Forest School Practitioner

Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School, Wiltshire, SN6 8LN

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  8 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE) Actual annual Salary in the region £2,143 - £2,340

Forest School Practitioner job summary

At Ashbury Primary School, everything we do is guided through our vision: 'United in a love for learning we believe we will all grow and succeed together'.

Our core Christian Values of Compassion, Perseverance and Responsibility help us to be the best version of ourselves. We recognise that each child is an individual and celebrate all that our pupils achieve; the whole school community embraces mutual respect and cares for one another. We are committed to instilling in our children a lifelong love of learning that will equip them to succeed in an ever-changing modern world. Working in collaboration and partnership with Cambrian Learning Trust, our parents, and local community is important to us and the key to our success. The children are fully supported in their learning journey by dedicated staff, trust, governors, parents and clergy; creating an environment where every child feels loved, happy, safe and able to achieve their very best.

We are looking to appoint a Forest School Practitioner to join our nurturing and happy school. The successful applicant must be able to plan, lead and deliver engaging Forest School sessions to our children that fosters emotional, social, cognitive, communicative, physical and spiritual development.

Applicants must have a Level 3 Certificate for Forest School Leaders, good standard of numeracy and literacy and current outdoor or paediatric first aid training/training as appropriate.

Ashbury with Compton Beauchamp Primary School and Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as part of their job role.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Ashbury CE Primary School and Faringdon Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
Faringdon Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 73 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashbury-with-compton-beauchamp-church-of-england-primary-school

Ashbury CE Primary School is a friendly small school with enthusiastic children and staff. We believe in creating exciting opportunities to enable the pupils to reach the very highest standards and have a lot of fun while we are at it. We work hard and smile a lot!

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