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Top 25 Forest schools based in the United Kingdom

Name: Forest schools based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 1,180 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,180 forest schools headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,216 professional contacts across them, including 851 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers forest schools headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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5,216Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest forest schools based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,180 forest schools based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to forest schools: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Partou Childcare	Indirect evidence	Denton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	260 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Partou, childcare isn’t just a job; it’s a journey – one where every child leads us in a unique direction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Ashbourne DAY Nurseries	Indirect evidence	Fenny Stratford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Ashbourne Day Nurseries, where we passionately craft nurturing environments that inspire lifelong learning and confidence in every child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Acorn Early Years	Indirect evidence	Milton Keynes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acorn Early Years Foundation, is a social enterprise with charitable status, providing early years education and childcare in Milton Keynes, Northants and Bedfordshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	The Bushcraft Company LTD	Partial evidence	Abingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	67 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We offer residential school trips with a difference, taking students into the wild and giving them real back-to-nature experiences they will never forget.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Snapdragons Nurseries Limited	Partial evidence	Atworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Snapdragons Nurseries have been leading the way in early years education since opening our first nursery and pre-school in 1998.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	The Petty Pool Trust	Indirect evidence	Cheshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Based in Sandiway Cheshire, Petty Pool is a charity set up in May 1981, with operational activities divided between Petty Pool Vocational College, which provides education and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Little Forest Folk	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fully outdoor forest nurseries that immerse two to five-year-olds in nature, helping them become creative, resilient little learners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Buttercups DAY Nursery	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Buttercups Day Nurseries is a family-run group that has been delivering outstanding early years care and education for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	The Outdoors Group	Strong evidence	Exeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Outdoors Group specialises in outdoor learning; engaging students in forest school activities, providing alternative education, adult courses and team building activities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Wilderness Foundation UK	Indirect evidence	Chatham Green, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Wilderness Foundation is a socio environmental charity founded in 1976 by the international conservationist Dr Ian Player DMS, renowned for saving the white rhino, and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Elmscot Group Limited	Indirect evidence	Hale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Elmscot.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Rosedene Nurseries	Indirect evidence	North East And North Yorkshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rosedene Nurseries is a childcare business since 1993.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Black Mountains College	Indirect evidence	Brecon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Black Mountains College is a brand-new college in the Brecon Beacons National Park, having launched in 2021 with our first cohort of students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Muddy Boots Nurseries	Indirect evidence	York, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Muddy Boots is a family-from-family, home-from-home nursery, offering places for children aged between 6 weeks and 5 years old.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Belmont Mill Hill Prep School	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School is one of many schools a part of the Mill Hill Education Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Pippa Pop-Ins	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pippa Pop-ins Nursery Schools” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Active Learning Group	Partial evidence	Abingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Active Learning Group is a portfolio of exciting brands, each of which specialise in experiential learning for children, spanning outdoor education for schools, summer camps and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Learning Through Landscapes	Indirect evidence	Winchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are the UK’s leading outdoor learning and play charity, with over 30 years' experience working closely with educators and partners around the world to champion outdoor learning…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Riverside Nursery Schools	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	The Treehouse Club	Strong evidence	Wickford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Welcome to the multi award winning Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club, the greenest eco-friendly child care provision in Billericay.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Little Barn Owls Forest & Farm School Nurseries	Strong evidence	Horsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Winners of UK Nursery Group of the Year 2020 and UK Nursery of the Year 2015, our multi-award winning forest and farm school nurseries in Southwater, Horsham and Broadbridge Heath…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Little Garden DAY Nurseries	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Little Garden Day Nurseries are a family of London based day nurseries and pre-schools, founded on over 25 years’ experience in caring for babies and children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Cavendish Lodge Nursery School	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Jodie and Kevin Potter own Cavendish Lodge Nursery School.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Shooting Stars Nurseries	Indirect evidence	Bromsgrove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Shooting Stars!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Little Hands Daycare	Indirect evidence	Stourbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Little Hands Daycare, we are committed to providing outstanding and tailored care, education and support to all children and families.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: forest schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names forest schools.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of forest schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name forest schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Forest schools based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

16.3%Verified-email coverage

4.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

8.8%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

769

11-50

276

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 1,180 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among forest schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “forest schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names forest schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among forest schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 851 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names forest schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many forest schools are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,180 forest schools headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Partou Childcare, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most forest schools?

London leads with 104 headquartered companies, followed by Bristol (17) and Birmingham (12).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 851 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,180 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.