Forest Schools Map
Explore over 6,500 schools across England offering Forest School programmes and outdoor learning — education in woodlands and natural environments that builds confidence, resilience, and environmental awareness.
Forest School is an outdoor education approach that uses natural environments for learning. Children develop confidence, social skills, and environmental awareness through hands-on activities in woodlands and green spaces throughout the year.
This map includes schools with Forest School programmes, outdoor learning curricula, nature-based activities, and gardening clubs — identified from school websites. Use the controls on the map to toggle between count and percentage, and filter by category.
Hover over a local authority to see its stats. Click to zoom in and see individual school markers. Use the ranking table below the map to compare all areas and click any row to jump to that local authority.