This is the name Open Awards prints on your certificate. Please match your passport or driving licence.

Full legal name, as it should appear on your certificate *

Preferred name, if different

A learner number will be allocated to you on sign up. It identifies you through the assessment process. Leave this blank and we will fill it in after submission.

Learner number

Use an address that is yours rather than your school's. Your course login and your certificate come here.

Personal email address *

Mobile number *

Home address

Street address *

Town or city *

Postcode *

Are you under 18? *

Yes

Date of birth *

Photo ID: please upload a photo of your passport or driving licence. Every learner does this, so we can confirm who you are for the awarding body. We delete it once you have your certificate. *

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PDF, DOC/DOCX, XLS/CSV, JPG/JPEG, PNG, GIF

Photo ID uploaded *

I have uploaded my photo ID

Is your course in person or online? *

In person or blended

Online only

Your role or job title *

The setting you work in

Reading, writing, hearing, sight, mobility, neurodivergence, anxiety, anything at all. Tell us and we will make it work. It is not shared with your employer.

Is there anything we should know so you can take part fully?

Please tell this person you have given us their number. It cannot be you, and for under 18s it must be a parent, guardian or a member of staff present on the day.

Emergency contact name *

Their relationship to you *

Their contact number *

A second number, if they have one

We work with tools, fire and weather, sometimes a long way from a road. Nothing here stops you doing the course. It tells your trainer what to have ready.

Do you have any medical condition we should know about? (for example asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, heart conditions) *

If yes, please tell us about your condition

Do you take any medication that could affect you outdoors? *

If yes, please tell us about your medication

Do you carry emergency medication, such as an inhaler or adrenaline pen? *

Where will it be kept on the day?

If you cannot use it yourself, may the trainer help you use it?

Any allergies, including food, insect stings, latex and plants

Dietary requirements

Anything else the trainer should know, such as pregnancy, a recent injury or surgery

Is your tetanus up to date? *

Your GP or doctor's name and surgery *

Surgery phone number

In an emergency, I agree that the trainer may give me first aid and call the emergency services, and may share the information on this form with them. *

Yes

I agree that Forest Schools Education may hold this health information to keep me safe on this course, and share it only with the trainer running my course and with emergency services if needed. *

Yes

Forest School is built on real tools and real fire, used well. These agreements keep you and everyone around you safe.

I will only use a tool once the trainer has shown me how, and only in the way I have been shown, following the Archimedes Tools Arc.
I will return every tool to its agreed place and never leave one lying on the ground.
I will follow the fire circle boundaries and the trainer's instructions around fire at all times, and only light, tend or put out a fire when asked to.
I will wear the clothing and footwear in the joining information and use any protective equipment I am given.
I will not attend under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and I will tell the trainer if a medicine might affect my judgement or balance.
I will tell the trainer straight away if I feel unwell, get hurt, or see anything unsafe.
I will respect the site, its plants and wildlife, and the landowner's rules.
I understand the trainer may stop me using a tool, step me back from the fire or pause my part in an activity if they judge it unsafe. If unsafe use continues, access to that activity may be refused for the rest of the course, which may affect completion of the practical assessment.

I have read and agree to all eight. *

Agreed

Do you have everything on the kit list for your venue and season? *

How are you travelling to the venue?

Anything about the venue or travel you need help with?

We take photographs and sometimes film on our courses to show what Forest School really looks like, for our website, social media, printed and training materials. Your answer makes no difference to your place, your assessment or your qualification, and you can change your mind at any time by emailing [email protected]. Please never photograph another learner without asking them first.

Are you happy for us to use photographs and film of you from your course? *

Yes

Join your course WhatsApp group

Each training has its own WhatsApp group.

Before the course: say hello, share lifts and see where everyone is staying.

During the course: chat and share your photos and videos.

We also use it for feedback, portfolio support and news of projects past learners have enjoyed after certification.

After the course: the group stays open so you can keep supporting each other.

You can opt out at any time.

Can we add you to your course WhatsApp group? Please answer Yes or No

Your WhatsApp number, if you said Yes

As you are under 18, we need a parent or guardian too. We will send them a short form of their own to confirm a few things.

Parent or guardian full name *

Relationship to the learner *

Parent or guardian email address *

Parent or guardian contact number *

A second number, if you have one

Who holds this. Forest Schools Education Ltd, part of Archimedes Earth Ltd. We are the data controller for everything on this form.

Why we ask. Your name and date of birth so the awarding body can register you for a regulated qualification. Your contact details so we can reach you and send your certificate. Your health and emergency contact details so we can keep you safe on the day. Your photography answers so we know what we may and may not do.

Who sees it. The Forest Schools Education team. The trainer running your course, for the health and emergency sections only, and only around the dates of your course. Open Awards, for your name, date of birth and qualification result, because they are the awarding body. Nobody else. We do not share any of this with your employer, including whoever booked and paid for your place.

How long we keep it. Your photo ID, health and emergency contact details are deleted once you have your certificate. Your qualification record is kept for as long as the awarding body requires, so we can confirm your qualification years later. Photography permissions are kept for as long as we hold the images.

Your rights. You can ask to see what we hold, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, or withdraw your photography permission at any time, by emailing [email protected].

I confirm this information is correct and I will tell Forest Schools Education if anything important changes before my course. *

Confirmed

Your signature *

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