Closing Date: 17/05/2026

Interview Date: 21/05/2026

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.  It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the development of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services. 

Aurora Cedars School in Wolverhampton will offer a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19 who have ASC/SEMH needs.  The curriculum is creative and personalised for the pupils to ensure that we provide them with the best opportunities to succeed.  

The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff to help support her vision for the pupils and the school environment.  She is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.      

We are currently looking for a Forest School Teacher to join our school.

The role / Key duties:

• To provide leadership of Forest School and subject management to secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improve standards of learning and achievement for all pupils.
• To develop whole school approach and opportunities to Forest School
• Set expectations and targets for pupils in relation to standards of pupil achievements and the quality of teaching.
• Work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of pupils
• Use data effectively to identify pupils who are underachieving and where necessary create and implement effective plans of action to support those pupils.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher status or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
• Forest School Qualification and relevant First Aid qualification

• Experience of teaching pupils with SEND and working from EHCP documents 

• Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEND 

• Ability to create and maintain strong nurturing relationships with young people 

• Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety and SEND 

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.