Seaford (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£31,650 - £49,084 per annum
32.5
Job introduction
Salary: £31,650 - £49,084 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time teachers working hours
Closing date: Friday 16 May 2025
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 19 May 2025
How to apply: For an application pack, please contact the school on 01323 893138, visit the school website www.bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk or email admin@bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk
About the role
Outdoor Learning Teacher/Instructor
“A wonderful, warm, nurturing place to work”
Bowden House School is a specialist SEMH provision for boys, offering
Outdoor Learning Teacher/Instructor
“A wonderful, warm, nurturing place to work”
Bowden House School is a specialist SEMH provision for boys, offering both day and residential placements for up to 40 students.
We believe that education should extend beyond the classroom. Our outdoor learning programme is an integral part of how we engage young people with education, develop resilience, and build self-esteem. From climbing and kayaking to bushcraft and orienteering, outdoor learning at Bowden House offers students life-changing experiences that promote confidence, teamwork, and personal growth.
Our students are taught in small groups, typically 4 to 6 pupils, supported by Assistant Teachers. Many have experienced disrupted education and need opportunities to thrive in a non-traditional setting. Our "stage not age" approach, combined with adventurous outdoor learning, helps students rediscover a love of learning and new possibilities for themselves.
We are looking for a qualified teacher who also holds qualifications in a range of outdoor and adventurous activities. You will have the skills and passion to deliver creative, engaging outdoor learning sessions alongside the academic curriculum. As part of our dedicated, supportive team, you will contribute not just to education, but to the care and development of the whole child.
This is a role that requires resilience, compassion, and flexibility — but in return, you will find Bowden House an inspiring place of strong teamwork, and a genuine sense of achievement.
You will receive ongoing training and CPD, including enhanced safeguarding, attachment and trauma training, Team Teach, MIDAS, and first aid, with support to continue developing your outdoor qualifications if needed.
If you are a teacher who believes that learning should happen everywhere — and you are ready to make a real difference through adventure, challenge, and compassion — we would be delighted to hear from you.
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Key Information:
- MPS/UPS
- QTS required
- Relevant outdoor/adventurous qualifications essential
- Experience leading outdoor learning activities preferred
- Full training and CPD provided
- Flexible and resilient approach essential
- Opportunities for further outdoor qualifications
Candidates must have been educated to at least GCSE standard or equivalent
The school is committed to the Safeguarding and Protection of Children. We appoint staff in positions of trust and it is our duty under Safer Recruitment to ensure that they are fit to work with vulnerable young people. References and an enhanced DBS that are satisfactory to us, will be a condition of the appointment. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunity throughout our workforce and in service delivery. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.
Online searches may be carried out as part of due diligence checks.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.