We have carefully selected a booking system that is fully GDPR compliant and designed to give parents control over their data. Creating an account allows you to manage, update, or delete your information at any time.

For drop-off sessions, it is essential that we hold key details such as medical information, dietary requirements, and emergency contact information to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all young people. The account system enables you to securely provide and manage this information.

Yes. We take the safeguarding and wellbeing of young people extremely seriously, and all staff are DBS checked.

We are a small, experienced team. I am supported by another trained member of staff, and together we hold qualifications and training including:

• Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

• Annual Prevent training

• Outdoor First Aid

• PGCE with QTS in Social Sciences

• Food Hygiene certification

• Over 15 years’ experience working with young people across a range of settings

I am in the final stage of completing my Level 3 Forest School Leader qualification, with final sign-off to be completed following the delivery of 6 sessions.

We follow risk–benefit assessments and dynamic risk assessment practices to ensure young people can take appropriate, supported risks in a safe environment.

All supporting staff will hold relevant qualifications. If you would like further information, all policies are available on our website.

Our sessions are designed to support independence, confidence, and self-directed learning, in line with Forest School principles.

Young people are encouraged to explore and engage at their own pace within a supportive environment. For those who wish to stay nearby, there is an on-site café available.

We also have Parent and Teen and Family sessions for families who would like to be able to come together :)

Our sessions are designed as part of a continuous programme, as the greatest benefits of Forest School come from regular attendance over time. Building confidence, skills, and relationships happens gradually across sessions.

We completely understand that families may wish to try a session first to see if it’s the right fit and we’re happy to support this. If your child enjoys their first session, we would gently encourage booking onto a 6-week block to allow them to fully settle in and gain the most from the experience in line with Forest School Long term principles.

We keep our group sizes small, with a maximum of 8 young people per session. This allows us to provide a safe, supportive environment where each child can be properly supervised.

Smaller groups also enable children to take part safely in activities such as fireside cooking, fire lighting, and tool use, while ensuring we can respond to individual interests, needs, and levels of confidence.

All sessions are now located at our base at:

Calbourne Water Mill

Newport Rd, Calbourne, Newport PO30 4JN

Specific site directions are sent after booking.

There is a cafe and toilets on site at the Water Mill.

Yes, we have 5 hour day summer camps. These will be released soon. Please message to be the first to hear when these will be released.