Forest School Leader

Kindred Nurseries; St. Ives; Remote; GBP 17.000 - 25.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kindred Nurseries is seeking a Forest School Leader to deliver engaging outdoor sessions for children, working between 25 and 40 hours weekly. You’ll create safe outdoor environments, conduct risk assessments, and support holistic development through nature-based activities.

The role emphasizes child-led play, resilience, and collaboration with the nursery team to weave outdoor learning throughout the curriculum while upholding safeguarding and health-and-safety standards.

Qualifikationen

• Forest School qualification or willingness to work towards one.
• Passion for outdoor learning and child-led play.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge.
• Ability to create engaging, safe outdoor learning environments.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Aufgaben

• Plan and deliver Forest School sessions.
• Create safe, inclusive outdoor learning environments.
• Carry out risk assessments.
• Support children’s development through outdoor learning.
• Encourage child-led play and resilience.
• Collaborate with colleagues to embed outdoor learning.
• Build positive relationships with children, families and staff.
• Maintain safeguarding, health and safety standards.
• Promote Kindred’s values in daily learning experiences.

Kenntnisse

Forest School

Outdoor learning

Safeguarding

Communication

Teamwork

Jobbeschreibung

Join the Kindred Family – A Place to Grow, Thrive and Make a Difference

At Kindred, we’re passionate about giving children the very best start in life while creating a workplace where our people feel valued, supported and inspired.

Do you believe some of the best learning happens outdoors? Join Kindred as a Forest School Leader working between 25 to 40 hours per week and inspire children to explore, discover and develop through meaningful outdoor experiences that nurture confidence, curiosity and resilience.

Want to know what it’s really like to work at Kindred?

Visit our Why Work With Us page to explore our benefits, career development opportunities and discover why so many of our colleagues choose to grow their careers with us.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan and deliver engaging Forest School sessions that inspire curiosity, creativity and exploration.
• Create safe, inclusive and stimulating outdoor learning environments.
• Carry out risk assessments in line with Forest School principles and Kindred policies.
• Support children’s physical, emotional, social and cognitive development through outdoor learning.
• Encourage child-led play and foster confidence, resilience and independence.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to embed outdoor learning throughout the nursery curriculum.
• Build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues.
• Maintain high standards of safeguarding, health and safety at all times.
• Promote Kindred’s values and create exceptional outdoor learning experiences every day.

What You’ll Need

Essential

• A recognised Forest School qualification (or willingness to work towards one).
• A genuine passion for outdoor learning and child-led play.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and child protection.
• The ability to create engaging, safe and inclusive outdoor learning environments.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Desirable

• Experience working within an Early Years or childcare setting.
• Experience planning and delivering Forest School sessions.
• Current Paediatric First Aid Certificate.

Why You’ll Love Working at Kindred

• Supportive Culture: Built on strong relationships, teamwork and a genuine sense of belonging
• Career Development: Access to structured training, learning opportunities and clear career progression.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy structured working hours and a supportive working environment.
• Competitive Pay & Benefits: Competitive salaries, regularly benchmarked, alongside a generous benefits package.
• Award-Winning Family: Join a company that values recognition, personal growth and team success.
• More than 9 out of 10 of our colleagues would recommend Kindred as a great place to work.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

Kindred is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, references and qualification verification, in line with our safeguarding policy.