Simple, flat pricing
Most tools for the early years charge by the child, so the bill climbs every time your group grows. The Forest School app doesn't. One flat price for your whole forest school, unlimited children and as many woods as you use, and a free account for every practitioner who works alongside you.
Free for practitioners
The Forest School app is free for the people doing the work. Only the forest school (the provider running the sessions) needs a subscription, and one plan covers the whole team.
Every practitioner gets a free account to manage themselves: profile and compliance (DBS, first aid, qualifications), shared to every forest school you work for. They bring you into their sessions by adding you to the team — free for you, whichever plan they're on.
The forest school is the billing account: £8 a month if you work on your own, or £29 a month flat once you're managing a team. VAT is included either way — and so are unlimited children, sessions and woods, on both. Never priced per child.
Running your own provision? You're a provider in your own right — a one-person organisation, £8 a month (VAT included) after a free 30-day trial (no card). Take on staff later and you move to Team; the same login still works free at any forest school that invites you.
Solo or Team
£8 a month if you work on your own; £29 a month, flat, once you've a team. VAT is included on both, and so are unlimited children, sessions and woods — the price only changes when your team does, never when your provision grows. 30 days free to start, no card.
Your own account — as a leader, assistant or volunteer.
Free
The forest school you work for adds you to its sessions.
A sole-trader provider running your own provision.
£8inc VAT / month
Want your team recording their own observations & photos? Upgrade to Team anytime.
Start freeA forest school where the whole team records.
£29inc VAT / month
One flat price for your whole forest school — however many of you are recording
The price on the page is the price — VAT included, nothing added at checkout. Cancel anytime, and your records stay yours to export.
How we compare
| Approach | Typical price | Climbs with children? | Built for the field? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per-child observation apps | ~£2–5 per child / mo | Yes: every child adds cost | No, indoor EYFS |
| Flat nursery platforms | ~£49–£230 / mo | No | No, desk-bound |
| Booking-only tools | ~£16–£70 / mo | No | Stops at registers & payments |
| The Forest School app | from £8 / month, flat, VAT included | Never | Yes, offline, in the woods |
Indicative market ranges (UK, 2025–26) for the tools forest-school leaders tell us they cobble together today. The Forest School app replaces the field-record half of that stack with one flat plan.
Pricing, plainly
The forest school does: the provider running the sessions. Every practitioner has a free account for their own profile and compliance. A sole-trader provider running their own provision is a one-person organisation (a business in its own right), so they hold the subscription themselves, at £8 a month (VAT included) on Solo.
Who does the recording. On Solo (£8 a month, VAT included) one leader records everything; volunteers are on your register, counted in your ratios, and can connect free with the app to see the sessions they're on, the plans and the risk assessments — they just don't write anything. Team (£29 a month, flat, VAT included) is where your whole team records under their own names — logins, roles and permissions, plus the DSL safeguarding wall, staff compliance tracking and commissioning-body access.
Never. Children, sessions and sites are unlimited, so a busy group, an extra pair of hands, or a new wood never costs you more. Price depends on one thing only: whether you work on your own or you've a team.
Yes — and volunteers never cost anything, on any plan. A volunteer can be on your register record-only, or connect their own free account to see the sessions they're on, the plans and the risk assessments to sign. What Team adds is recording: assistants and leaders writing their own observations, photos and notes under their own names. Everyone's account is free, and the same login follows them to every forest school that adds them.
Run as many as you like, on either plan. Add every site you work from, each with its own emergency plan and site checks, at no extra cost — a cap on woods would only ever mean a wood someone didn't declare. So if you're the only one recording, a second and a third wood keep you on Solo at £8 a month; you move to Team when your team starts recording, not when your provision spreads out. A trust or chain running several separate organisations, each with its own team and safeguarding lead? Get in touch and we'll sort a price that fits your scale.
No. You get 30 days free with no card. Add one only if you decide to stay, and cancel before then with nothing to pay.
The price on the page is the price: VAT is included, so nothing is added at checkout. Your invoices and receipts come straight from our payment provider.
Only a flat 1% (VAT included), and only when we actually collect money for you through the app — never revenue-based pricing. Free bookings and offline payments never incur it, and you can pass the 1% on to parents if you'd rather.
Pick a plan to carry on. If you don't, your account stays (we never delete your records) and turns read-only until you choose a plan, so nothing is ever lost.
Set your forest school up in two minutes. Free for 30 days, no card needed.