Sep 2024
Schools for Nature
Our staff regularly see that pupils’ engagement with nature at school varies considerably, but we were unsure which young people this affected and how many pupils experience regular connection with nature. Understanding this situation would help our organisations, and the environment sector more widely, to focus our resources effectively. In 2022, we commissioned a survey to help us understand the baseline of what schools offer.
In this report, we:
- Share the findings from the Schools for Nature national survey.
- Review the research-based evidence which shows why nature connections at school matter.
- Explore the challenges which schools face when embedding learning in, through and for nature, and share case studies from schools which have overcome these.
- Reflect on the future for nature in schools and learning in nature.