Forest School Level 3 Training — September 2026 cohort

A LASER Level 3 Certificate course for Forest School leaders, combining outdoor skills and child-development theory.

This LASER Level 3 Certificate for Forest School Leaders (RQF) combines practical outdoor skills with child-development theory and the child-led Forest School approach. It prepares participants to plan, deliver and monitor a Forest School programme. The published course includes Forest School First Aid on 9–10 November 2026 (09:00–18:00), skills days on 16–17 March 2027, and a mandatory mentoring visit to one of six Forest School sessions that participants plan and deliver. In the current collection window, the listed training dates are 20 and 21 October, 9 and 10 November, 17 November 2026, 23 February, and 16 and 17 March 2027. The published course also lists a 20 April 2027 training day (09:30–16:30), beyond this collection window, and gives an overall course bound of 24 September 2027. The full course price is £1,225. The course takes place at Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve, between Southampton and Fareham.