The WILD Passport was designed primarily as a progressive skills curriculum for teachers, outdoor learning educators and forest school practitioners to enable them to track learner progress over a prolonged period of time, providing data to evidence skills and knowledge acquisition in order to legitimize and support the case for outdoor learning

Does the WILD Passport have to be run in schools?

Absolutely not! The programme could be run at an after school club, a youth club, as part of Scout or Guide groups, at a holiday scheme, by home educators or even by parents looking for a programme they can follow with their children

How long does the WILD Passport run for?

The WILD Passport is designed to be run over five years, with 25 Learning Objectives designated over five skill levels. However the curriculum is designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the client group so could be run at an increased or decreased pace as required

Is the WILD Passport the same as Forest School?

No, the WILD Passport is a progressive skills curriculum whilst Forest School is a distinct approach to teaching and a process of learning. Whilst Forest School may utilise some of the same skills used through the WILD Passport it is not concerned with tracking the skill and knowledge progression of learners in the same manner as the WILD Passport. The WILD Passport may be used within Forest School provision as a tool to support it or it can be run as a stand alone learning programme. Many of the current users of the WILD Passport are Forest School practitioners who have been asked to implement a Forest School skills progression scheme within their setting or to demonstrate learner progression in forest schools or skills progression in outdoor learning. The WILD Passport provides an outdoor learning skills framework that allows users to effectively measure learner progress across a wide breadth of subject areas.

What is the difference between WILD Passport training and Forest School training?

WILD Passport training is designed solely to teach educators the practical skills needed to run a woodland skills programme whereas Forest School training has large elements dedicated to child development and teaching theory. Similar to Forest School training, the WILD Passport requires has a portfolio element to be completed following the course, although it is significantly more manageable piece of work, aimed at consolidating the practical learning of the contact days. WILD Passport training provides the WILD Passport Curriculum resource pack as part of the training package

How often can I run the WILD Passport?

Once you have received your WILD Passport Curriculum resource pack you can run the programme as many times as you wish, with as many learners as you wish, which makes it outstanding value for money

Do I need access to Woodlands to run the WILD Passport?

The WILD Passport programme can be run in virtually any outdoor environment; woodlands, playing fields even, with some imagination, in a playground setting

Do I need to be qualified to run the WILD Passport?

We strongly recommend that the WILD Passport only be run by individuals with a qualification or extensive experience in teaching the relevant skills (e.g. tool use, fire use) to groups of learners. Qualifications we deem appropriate would be the Forest School level 3 award or the Bushcraft Competency certificate or similar. Experience we deem appropriate would be tool and fire based experience with youth groups such as the Scouting or Guiding movements.