Ultimate Survival Recruitment

A WILD SUMMER ADVENTURE AWAITS!

HIRING NOW FOR SUMMER 2025

Adventurers aged 7 to 14 years can go wild during the summer holidays with our Ofsted-registered Ultimate Survival programme. Spending time being fully immersed in the natural environment, outdoor summer day camps are fun and adventurous for both staff and children.

We are looking for candidates with heaps of enthusiasm for the outdoors and experience working with and caring for children of all ages! Don't worry, you don't need to be Bear Grylls... You bring the passion and we'll provide the training!

2025 VACANCIES:

Ultimate Survival Instructor

£108.28 - £137.87 per day (Including 12.07% Holiday Pay). As well as the additional 3 hours' pay for evening duties on Thursdays

The role of an Ultimate Survival Instructor is to use supporting resources to deliver high level (structured) outdoor activities and workshops to groups of children aged 7 to 14. You will be expected to guide groups of children through week-long (timetabled) courses with emphasis on fun, excitement, teamwork, and skill development. You will have a pastoral role in being a group leader and be a key contact for children on Camp while taking a lead in ensuring their welfare.

Ultimate Survival Camp Leader

£132.44 - £149.48 per day (Including 12.07% Holiday Pay) As well as the additional 3 hours pay for evening duties on Thursdays

The role of the Ultimate Survival Camp Leader is to oversee the effective running of our Ultimate Survival courses. Along with your team of Ultimate Survival Instructors, you will deliver outstanding theatre-based, structured outdoor education activities and workshops to groups of children. If you have heaps of experience working with children in an outdoor setting and have worked in a senior or managerial role, this is the role for you!

Senior Ultimate Survival Instructor (Roaming)

£108.80 – £149 per day (inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay) + 22p per mile, as well as the additional 3 hours pay for evening duties on Thursdays.

The Senior Ultimate Survival Instructor (Roaming) will not be assigned to any one site, but will instead travel from camp to camp, able to deliver a range of different activities and workshops and provide support to the Ultimate Survival staff teams when needed. As well as heaps of experience delivering a wide range of outdoor activities to children, flexibility is a must in this role, as you will be required to react quickly in an ever-changing camp environment!

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OUR UK ULTIMATE SURVIVAL LOCATIONS 2025:

Bath - Prior Park College

Prior Park College is a mixed public school for both day and boarding students. Situated on a hill, set within a 57-acre site overlooking the World Heritage City of Bath...

Bedford - Bedford Modern School

Bedford Modern School in Bedford

Brackley - Beachborough School

One of the country’s oldest prep schools set in 30 acres of leafy grounds on the borders of Bucks, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire.

Brentwood - Brentwood School

Brentwood School is one of the UK’s leading independent day and boarding schools for boys and girls aged 3 – 18. With almost 500 years of history, the school is...

Crawley, near Gatwick - Copthorne Prep School

Copthorne Prep School, on the Sussex and Surrey border, has a thriving nursery, pre-prep and prep school for children aged 2-13 with fantastic facilities to run our Easter and Summer...

Faringdon - St. Hugh's School

St Hugh’s is a thriving independent co-ed Prep school on the doorstep of the Cotswolds. Boasting incredible indoor facilities and impressive grounds for outdoor sport and activity space, St Hugh’s...

Farnham - Frensham Heights School

Frensham Heights School is a progressive co-ed day and boarding school for ages 3-18 years on the edge of Rowledge Village, near Farnham. The school is set on 125 acres...

Godalming - Prior's Field School

Prior's Field School is a vibrant independent school with excellent facilities set in 23 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside near to the A3, M3 and M25.

Haywards Heath - Handcross Park School

One of the leading Preparatory Schools in Sussex, Handcross Park is set in 50 acres of stunning parkland with extensive playing fields, the grounds are truly wonderful and offer the...

Hindhead - St. Edmund's School

Join our Easter and summer camps at St. Edmund' School in Hindhead.

Hook - Wellesley Prep School

Wellesley Prep School is (formerly Daneshill School) is a wonderful boys and girls Prep school based in the Duke of Wellington estate, located halfway between Reading and Basingstoke. The school...

New Milton - Ballard School

Ballard School is a thriving co-educational independent day school located in New Milton, Hampshire, for children aged 2 to 16 years. Set in 34 acres between the New Forest and...

Newbury - St. Gabriel's School

Thriving independent girls day school set in the spectacular setting of Sandleford Priory, a beautiful listed building in 54 acres of parklands landscaped by "Capability" Brown.

Oxford (Chandlings) - Chandlings Prep School

Chandlings Prep is an independent, co-educational day school; the school is situated just West of Oxford and offers first-class facilities and extensive grounds.

Oxford (Farmoor) - Hill End Outdoor Centre

Hill End Outdoor Centre is located in Farmoor just outside Oxford between the A40 and A34, and offers woodland and beautiful grounds in which to run our Ultimate Survival courses.

Reading (Blue Coat) - Reading Blue Coat School

Set in 44 acres of beautifully maintained grounds on the banks of the Thames, Reading Blue Coat offers a unique and ideal location for running our holiday activity day camps!

Romsey - King Edward VI Preparatory School

An outstanding independent co-educational prep school set in over 22 acres of stunning grounds in the heart of Romsey, near Southampton, Winchester. It's beautiful red brick frontage gives this school...

St Albans - St Albans High School for Girls - Prep

Easter and summer activity camps at St. Albans High School for Girls Prep.

Stroud - Beaudesert Park School

Easter and summer holiday activity camps at Beaudesert Park School near Stroud in Gloucestershire.

Surbiton / Esher - Hinchley Wood Sports Ground

Leading independent school with first class sports and outdoor grounds near Esher and just 10 minutes from the heart of Surbiton. Surbiton High Sports Ground offer extensive pitches, grounds and...

Tunbridge Wells - Rose Hill School

Rose Hill is a wonderful independent Prep School situated in eighteen acres of beautiful grounds and first-class facilities ideal for our camps - Tunbridge Wells town centre is just a...

Windsor - St. John's Beaumont

Summer Activity Camps at St John's Beaumont in Windsor.

Bedford Modern School

Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August 2025 (Rainforest Evacuation)
Monday 4th to Friday 8th August 2025 (Island Expedition)
Monday 11th to Friday 15th August 2025 (Rainforest Evacuation)
Monday 18th to Friday 22nd August 2025 (Island Expedition)

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Ultimate Survival Recruitment

A WILD SUMMER ADVENTURE AWAITS!

HIRING NOW FOR SUMMER 2025

2025 VACANCIES:

Ultimate Survival Instructor

Ultimate Survival Camp Leader

Senior Ultimate Survival Instructor (Roaming)

OUR UK ULTIMATE SURVIVAL LOCATIONS 2025:

Bedford

Bedford Modern School

Brackley

Beachborough School

Brentwood

Brentwood School

Chelmsford

New Hall School

Crawley (Nr Gatwick)

Copthorne Prep School

Faringdon (Oxfordshire)

St. Hugh's School

Farnham

Frensham Heights School

Godalming

Prior's Field School

Haywards Heath

Handcross Park School

Hindhead

St. Edmunds School

Hook

Wellesley Prep School

Newbury

St. Gabriel's School

New Milton

Ballard School

Oxford (Farmoor)

Hill End Outdoor Education Centre

Oxford (West)

Chandlings Prep School

Reading (Sonning)

Reading Blue Coat School

Romsey

King Edward VI Prep School

St. Alban's

St. Albans High School for Girls Prep

Stroud, Nailsworth

Beaudesert Park School

Surbiton

Hinchley Wood Sports Ground (Surbiton High School)

Tunbridge Wells

Rose Hill School

Island Expedition | 2025

Rainforest Evacuation | 2025

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