Outdoor Lead
- Naturally Learning
- Charlestown, Saint Austell PL25 3NJ, UK
- 10 Jul, 2026
Job Description
Outdoor Lead – Outdoor Adventures!
Are you passionate about the outdoors and ready to inspire others through nature-based learning? At Naturally Learning, we're looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Outdoor Lead to champion our outdoor provision and bring the magic of learning in nature to life.
Based in our beautiful Charlestown Forest, this role is perfect for someone who thrives outdoors in all seasons and has a genuine passion for connecting children with the natural world.
Essential Requirements:
- Level 3 Early Years/Childcare qualification
- Full UK driving licence
- Commitment to working outdoors every day, whatever the weather
- A passion for outdoor learning and child-led exploration
As our Outdoor Lead, you will:
- Lead and develop inspiring outdoor learning experiences within our Charlestown Forest setting
- Be a positive role model, demonstrating a passion for nature and outdoor education every day
- Support and mentor team members in delivering high-quality outdoor practice
- Build positive relationships with children, families, colleagues, and visitors
- Help create a joyful, supportive, and collaborative team culture
- Ensure the forest environment remains safe, engaging, and well-organised
- Champion the values and vision of Naturally Learning at all times
- Maintain best practice standards, including keeping your DBS certification up to date
- Show initiative, celebrate excellent practice, and confidently raise concerns when appropriate
- Support continuous improvement through reflective practice and professional development
Line Manager: Manager
Join us in a role where every day is different, every season brings new opportunities, and the forest is your classroom. Let's grow together in a setting that celebrates curiosity, adventure, wellbeing, and a lifelong love of the outdoors. 🌲🍃
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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.