Functional Skills Assessor

Deliver engaging Maths and English through animal-assisted and outdoor learning, helping young people reconnect with education.

You will be expected to embed Maths and English into real-world, practical and outdoor learning experiences. Examples include:

• Measuring fields and calculating how many fence panels are needed to enclose an area
• Using animal feed quantities to teach ratios, weights and conversions
• Calculating how much bedding or feed is needed over a set period and budgeting costs
• Timing grooming sessions and using results for data handling, averages and comparison
• Planning animal care rotas to teach sequencing, organisation and time management
• Measuring water trough capacity and calculating daily animal water intake
• Using walking routes with animals to teach distance, speed and time
• Comparing animal weights to explore estimation and number sense
• Recording animal behaviour patterns and turning them into simple charts or graphs
• Using seasonal routines (worming, clipping, feeding cycles) to support sequencing and calendar-based learning

You will also be involved in supporting learners with hands-on animal care such as grooming, feeding, enrichment activities and safe animal handling as part of their learning experience.

• Assess learners against Functional Skills criteria
• Prepare learners for external examinations
• Provide regular feedback and update individual learning plans
• Support learners to build confidence and independence in learning
• Build strong, trusting relationships with learners
• Use trauma-informed and relational approaches to behaviour support
• Respond calmly and consistently to behavioural needs
• Support emotional regulation through practical and outdoor learning
• Ability to deliver Functional Skills Maths and English (Entry Level 1–3 and Level 1–2)
• Experience working with young people with additional needs or disengagement from education
• Confident working outdoors and in non-traditional learning environments
• Strong communication and behaviour management skills
• Flexible, creative and learner-centred approach
• Teaching qualification (e.g. Level 3 Award in Education and Training or equivalent)
• Experience in animal-assisted learning or outdoor education
• Experience working with SEMH or trauma-informed practice
• Experience preparing learners for Functional Skills examinations

Manor Farm, St. Johns Lane, NORTH MARSTON, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3PU