For school leaders

A whole-school approach to outdoor learning

Turn your school grounds into a permanent outdoor learning resource that supports teaching, physical activity and personal development across your whole school.

  • A resource for every teacher and pupil
  • Supports curriculum and school priorities
  • Supports engagement, physical activity and wellbeing
  • Easy to implement across your school
  • Trusted by 1,000+ schools across the UK
School pupils outdoors

Why school leaders choose The Outdoor Classroom

A permanent outdoor learning system that delivers lasting benefits for pupils, teachers and your whole school.

Support pupil engagement

Create active learning experiences that get pupils moving, exploring and learning outdoors.

Develop the whole child

Build confidence, teamwork, independence, resilience and physical activity.

Support school priorities

Strengthen curriculum delivery, personal development and opportunities for pupils to be active.

Create a lasting resource

Permanent maps and plaques give your school an outdoor learning resource that can be used year after year.

Simple to implement

We take care of mapping, setup, staff training and ongoing support.

From investment to impact

The Outdoor Classroom provides everything your school needs to embed outdoor learning for the long term.

1

Transform your school grounds

Transform your school grounds

We create a bespoke orienteering map and install permanent resources, turning your existing school grounds into a space for curriculum learning, OAA and physical activity.

2

Empower your staff

Empower your staff

Give teachers ready-to-use curriculum activities, lesson creation tools, automatic orienteering courses, training and ongoing support.

3

Engage your pupils

Engage your pupils

Create opportunities for pupils to learn actively outdoors while developing confidence, independence and teamwork.

4

Embed it across your school

Embed it across your school

Build outdoor learning into everyday teaching so the investment benefits different subjects, year groups and pupils for years to come.

Trusted by schools. Proven through participation.

1,000+

Schools across the UK

Thousands of pupils

Learning outdoors every week

Every subject

Can be taught outdoors

Everything you need

Maps, plaques, lessons and training

A complete whole school solution

We have thought of everything, so you can focus on what matters most.

Permanent school resource

Bespoke map and permanent plaques

Curriculum-wide learning

Ready-to-use activities across every subject

Teacher tools

Lesson creation, publishing and course planning

Pupil experience

Simple web-based activities and orienteering

Staff development

Training, onboarding and ongoing support

Impact & reporting

Track participation, activity and pupil progress

See the impact in schools

See what The Outdoor Classroom looks like in practice.

Explore case studies from schools already using The Outdoor Classroom, alongside our Annual Impact Reports bringing together participation data, outdoor learning trends and success stories from schools across the UK.

Springwell Primary School Case study

Springwell Primary School

How Springwell embeds outdoor learning across the curriculum to boost engagement, confidence and skills.

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Inglewood Primary School Case study

Inglewood Primary School

Building independence and teamwork through orienteering and curriculum-linked outdoor activities.

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Join 1,000+ schools using The Outdoor Classroom to make learning active, meaningful and outdoors.