This Natural England joint publication (JP057) was published December 2024.
This research explored whether teachers’ childhood nature experiences affect their teaching and their pupils’ nature access.
Primary school teachers in Southern England participated in an online survey about their’s and their pupils’ nature access and their nature connection. Of the 27 participants, 85% reported moderate to high nature connection.
Teachers who enjoyed nature as children often wish to share this with their pupils, seeing themselves as key facilitators of nature access at school.