The Nature Premium Campaign

Nature Premium Ticks All the Boxes

We are campaigning for a positive, long-lasting change for our children, environment, economy and society.

A Nature Premium would…

MAKE CHILDREN HAPPIER & HEALTHIER AND SET THEM UP TO LEARN
Supporting good mental health:
 Increased self-worth
 Increased resilience
 Supporting eudemonic wellbeing
 Improved social functioning
 Reduced stress
 Reduced eco-anxiety
Supporting good physical health:
 Reducing obesity levels
 Increasing daily activity levels
 Building muscle co-ordination
 Increasing Vitamin D levels
 Building immune systems
 Natural active play builds core skills especially when the play is child-led.
Supporting learning:
 Engages children with learning
 Has a positive impact on behaviour
 Leads to a greater understanding of nature
 Makes lessons more enjoyable
 Fulfils an Ofsted Framework requirement to create an enriched curriculum
 Support children’s creativity, PISA criterium 2021-22

FALL IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT POLICIES & STRATEGIES
 DEFRA – 25 Year Environment Plan
 Dept for Education - The DfE Planning Guide for Primary Schools and the supplementary guidance ‘Implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings’
 The Ofsted Education Inspection Framework 2019
 Children’s Act 2004
 HM Treasury commissioned Dasgupta Review 2021
 DEFRA commissioned National Food Strategy 2021

LEVEL UP REMOVING THE INEQUITY OF ACCESS TO NATURE
Improves social inclusion, and it is fair to all:
 Increased diversity in the countryside
 All children treated equally
 Build children’s understanding of how they fit into the British countryside.
 A ring-fenced funded, statutory requirement would empower schools to teach nature.
 Learn to respect nature and the Country Code

ENCOURAGE SAFER LEARNING OUTSIDE
Reduces the risk of COVID-19 infection:
 Children learn to manage their own risk
 Children understand good hygiene
 Children learn how to stay safe in the countryside
 Children see how time passes, seasons change, see that change can also be good
 Children can be more dispersed than inside

SHOW INTERNATIONAL STATESMANSHIP
As Britain led the Industrial Revolution, we can now lead the Nature Revolution:
 UNCRC Article 12/29/31
 OECD children’s wellbeing indicator set
 UN decade of ecological recovery
 World Economic Forum Global Risks 2020
 UN Sustainability Development Goals
 COP26
 Net Zero target
 Plans for a green industrial revolution to Build Back Greener

TRANSFORM A GENERATION TO BE STEWARDS FOR THE PLANET
The Nature Premium would establish:
 Children and Young People engaged with caring for their environment
 Whole school communities empowered to live sustainably
 Families inspired to learn with and from their children about nature
 Communities taking responsibility for local biodiversity
 A skilled and knowledgeable generation contributing to a new greener economy
 Inspiration to focus on career paths in both heritage and new ‘green’ industries