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The Forest School App is one system for running a forest school, built around the Forest School Association's six principles by a practising forest school leader in the UK. Parents book and pay through one link, with no account or app to install. Bookings become your register. The register carries your risk-benefit assessments and your live adult-to-child ratio. As you run the session it becomes observations, photos and a complete record, so the paperwork is done by the time you leave the woods. Everything works offline on the field app for iPhone and Android and syncs when you are back in signal, so a site with no phone reception is not a problem. Dynamic risk changes, tools and fire, weather decisions, incidents and medication are all recorded live in the field, and every session produces a full PDF record automatically. Consent is enforced by construction: a child without photo consent cannot be photographed. Safeguarding concerns are visible only to your designated safeguarding lead, never to general staff or administrators. The app is free for individual practitioners, who can keep their profile, DBS, first aid and qualification records in one place and share them with every organisation they work for. Organisations pay a flat monthly fee, Solo or Team, with unlimited woods on every plan and a free trial with no card needed. We are a small UK team and we read every review.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This app is a game changer for Forest School Practitioners and organisations

This app is a game changer for Forest School leaders. To have the ability to plan, write observations, book people on, monitor progression over time and write all your incident reports in one secure space enables me and my team to have more time to deliver knowing we can access what we need in a touch off a button and communicate quickly with families and schools when needed. The off line feature is spot on and being able to share ideas and suggest on how the app could be adapted to work even better for our own setting is invaluable. Thank you for bringing this to the Forest School community.

24 September 2026
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Thanks so much for such a lovely review! We're so pleased it's helping out your FS!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great app

Great app. Easy to use, everything a leader would need in one place and works when you have no signal!

4 September 2026
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Thank you Emily, that's really good to hear. Working with no signal was the bit we worried most about, so we're pleased it's holding up. Do shout if anything would make your sessions easier.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a fantastic app!

What a fantastic app - it does everything I could possibly need as a Forest School leader. The support team were responsive and answered questions quickly. What's more they were happy to respond to feedback and add specific features for our uniqure Forest School setting. I will definetely recommned!

27 July 2026
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Reply from The Forest School App

Thank you, that's really good to hear. Adding the bits your setting actually needed was the enjoyable part. If anything else is missing, just shout.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfect app for Forest School

Brilliant app! Does everything I need for when I’m in the forest. Especially like the offline functionality for occasions when there’s no signal. So easy to make observations and link with a photo. Simple to navigate and keeps all your paperwork in one accessible location. Love the reminder function that lets you know when your First Aid certificate etc needs updated. Highly recommend! 🤩

3 September 2026
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Reply from The Forest School App

Thank you Gail, that's lovely to read. The offline side and the certificate reminders both came from leaders telling us what they needed, so we're really pleased they're holding up out in the woods. If you think of anything else that would help, do let us know.

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