Crowdys Hill School is a dynamic and expanding special school for pupils in the Swindon area and beyond. We have over 340 pupils on roll, ranging from 5-19 years of age. All our students have moderate or severe learning difficulties and social communication difficulties. Some have autism, ADHD or other more complex needs.

At Crowdys Hill we teach our students both in and out of the classroom and we are seeking a teacher for our onsite School Farm which includes alpacas, miniature goats and donkeys as well as chickens, ducks, an aviary and other smaller animals.

You will oversee the day-to-day management and operation of the school farm and outdoor classroom provision as well as designing, developing, and delivering an engaging and meaningful curriculum focused on agriculture, animal care, farm life, sustainability, outdoor learning, and careers within the land-based sector, aligned with the school’s curriculum vision “Learning for Life” and development plans.

Your Experience

Our person specification in the application pack contains the full areas of skills and experience we require, but it is important to us that you feel comfortable and confident in your role, so although you may not have all the skills we are looking for there are some essential features our appointee will need to have, and these include:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent qualification.
• Be able to demonstrable knowledge and practical experience of working within a farm, agricultural, animal care, or land-based environment.
• Have a strong working knowledge of animal nutrition, husbandry, and welfare practices.

What we can offer you in return….

• An excellent supportive staff committed to achieving exceptionally ambitious standards.
• An interesting, diverse, and exciting career.
• Caring, fun pupils that enjoy coming to school to learn.
• A strong CPD programme.
• Small class sizes to allow you to give more time and individual attention to pupils.
• Opportunities for future professional development.
• Strong ethos and a commitment to collaborative working.
• A sense of achievement at the end of every day.
• After completing a successful probation period of 6 months you will be entitled to join our Health Care Scheme run by Vitality.

This role is unsuitable for ECT's unless you will have finished your training by September 2026.

Safeguarding Statement

In accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, jobholders should take reasonable care to ensure that personal data is not disclosed outside Council procedures, or use personal data held on others for their own purposes. In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, ensure requests for non-personal information are dealt with in accordance with the Council’s written procedures.

To comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1998 (as amended by S147 of the Nationality and Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) all prospective employees will be required to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Applicants must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the immigration act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Crowdys Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, all post holders are subject to background checks, an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure and employment checks.

Online searches will be carried out and references will be called for and checked prior to interview. The right to work in the UK, qualifications and proof of address will be checked at the time of the interview.