Here are the latest updates from the National Education Nature Park team.

Over a quarter of schools in England are transforming their sites for nature.

More than 7,500 educational settings are now taking part in the free National Education Nature Park programme.

As the third academic year of the National Education Nature Park begins, the Natural History Museum has released some key highlights to demonstrate the success of the programme across settings in England:

  • More than 1 in 4 primary and secondary schools registered
  • 7,500 schools, nurseries and colleges registered
  • More than 13 million square metres of habitat mapped across the education estate
  • More than 1,100 schools, nurseries and colleges mapping their habitat
  • Over £12 million in grants awarded to over 1,250 schools and nurseries

Find out more and read the Annual Report.

The Nature Park Map

The Nature Park Map (accessible by anyone, no login required) has just launched and brings together all the data that education settings across the country have gathered and allows anyone to explore all of the data collected from various activities in one place.

Connecting with nature for SEND students at Dixons Kings Academy

Dixon Kings Academy is a secondary school in Bradford. Discover how the school has been using the Nature Park programme, especially with their SEND students. They’ve added log seating, planted dogwood and holly trees, built a walkway and added fruit trees. Read more.