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Forest School Site Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for forest school site in forest schools settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for forest school site in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Improves physical health and motor skills through active exploration.
Develops independence, problem-solving, and teamwork skills outdoors.
Promotes curiosity, observation, and deep learning across the curriculum.
Supports emotional regulation and wellbeing in natural settings.
Builds connection with nature through regular immersive experiences.
Typical hazards & measures
Tools misuse (e.g. knives or saws)
— Train children before use, supervise 1:1 for sharp tools, enforce sitting position during use, count tools in/out, and inspect tools before each session.
Wind and falling branches
— Monitor forecasts, inspect trees before sessions, avoid areas with hanging limbs, relocate if high wind predicted, supervise movement near trees, stop activity during strong gusts.
Water bodies
— Mark boundaries clearly, supervise closely near water, conduct safety briefings, supply buoyancy aids where needed, carry emergency equipment, and review safe access routes.
Nettles and brambles
— Ensure paths are cleared before sessions, cut back vegetation, conduct regular site sweeps, brief participants, wear long trousers and gloves, flag scratch zones, and supervise bramble crossings.
Missing child or wandering
— Establish and mark clear boundaries, assign adults to corners of the area, use buddy systems, conduct frequent headcounts, brief on what to do if lost.
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