Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68214

Outdoor Education

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Jade Botterill

LabourOssett and Denby Dale

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of outdoor education for (a) children and (b) adults.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department believes that outdoor education can be a valuable part of a broad and balanced curriculum, for example in physical education and geography, and a school’s enrichment offer. Both form an important part of our mission to break down barriers t...

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