They have been put together by the Forest School Association (FSA), a body that sets professional standards, in response to concerns about the 'variable quality' of some forest school training.
Through the Quality Assurance scheme, the FSA endorses that trainers are providing quality forest school training in line with the six core forest school principles and that they are following a quality training process.
It is anticipated that local authority advisors and Ofsted will use the scheme as a way of signposting that provision meets national standards.
In order to complete the Quality Assurance scheme, trainers have to pass three stages. The first stage is paper-based, and on completion, trainers are eligible to become an FSA Trainer member, which means they are included on the Association’s online map and database of recognised and endorsed FS Trainers. They then have up to two years to complete stages two and three, which involves interviews of their trainees and a panel interview with assessors.
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