Cotswold Forest School

Embracing learning through nature

What is a Forest School?

Based on a Scandinavian idea, it involves children and young people (3 – 18) working with a qualified Forest School Leader and their teacher on a frequent and regular basis throughout the year in a local woodland setting.

They follow their usual curriculum, but in an outdoor context, using learning and teaching strategies which raise self-esteem, develop confidence, independence and language and communication skills.

During the last five years or so several innovative projects have become established in the UK, notably in Somerset, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Devonand Kirklees. Wales has an umbrella group (Forest School Wales), supported by the Welsh Assembly.