Forest schools: is yours more a marketing gimmick than an outdoors education?

Some UK schools have merely jumped on the bandwagon of the popular Scandinavian idea, a new book argues

Ash trees rustle in the breeze while beneath them muddy children run free, collecting leaves and searching for bugs in the shadows. This must be a forest school. Or is it?

According to academics in a book, Critical Issues in Forest Schools, to be published next month, there is a high probability that it is not a forest school as, it says, large numbers of nurseries, primaries and secondaries are falsely claiming claim to be one.

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