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Forest School Leader Employment Contract UK

Name: Forest School Leader Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: child_day_care_forest_school_leader_outdoor_nursery_quality_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define purposeful outdoor learning around competent risk management, child-led activity and changing site conditions.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Maintain safe purposeful outdoor sessions, maintain well-maintained sites and resources, and complete risk and child handovers.

Workplace context: Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering qualification sites seasons and hours. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering planning ratios children and safeguarding. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering weather clothing tools fires and first aid. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering travel environment incidents and records. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The leader cannot use unapproved sites, tools or fire activities, ignore weather controls, alter ratios or exceed competence. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the sites age groups and programme
the qualification and first-aid requirements
the weather tool and fire procedures
the ratio transport and safeguard controls
the landowner emergency and record process

Day-to-day operating brief

What Forest School Leader (Outdoor nursery) work looks like in practice

A Forest School Leader plans and leads repeated outdoor learning sessions for young children in woodland or nature settings. Terms should identify qualification and first-aid expectations, sites and access, session planning, ratios, weather, clothing, tools, fire or cooking activities, boundaries, toileting, allergies, safeguarding, transport, landowner arrangements, environmental care, emergency communication and the distinction between benefit-risk planning and unrestricted activity.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Plan and lead child-led outdoor learning.
Check sites weather boundaries and resources.
Manage authorised tools fires and practical activities.
Apply ratios safeguarding and emergency procedures.
Record attendance incidents and site actions.

A realistic working scenario

High winds create falling-branch risk on the normal site. The leader moves or cancels the session under the weather plan rather than allowing attendance expectations to override conditions.

Outputs to agree

safe purposeful outdoor sessions
well-maintained sites and resources
complete risk and child handovers

Records and evidence

Session plan site and weather check.
Child attendance ratio and consent.
Tool fire activity and competence.
Incident environmental issue and handover.
Child records.
Attendance records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Nursery Manager, Room Leader, SENCO or Early Years Lead. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The leader cannot use unapproved sites, tools or fire activities, ignore weather controls, alter ratios or exceed competence.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Plan and lead child-led outdoor learning.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Workplace context

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Training and certification

Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Forest School Leader (Outdoor nursery) duties where applicable to the role.
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

qualification sites seasons and hours
planning ratios children and safeguarding
weather clothing tools fires and first aid
travel environment incidents and records

Information the employer should prepare

the sites age groups and programme
the qualification and first-aid requirements
the weather tool and fire procedures
the ratio transport and safeguard controls
the landowner emergency and record process

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

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The facts this Forest School Leader (Outdoor nursery) contract is built around

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Work setting

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Primary duties

Plan and lead child-led outdoor learning.
Check sites weather boundaries and resources.
Manage authorised tools fires and practical activities.
Apply ratios safeguarding and emergency procedures.

Tools and training to confirm

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering qualification sites seasons and hours. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering planning ratios children and safeguarding. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering weather clothing tools fires and first aid.

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Forest School Leader (Outdoor nursery) duties

Maintain safe purposeful outdoor sessions, maintain well-maintained sites and resources, and complete risk and child handovers.

Plan and lead child-led outdoor learning. Check sites weather boundaries and resources. Manage authorised tools fires and practical activities. Apply ratios safeguarding and emergency procedures. Record attendance incidents and site actions.

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What is added to the finished contract

The leader cannot use unapproved sites, tools or fire activities, ignore weather controls, alter ratios or exceed competence.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering qualification sites seasons and hours.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering planning ratios children and safeguarding.

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