The Forest School Association is going to China
The Forest School Association, through its trading company Forest School Trading Ltd, has entered into a collaboration agreement with a Chinese company called ISCA, a subsidiary company of Opal Consulting, to help take Forest School to China and to influence the...FSA Recognition of Forest School Qualifications
Introduction The Forest School Qualifications landscape has changed dramatically in the last few years and particularly in the past year. A number of opportunities for, and threats to, our sector have arisen as a result. The FSA has been both responsive to these...Press release – New professional standards for Forest School Trainers
Download the Press Release Press release – New professional standards for Forest School Trainers For Release: 3rd January 2018 The inspirational process of Forest School has been developing over the past twenty years in the UK, but there has been concern about...UK Awarding Bodies offering Forest School qualifications
The FSA has released a policy statement and supporting guidance notes regarding UK Awarding Bodies offering Forest School qualifications. Any OFQUAL recognised Awarding Body is able to offer accredited Forest School awards. It is a fairly simple matter for them to...Intellectual property rights – ‘Forest Schools’
The FSA have been approached by a number of individuals in the Forest School sector asking for clarification about the intellectual property rights and ownership of the term ‘Forest Schools’. The Intellectual Property Office have today confirmed that...Trademarking of generic terms
The directors of the FSA agreed that, as per Intellectual Property Office guidelines, terms that are generic for this sector should not be trademarked by any organisation. The directors also agreed that, as the UK wide professional body for Forest School, the FSA has...Purpose and Quality of Education Parliamentary inquiry 2016
Submission made by the FSA Purpose and Quality of Education Parliamentary inquiry 2016 FSA responseFEN and FSA working together (joint statement)
This is a joint statement to briefly set out how the Forest Education Network (FEN) England and the Forest School Association (FSA) will aim to work together, and to highlight complementary and distinctive features.
FSA Response to the English Government Consultation on the Proposed Changes to the English National Curriculum
Coordinated and finalised by Sara Knight
1. Comments on the proposed aims for the National Curriculum as a whole as set out in the framework document:
The aims are somewhat vague and not necessarily applicable to the 21st century and all the challenges that face society. We agree with the statement that pupils should be offered a broad and balanced curriculum that;
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