Building on our four years of innovative and successful delivery of our Outdoor Alternative Education programme we have been working on an exciting new project with Gateacre Secondary School. The project has been funded by the Youth Endowment Fund and Mersey Forest. 

A group of 8 Key Stage 3 students have been spending two sessions per week in our immersive woodland camo, engaging in forestry, ecology, construction, woodwork, masonry, ground work, cooking and expeditions. 

Additionally, the project is being closely studied by our research partners LJMU and University of Cumbria to examine the effect of outdoor learning on behaviour, attainment and mental health. The resulting data will inform our future provision but will contribute to the growing body of evidence supporting the value of Outdoor Education.