Schools using nature for education and wellbeing - Burford School (secondary school)

This practice-led case study is part of a research project looking at Nature-based programmes in secondary schools for mental health and wellbeing. Four case studies were produced in 2025 with secondary school teachers who use nature-based programmes. Burford School is a large state mixed secondary school in a rural location at the edge of Burford in Oxfordshire. The school has large grounds with plenty of green space, mature trees and hedgerows, a small woodland, a copse, ponds, an orchard and allotment space. The school has built on experiences of the impact of green space on particular students over the last five years to build a school-wide and routine use of green space for education and wellbeing