Accredited Forest School Training - Dates and Information
Accredited Forest School training run locally, nationally and internationally. Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and beyond.
Please see below the list of dates for the courses available.
Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully before booking your training with Where The Fruit Is.
We are working with a range of partners, including Oxfordshire County Council and the National Forest, to meet the pressing needs of schools and early years settings.
We are listening to colleagues in schools and early years settings, responding to the widened experiential learning gap, developing training that provides sustainable, holistic, emotion-coaching in nature.
We believe the Forest School approach, promoting learner-centred opportunities for play, is a powerful way to re-engage those children and young people most disadvantaged due to Covid19, with their peers and learning, whilst caring for the wellbeing and mental health of staff and pupils.
We run bespoke, accredited Forest School training locally, nationally and internationally.
Please contact us if you want to know more about whole staff training around nature connection, emotion coaching and wellbeing.

Accredited Forest School training:
- Forest School Leader Training (level 3)
- Forest School Assistant (Level 2)
- Introduction To Forest School (Level 1)
- Top Up Level 3
Click on the links above or scroll down to find out more.
Forest School Assistant (Level 2)
Course Information
- Level 2 Forest School Assistant
- Qualification awarded: Level 2 Open College Network West Midlands Award for Forest School Assistants
- Course length: run concurrently with L3 workshops
- Trainers: Sarah Lawfull & Sarah Walker
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £780 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification) - NB – Learner needs to be at least 19 years old at qualification.
Course Information
Please contact us if you would like to explore this option.
Please note: this qualification does not equip nor qualify the learner to lead Forest School sessions in the absence of a qualified L3 Forest School Leader
Level 2 Course requirements and details:
Learner needs to be at least 19 years old at qualification. Two units of work, equal to 7 credits, evidenced by a portfolio requiring an average of 54 guided learning hours with a total qualification time of 70 hours. This means there are about 16 hours personal study for the learner to do at home.
Course Dates
tbc
Introduction To Forest School (Level 1)
Course Information
- Introduction To Forest School (Level 1)
- Qualification awarded: Open College Network West Midlands Level 1 Award in Forest School Ethos and Principles
- Course length: tbc
- Trainers: Sarah Lawfull
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £420 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
Course Information
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting for a group of adults. Group discounts may apply.
Level 1 Course requirements and details: The Forest School Association and Department for Education require the learner to be at least 14 years old.
Course Dates
- please call for latest dates
Top Up Level 3
Course Information
- Top Up Level 3
- Qualification awarded: Open College Network West Midlands Level 3
- Course length: tbc
- Trainers: Sarah Lawfull
- Host site: tbc
- Cost: £780 incl VAT (per learner)
(includes all refreshments, lunch, course materials, registration and certification)
Course Information
Please contact us if you would like us to run this is in your setting.
Course Dates
- please call or check back for latest dates