Welcome To Woodcraft School

Woodcraft School are professional suppliers of bushcraft qualifications, natural history and wildlife experiences. For the last 12 years we have been responsible for creating and delivering innovative courses highly sought after by beginners, enthusiasts and fellow instructors. Our bushcraft courses range from one day experiences to a series of NCFE qualifications taking you to the highest level of learning attainable in the UK. We also deliver for external institutions such as schools, universities and outdoor education centres. We believe that the student is the centre of the learning experience and to that end our staff are all selected as much for their exceptional teaching ability as for their knowledge base.

Our emphasis is on quality, employing a small team of dedicated professionals and avoiding excessive repetition of the same courses - this distinct variety keeps our staff and our teaching fresh. It also means we can ensure our clients have the best possible experience through well planned and thought out programmes and through small class sizes. Many of our clients have been with us since the beginning, having completed all of our courses and we can boast an 85% return rate which is pretty special!

Although applicable in wild areas we believe that Bushcraft should also become part of your everyday life, whether through craft, collecting wild foods or through nature observation. Bushcraft as a subject is vast and we will be the first to admit we are always learning something new, we do not suffer any elitism in this regard and don't waste time arguing points of technique and context with our peers:- we happily accept that bushcraft means different things to each of us and that it is entirely possible to arrive at the same destination by a different route. Much quoted, but still valid, is the premise that the journey is the most important part of any experience.

We are bound in our teaching by our ethical beliefs, recognising that pressures on the natural world are immense and that tradition is a poor excuse for hanging on to unsustainable and sometimes cruel techniques. To that end we place great emphasis on minimal impact and managing our resources well.

Our staff are always learning and compounding their skill base; check out our staff biographies and news pages to see what we have been up to.

Woodcraft School hold the Investing in Quality Licence with the NCFE. We have been awarded this prestigious title because we have been through a highly rigorous approval process that is normally set aside for large schools and further education centres and our processes are under constant review by the awarding body to assure quality.