The six principles
What forest school actually is, and what each of the six asks of you in the woods.
Practical guides for leaders
Forest school guides.
Free, practical guidance written by a practitioner, for running safe sessions in the woods. No signing up to read any of it.
The cornerstone guides.
Writing a risk-benefit assessment
What a good RBA actually weighs, and how to write one that lets you say yes to the fire.
Forest school ratios
The numbers behind safe adult-to-child cover, and how to keep them right as a session changes.
Ofsted & the FSA
Who looks at what, what they expect to see, and how the two frameworks fit together.
Fire & tool safety
Running fire and tool activities with children safely: set-up, supervision and the boundaries that hold.
EYFS observations outdoors
Capturing meaningful observations in the woods and tying them back to the EYFS, without losing the moment.
Planning a session & term
From a single session to a full term, a simple way to plan that leaves room for child-led play.
The app from the same people
The people who write these guides also make the Forest School App, for your registers, ratios, risk-benefit assessments and observations, on your phone in the woods. Have a look at everything it does.
Put the guides into practice.
Free for every practitioner. Set your forest school up free for 30 days, no card needed.