One app for the whole job
Most leaders run their forest school on a mix of tools: a booking website, an observation app, risk assessments in Word, registers on paper. The Forest School App does all of it in one place and works in the wood, with or without signal. A booking puts the child on your register, the register carries your risk assessments, and what you note on the day becomes the session record.
Booking platforms are built for indoor classes and workshops. Observation apps assume a classroom with wi-fi. So you export a spreadsheet from one, retype names into another, keep your risk-benefit assessments in a folder of Word files, and write the register on a clipboard because nothing works once you're off the path.
The Forest School App covers the session itself, outdoors and often with no signal. One booking link fills your register, the register already carries the right risk assessment, you add observations and photos as the session happens, and everything saves on the device and syncs when you're back in range.
What's inside
Share one link and families book a place in seconds, with no account and no app to download. Every confirmed booking lands as a tick on your register, so there's nothing to retype. Families agree to and sign your terms and conditions as they book.
Build a reusable library of risk-benefit assessments and stack the right ones onto each session. Note the dynamic risk calls you make on the day in a tap or two, at the next pause, with or without signal.
Capture a moment of learning with a quick note and a photo. A photo of a child without photo consent is kept for your records and never shared. Observations build into each child's learning journey over the weeks and terms.
Plan a single taster, a half-term block or a whole term of weekly sessions in one go. Each session keeps its own site, ratio and stacked assessments, ready to run.
Register, ratio, risk log, observations, incidents and reflection all live in one session record, and print as a single, tidy PDF whenever you need it.
The whole app runs on the device, in the wood, with no signal at all. It saves as you go and syncs everything back when you're in range.
Two ways in
Who runs it
Why it's different
It's offline-first: the full app lives on your phone, works with no signal, and syncs when you're back in range.
It's one connected system. In the wood, the register fills from bookings, the ratio counts as children arrive, the forecast is there for the weather decision, and the session record builds from what you did. Medical notes, allergies, emergency contacts and the risk-benefit assessment are a tap away. Anything else can wait for a pause, and a voice note saves typing it. Nothing is exported or retyped.
And it's built by a forest school practitioner, around what happens on a cold, muddy morning in the wood.
Want the full tour? The features page walks through every part of the app, from the booking link families tap to the session record at the end of the day.
Every leader, assistant and volunteer gets a free account. Only the forest school (whoever runs the sessions) needs a plan, and one plan covers the whole team and unlimited bookings. A freelance leader working on their own is on Solo (£8 a month, VAT included); a forest school with staff is on Team (£29 a month flat, VAT included). See full pricing: no card needed to start.
Set your forest school up free for 30 days, no card needed. Bookings, registers, risk and records in one place, and it works offline.