pdfquick search 
Accredited UK Forest School Training 
admin.office@forestschoolscotland.co.uk  
Research on Forest School  
 
Liz O'Brien (Forest Research) & Richard Murray (New Economics Foundation) - research into Forest School to see how it linked to the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto produced by the Government in 2006: Forest School: A Marvellous Opportunity to Learn [full report] 
 
Lorna Jenner (freelance Environmental Education Consultant) & Ffion Hughes (Education officer of the Forestry Commission Wales) - their study measured the beneficial effects of forest school with a group of children from Pentre School in N.Wales. - Forest School Research Ysgol Pentre 
 
Rowena Kenny (2010) - Bath Spa University - A critical review of research and literature exploring the relationship of the child with the natural world. - Link to her research paper 
 
Sam Massey - the difference between the Forest School approach and the traditional outdoor learning approach - The Benefits of a Forest School Experience for Children in their early years [PDF] 
 
 
 
 
Mark Leather (2016) A critique of Forest School: Something lost in translation [PDF] 
 
 
 
 
The areas of benefit identified by a number of studies reflect the outcomes which time and again are associated with Forest School:  
 
Increased self-esteem and self-confidence  
Improved social skills  
The development of language and communication skills  
Improved physical motor skills  
Improved motivation and concentration  
Increased knowledge and understanding of the environment  
 
Designed and created by it'seeze