Outdoor learning specialist apprenticeships
Tabled 24 March 2026 by Tim Farron
That this House regrets the proposed defunding of the Level 5 Outdoor Learning Specialist Apprenticeship from 1 September 2026; recognises that this apprenticeship prepares practitioners to design and deliver outdoor learning programmes that support educational achievement, children’s wellbeing, enrichment and SEND inclusion, often directly within schools and educational settings; notes that this programme is the only natural and essential next step from the Level 3 Outdoor Activity Instructor apprenticeships for young people at the start of their careers; expresses concern that the timescales and lack of consultation will impact many early career starts in a small, specialist sector highly dependent on stable workforce routes; and calls on the Government to pause plans to defund this standard to allow proper consultation with the outdoor learning sector.
Signatories (29)
- Tim Farron Sponsor
- Dr Danny Chambers
- Sarah Dyke
- Wera Hobhouse
- Ian Sollom
- Mr Angus MacDonald
- Jim Shannon
- Martin Wrigley
- Clive Jones
- Mr Will Forster
- Liz Jarvis
- Pippa Heylings
- Adam Dance
- Tom Gordon
- Manuela Perteghella
- Christine Jardine
- Helen Maguire
- Carla Denyer
- Sarah Olney
- Rachel Gilmour
- Freddie van Mierlo
- John Whitby
- Ben Maguire
- Caroline Voaden
- Tonia Antoniazzi
- Wendy Chamberlain
- Jess Brown-Fuller
- Rachael Maskell
- Josh Babarinde