Outdoor Learning & Environmental Education Lead

Wolvercote Primary School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2025

• Closing date

  31 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16.37 Hourly

Outdoor Learning & Environmental Education Lead job summary

Salary: £16.37 per hour + 12.07% holiday Pay

Teaching & Learning Hours: 9 hours per week, days TBC

The role involves leading Forest School lessons for Reception and Year 1 students, developing the outdoor areas, and integrating National Curriculum objectives into outdoor learning. Key responsibilities include managing risk assessments, ensuring high safety standards, and documenting student progression. The ideal candidate will have practical experience in Forest School/Bush Craft, knowledge of sustainable woodland management, and the ability to work independently while fostering a caring environment for students.

Candidates should be enthusiastic individuals who enjoy working alone and can show initiative as well as the ability to work well in a team. As an important part of our staff team you should be comfortable interacting and engaging with small children. Should you wish to be part of our future we welcome your application. Due to insurance purposes we require all applicants to be aged 18 or over.

Visitors comment on the warm atmosphere in the school. Our children are friendly, enthusiastic and welcoming. They strive to do their best and enjoy attending school. We offer candidates the opportunity to join our supportive and motivated team of staff and governors with excellent opportunities for professional development.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust. Our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate commitment to excellence, everyone learning, respectful relationships.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

We encourage applicants to visit the school and have a look around. To arrange a visit please contact the school office on 01865 558301.

To find out more about the school please visit our website

http://www.wolvercoteprimary.org

Closing Date: 31/07/25

Interview Date: TBC

The River Learning Trust and Wolvercote Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

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

The River Learning Trust and Wolvercote Primary School 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.

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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 Wolvercote Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 331 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wolvercote Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wolvercote-primary-school-oxford

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