Wilder Schools

Illustration featuring a 'wilder school' - with green spaces, a pond, school staff and Sussex Wildlife Trust staff chatting, pupils playing and other features

Wilder Schools programme for 2026-2027 is fully subscribed. Please check back in December when applications will be open again.

Through Wilder Schools, Sussex Wildlife Trust partners with your school for 1–3 years to support you in embedding nature connection and outdoor learning across your curriculum, school culture and community.

Connection to local blue and green spaces  

Discover how nearby wild places can enrich your learners’ experience of the National Curriculum.
Walk, wonder, learn, and connect with nature on your doorstep.

Tailored support to explore your local space

Through targeted CPD, INSETs, or modelled sessions with your class, we help you unlock the potential of your local environment and support you to get out into it with confidence.

    Site improvement

    Bring your school’s climate action plan to life & use it as a learning tool!
    Through child-centred consultation, we support you to: Create habitats. Capture rainwater. Grow food. Support pollinators. Every space has potential for wildlife and learners.

    We work with you to plan and deliver meaningful steps for biodiversity, adaptation, and resilience.
    No matter the size of your site, we’ll help you explore improvements that benefit both wildlife and outdoor learning.

    Wildflower areas, living walls, dead hedging, ponds, bog gardens, vegetable beds, woodland management - each a chance for children to get involved, learn, and lead.

      Outdoor learning & nature connection 

      Support to embed outdoor learning
      Modelled sessions, CPD, and planning support to build confidence, creativity, and curriculum links using your outdoor space.

      Spaces for everyday nature connection
      Create welcoming, nature-rich spaces that support wellbeing and connection - for your whole school community - beyond the classroom and outside of structured learning time.

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