Job Description
Forest Educator – Outdoor Adventures!
Are you passionate about early years education and ready to make a real impact? At Naturally Learning, we’re looking for warm, dedicated educators to join our nurturing team to bring the magic of outdoor learning to life in our Truro Forest. Must have a valid level 3 childhood and education qualification. Must be prepared to work in the forest everyday. Must have a driving licence.
As an Outdoor Educator, you will:
- Deliver inspiring care and education to our children in our own amazing forest near Truro
- Be a positive role model every single day
- Communicate with kindness and professionalism
- Help create a joyful, supportive team environment
- Stay organised and meet deadlines with ease
- Champion our nursery’s values with families and visitors
- Follow best practice and keep your DBS certificate up to date
- Speak up—whether it’s to celebrate great practice or raise a concern
Line Manager: Forest Lead
Let’s grow together—personally and professionally—in a setting that values reflection, development, and joy.
Benefits
Staff Benefit Package
Holiday Entitlement
- Gain one additional day of annual leave every two years of continuous service.
Pay Review
- Annual pay review .
- Years‑of‑service bonus
Westfield Health
EASE Employee Assistance Programme from your first day.
Health Care Plan after two years of continuous service.
Childcare Discounts
- One free additional childcare day (conditions apply).
- 30% discount on your childcare fees.
- 10% discount for children of your immediate family.
- Free Famly sessions while on maternity.
Summer & Winter Staff Parties
- A fully funded Summer Party and Winter Party each year.
Staff Wellbeing
- A monthly wellbeing budget
- Brunch, lunch and tea provided daily by our nursery chefs, with snacks always available.
- Lucy & Yak staff discount available.
Sector‑Leading CPD & Professional Development
- Fully funded apprenticeships and degree‑level qualifications
- Regular training and workshops throughout the year, including dedicated staff training days.
- Specialist training delivered by sector experts
Nursery Name
What we believe
Naturally Learning has a strong ethos, underpinned by brain development theory, an understanding of how children learn, knowledge of child development theories and years of experience working with young children and their families.
Our holistic approach to childcare and education focuses on the child as a whole, nurturing their body, mind and soul.
Where we play
Our indoor environments provide spaces of calm where children can access a wide range of stimulating learning experiences, and a variety of interesting resources to investigate.
At Naturally Learning there are quiet places to rest and reflect, communication-friendly spaces to talk with friends, areas to spark creativity and imagination, things to question and count, sensory experiences to explore and places to read and write.
At Naturally Learning, children have the opportunity to spend much of their time outside and experience multiple learning opportunities in our outdoor classrooms and gardens.
We are proud to offer award winning forest and beach school sessions as outdoor learning is integral to our ethos. Find us in the woods or on the coast as we build independent, capable and resilient learners through access to wild spaces and risky play.
How we learn
Our holistic approach ensures children form nurturing relationships on which to build future learning. As children develop, our knowledgeable educators provide a safe base for them to explore the challenge of independence.
Children learn best when they are fully immersed in their education which is reflected in our child led approach. At Naturally Learning there is time to play, space to explore and freedom to choose.
Through project-based planning and a seasonal curriculum, we naturally scaffold children’s learning through their own interests and inquiry.