27/10/2026
⚠️ LETS GET INTO IT 💥
30 minutes outdoors…..Is that really enough?
The Outdoor Education Bill is a welcome step forward. But when we’re facing a children’s mental health crisis, I believe we need to be asking for so much more.
📊 The facts speak for themselves:
💚 1 in 5 children and young people aged 8–25 in England had a probable mental health disorder in 2023. That’s not a small problem. That’s a generation that needs us to take their wellbeing seriously.
💚 More than 1 million children were in contact with NHS mental health, learning disability and autism services in 2023/24.
💚 Natural England’s 2025 survey found that 93% of children and young people agreed that being in nature makes them happy.
💚 Yet only around 1 in 3 children reported having outdoor lessons every day or most days during term time in the 2025 survey.
Sources: NHS England; Natural England’s Children’s People and Nature Survey 2025.
🌱 So yes, let’s celebrate a Bill that aims to guarantee at least 30 minutes outdoors each school day, weekly outdoor teaching and outdoor education experiences during both primary and secondary school.
But let’s not confuse a minimum standard with an ambitious vision.
Thirty minutes is a starting point, not the finish line.
DONT DELAY TO GO AND PLAY IN NATURE!
