs in order to make a positive difference.
• Someone with a particular interest in teaching students with special educational needs, including those with behavioural, emotional and social issues.
• Resilience and a sense of humour is a must.

What the school offers its staff

At Delta, we really care about our pupils and their attitude towards learning. We pride ourselves on creating exciting learning environments and innovative curriculums suitable for all ages and abilities. With Delta Bespoke, pupils learn together to become knowledgeable, self-aware, independent and emotionally regulated. Creating students who are happy with themselves, brave enough to cope and confident enough to make positive decisions, wherever life takes them.

Delta Bespoke takes great care to recruit the very best people so that the services we provide are outstanding. We believe that the best work gets done in an environment that’s enjoyable and which values, supports and encourages the development of its employees. With that in mind, we support our staff in achieving relevant outdoor qualifications needed for the role.

We also offer:

• A supportive leadership team that values your ideas and ambitions.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career progression.
• Generous sick pay and pension scheme
• The chance to make a genuine impact on children’s lives every single day.

Further details about the role

Adventure Learning Instructor, Delta Bespoke – Harbour School Dorset

£21,730 – £33,901 per annum (salary dependent on experience), plus generous sick pay and pension scheme. 32.5 hours per week, Term time only, Permanent

*Driving licence essential

As part of the Delta Education Trust, Delta Bespoke manages and runs a series of Adventure Learning Outdoor Education Centres for young people who struggle in mainstream education settings. Our vision, Happiness in the Pursuit of Learning embodies our passion for creating learning and educational opportunities for students who find being in the classroom difficult.

Are you an enthusiastic outdoor instructor who can bring this vision to life and make a real difference to the lives and prospects of our young people, if so then this role is for you.

The role:

Your role within Delta Bespoke’s Adventure Learning team will be to teach classes at Harbour School Dorset. The school is a state-funded Special School for pupils with ASC and SEMH. The school was founded in 2019 under the Free Schools Programme. We endeavour to help our learners to feel they matter and belong, enabling them to improve their social, emotional and academic skills to be the best that they can be.

Our Adventure Learning centre provides an outdoor education curriculum for 9 -18-year-olds. Based in Bovington, Dorset, the school’s location provides us with a wide range of excellent nearby locations for climbing, abseiling, stand up paddleboarding, mountain biking, coasteering and more. The school is based on a beautiful site with a carefully designed, and opened in February 2022.

The role will involve planning and developing ‘out-of-the-classroom’ learning opportunities, using a wide range of outdoor activities for all students. The successful candidate will be responsible for the engagement and ongoing progress of their students.

Please contact Jack Galloway (Head of Adventure Learning at Delta Bespoke) atj.galloway@delta-bespoke.comfor more information and to arrange a tour.

To become part of our journey, please complete ourTeacher & Leadership Application Formand return it toHR@deltaeducationtrust.comif you would like to apply. See ourAdventure Learning Instructor Job Description and Person Specification – HSDfor further details on the role as well as ourHSD Child-Protection-and-Safeguarding-Policy.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Adventure Learning Instructor Job Description and Person Specification - HSD.pdf - 143 KB (opens in new tab)

About Harbour School Dorset

• School type: Free School, ages 10 to 19
• School size: 105 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 10 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harbour School Dorset website
• Email address: HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harbour-school-dorset

Arranging a visit to Harbour School Dorset

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com.

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