Exploring how a dialogue between the education sector and Parliament can support improvements in schools & colleges.

The APPG on Education will be hosting its next meeting focused on outdoor learning, its benefits, and how to promote further uptake including in areas where access to greenspace is more limited.  It will be held on Wednesday 31^st January 2024 at 2.30pm in Room Q, Portcullis House

The benefits of outdoor learning at school are clear, especially when children are spending less and less time outdoors at home.

The UK’s leading outdoor learning and play charity, Learning Through Landscapes, found that 88% of teachers agreed that children are happier after playing outdoors and 97% of teachers believe that outdoor playtime throughout the school day is critical for children to reach their full potential.

Our meeting aims to explore how outdoor education can contribute to child development, alleviating some of the problems we have seen arise from COVID and supporting strong academic performance.

We will hear from representatives from industry and educators, after which there will be a discussion and Q&A session concluding with a list of actions for the APPG to take forward.

Please register your interest here. Please note that there are very limited limited spaces available for this in-person event and we kindly request that you only register if you are committed to attending.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please do contact Anna Wolffe, the Group’s Secretariat, by phone on 07960 793315 or by email at educationappg@ranelaghuk.com