Forest school training near you
64 trainers run forest school courses in woods across the UK, from a first Level 1 day to the Level 3 leader qualification. Pick your area on the map to find the ones near you, then book with the trainer directly.
- 64 in-person trainers
- 131 counties and towns
- 16 FSA endorsed
Every region
- North East 3 trainers Adventure Training North EastOASES (Outdoor and Sustainability Education Specialists)Scotswood GardenCounty DurhamNorthumberlandTyne and Wear
- North West 5 trainers Carlisle CollegeKindling Play and TrainingSocial adVenturesThe Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseysideand 1 moreCheshireCumbriaGreater ManchesterLancashireMerseyside
- Yorkshire and the Humber 6 trainers Aughton Early Years CentreDearne Valley CollegeForesteersGet Out More CICand 2 moreNorth YorkshireSouth YorkshireWest Yorkshire
- East Midlands 4 trainers Derbyshire Wildlife TrustEverdon Outdoor Learning Centre (West Northamptonshire Council)Forge LearningLand & Leaf CollectiveDerbyshireLincolnshireNorthamptonshireNottinghamshire
- West Midlands 6 trainers Coventry Outdoors (Coventry City Council)Field Studies Council (Bishops Wood)Forest Schools Birmingham CICLittle Acorns Forest Schooland 2 moreHerefordshireStaffordshireWarwickshireWorcestershire
- East of England 7 trainers Charlotte's WoodDown the Woods C.I.CEssex Wildlife TrustForest School Training Essexand 3 moreBedfordshireCambridgeshireEssexHertfordshireSuffolk
- London 3 trainers GreenWise PeopleKinship in NatureThe Garden Classroom
- South East 11 trainers Circle of Life RediscoveryFidgets LtdGreen Planet Academy LtdHampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trustand 7 moreBuckinghamshireEast SussexHampshireKentOxfordshireSurreyWest Sussex
- South West 5 trainers Children of the ForestDorset Forest SchoolInspired Forest School TrainingThe Outdoors Groupand 1 moreDevonDorsetGloucestershireWiltshire
- Scotland 6 trainers EarthtimeForest School Training Co (FSTC)Glasgow Forest SchoolNewbattle Abbey College (Forest College)and 2 moreAngusCity of EdinburghDumfries and GallowayFifeGlasgowLanarkshireMidlothianMorayPerth and Kinross
- Wales 6 trainers Campfire CymruForest School Swansea and Neath Port TalbotGo Wild EducationGwent Wildlife Trustand 2 moreBlaenau GwentDenbighshireFlintshireMonmouthshireNeath Port TalbotPowysRhondda Cynon TafSwansea
- Northern Ireland 2 trainers Childcare PartnershipsNorthern Ireland Forest School Association (NIFSA)County AntrimCounty DownCounty Londonderry
Which course do you need?
Level 3 is the leader qualification: you plan and run your own forest school. Expect around ten training days over several months, sessions with your own group, and a 16-hour outdoor first aid course.
Level 2 is for people assisting a qualified leader, and Level 1 is a short introduction. Our guide to forest school qualifications explains each one and how to choose a trainer.
Already qualified? Forest school CPD days lists dated courses and training days.
Training by town
AberdareBanburyBangorBarnsleyBasildonBelfastBexhillBirkenheadBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuckinghamBurton upon TrentBury St EdmundsCambridgeCarlisleCheltenhamChepstowColchesterCoventryCullomptonDalkeithDaventryDorchesterDumfriesDurhamEbbw ValeElginExeterExmouthGloucesterGravesendGuildfordHalesworthHamiltonHarrogateHenfieldHerefordHitchinIpswichKeighleyKendalKidderminsterLeedsLewesLincolnLiverpoolMagherafeltManchesterMansfieldMiddlesbroughMotherwellNewcastle upon TyneNorthallertonNorthamptonOxfordPeterboroughPetersfieldPrestonRichmondRingwoodRotherhamRuthinSaffron WaldenSalfordSalisburySheffieldSouthamptonStaffordStourbridgeSwindonTrowbridgeTunbridge WellsWolverhamptonWoodbridgeWorcester
Also teaching online or at venues around the country: Cambium Sustainable, Forest Schools Education and The Outdoor Teacher.