Adventure Learning Instructor - New Forest
Delta Education Trust
Location: Ringwood, New Forest
Salary: £21,730-£33,901
Closes: 11/5/25
Adventure Learning Instructor at Delta Bespoke – New Forest Centre
£21,730-£33,901 per annum (salary dependent on experience), plus generous sick pay and pension scheme. 32.5 hours per week over 5 days (4 days a week also considered), Term time only.
September 2025 start – Permanent
*Driving licence required
As part of the Delta Education Trust, Delta Bespoke manages and runs a series of Outdoor Education Centres for young people who struggle to learn in the classroom. Our vision, Happiness in the Pursuit of Learning embodies our passion for creating learning and educational opportunities for students who find being in school difficult.
Are you an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about the outdoors and can bring this vision to life. Making a real difference to the lives and future 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 our newly created New Forest Outdoor Education provision. The New Forest Centre will teach a variety of students that are hard to place or out of education in a mainstream setting. 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 8 -18 year-olds. Based in Ringwood, Hampshire, the centre’s location provides us with a wide range of excellent nearby locations for bushcraft, stand up paddleboarding, mountain biking, climbing, abseiling, coasteering and more.
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 ongoing progress of their students.
About you:
- We are looking for someone who holds multiple relevant NGB’s (Paddle UK Paddlesport Leader +, RCI, ML, British Cycling MTB Leader etc). Teaching/youth work qualifications would be desirable and experience working with students of this nature.
- Teaching/youth work qualifications and experience working with students of this nature would be desirable.
- 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.
About Delta:
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 all relevant outdoor qualifications needed.
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.
Please contact Jack Galloway (Head of Adventure Education at Delta Bespoke) at [email protected] for more information.
If you are enthusiastic, organised, and ready to be part of a team that truly makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
To become part of our journey, please complete our Teacher & Leadership Application Form and return it to [email protected]if you would like to apply. See our Adventure Learning Instructor Job Description and Person Specification – New Forest for further details on the role.
Closing date: 11th May 2025
Interview Date: 20th May 2025
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this role involves directly working with children and significant contact with children, and therefore we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search including social media platforms of your ‘name, education and employment’, to demonstrate due diligence following ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.