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North East

Scotswood Garden

Newcastle Upon Tyne

North West

Kindling Play and Training

Eden Valley, Cumbria and across the UK

Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside Wildlife Trust

Preston & Bolton

Yorkshire/Derbyshire

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Derbyshire

Doncaster College

S Yorkshire

Foresteers

Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Sunshine Forest School

Derbyshire

East Midlands/East Coast

Holmsdale Manor

Leicestershire

Humber Wild

Humberside

Land and Leaf Collective

Lincolnshire

Nene Park

Peterborough

West Midlands

Forge Learning

Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Peterborough/Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire

Forest Schools Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands and Worcestershire

Get out of the Classroom

Dudley, West Midlands

Little Acorns Forest School Ltd

Midlands

Moor Green Primary

Moseley, Birmingham

Social adVentures

Salford

Step-Out

Kent & West Midlands

Urban Outdoor Learning

Birmingham & West Midlands

London

Earthwild

London & South East

Greenwise People

Richmond, London

Kinship in Nature

East London

The Hive

London & South East

South East

Charlotte’s Forest School

Ipswich

Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC

East Sussex

Down the Woods

Hertfordshire

Earthcraft

Near Canterbury, Kent

Essex Wildlife Trust

Great Wigborough, Essex

Forest School Training Essex

Colchester, Essex

Green Earth Learning

Chelmsford, Essex

Green Light Trust

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Swanwick, Hampshire Wales

Kent High Wield Bright Sparks Forest School

Cranbrook, Kent

Muddy Feet Training

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire

Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Suffolk

Surrey Wildlife Trust

Courses at the nature reserve in Guildford & Education Centres in Leatherhead and Godstone

Sussex Wildlife Trust

East & West Sussex

The Sustainability Centre

Hampshire

Where the Fruit Is

Oxfordshire

South West

Brightwood Training Forest School

Based near Swindon, works across Oxon, Wilts, Glos, Berks & the UK

Children of the Forest

DEVON

Coast & Forest Education

Dorset

Dorset Forest School

Dorset

Forest School Learning Initiative (FSLI)

Cotswolds

Richard Irvine Outdoor Learning

Devon

The Outdoors Group

Devon

PLAYWOOD Forest School & Outdoor Learning

BATH

Whitehorse Training

Dorset

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Wiltshire

Wales

Cambium Sustainable

Wales

Campfire Cymru

Ruthin, Wales

Forest School SNPT

Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot

Go Wild Education

Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, Tintern, S Wales

Gwynedd Outdoor Learning

N Wales

Ignite

Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare

North Wales Outdoor Learning

North Wales

Scotland

Mindstretchers Academy

Crieff, Scotland

OutLET

Hamilton, Scotland

Queen Margaret University

Edinburgh - as part of BA (Hons) Education Studies

Stramash

Fort William, Scotland

Under the Trees

Wild things!

Woodland Activity training - Inverness, Scotland

Online

The Outdoor Teacher

Online Training

See also

Forest School qualifications

Forest School practitioners must be qualified to deliver Forest School opportunities for Early Years, Primary Schools and more. Progressive levels of qualification enable the practitioner to undertake roles with increasing levels of responsibility for setting up, planning and delivery of regular sessions.

This page describes the different levels, responsibilities and entry requirements.
See Forest School training for info about choosing a trainer.

To deliver a Forest School programme at least one Level 3 Forest School Leader must be present.

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Forest School training

Forest School practitioners must undertake training to deliver quality, child-led outdoor provision for Early Years, Primary school children and more.

This page offers tips for choosing a trainer - things to consider, what it's like to undertake Forest School training - and a list of training providers.

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Training & Events Calendar

Have a browse for Forest School, Forest Kindergarten and other outdoor play and nature play related training and events all associated with nature and being outdoors.

Find out more about Forest School training here and view our list of trainers signed up to the Muddy Faces Trainers Community here.

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