Forest Schools

"Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk-taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner-inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

The process helps and facilitates more than knowledge-gathering; it helps learners develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. It creates a safe, non-judgemental nurturing environment for learners to try stuff out and take risks. Forest School inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it. Our approach to risk means that learners constantly expand on their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience. We believe that risk is more than just potential for physical harm, but a more holistic thing, there are risks in everything we do, and we grow by overcoming them. Forest School therefore, helps participants to become, healthy, resilient, creative and independent learners."

- Forest School Association, 2025

Mrs Sanderson and Miss Ray are our Forest School leaders. Every child in Reception, Year 1 and 2 accesses regular Forest School sessions to support their personal development. In KS2, we run nurture groups for children who may continue to benefit from this approach. We love Forest Schools! 

Eco Schools

We are proud to have been awarded our Eco-Schools award for promoting sustainability in our schools, and learning how to look after our environment. Each school has its own team of 'eco-warriors' who work with Mrs East to help us keep our schools green.