Below is a sample of just some of the media articles, blogs and events in support of Natural History over the last few years.
OCR's proposed GCSE in Natural History in the news
- The inside story of the new natural history GCSE (Schools Week) - August 2025
- Youth Focal Points welcome the Natural History GCSE! (Students Organising for Sustainability) - April 2025
- GCSE Natural History confirmed (NBN) - April 2025
- New GCSE to bring nature, climate and conservation to classrooms (Outdoor Recreation Network) - March 2025
- Rewilding the curriculum: natural history GCSE to be introduced in the UK (Positive News) - March 2025
- Inside The New Natural History GCSE (Teaching Times) - June 2024
- Full marks for new school subject announced (Wildlife Trusts) - April 2022
- Government considering compulsory nature studies lessons for all pupils after David Attenborough backs plan (The Independent) - March 2021
- Compulsory Nature Studies Now Being Considered by Government to Introduce to Students from All Levels (Science Times) - March 2021
- Ocean Conservation Trust - our support for Natural History GCSE in UK (Ocean Conservation Trust) - December 2020
- Shropshire charity welcomes plans for new natural history GCSE (Shropshire Star) - November 2020
- Plans to introduce a GCSE in Natural History welcomed by TV presenters & charities (School Travel Organiser) - November 2020
- Outdoor learning forest schools education mental health behaviour children (The Wildlife Trusts) - October 2020
- The Guardian view on natural history: children need to know (The Guardian) - June 2020
- We are on the verge of a sixth mass extinction. That's why a natural history GCSE is so important (The Independent) - June 2020
- Wild about learning (Wicked Leeks) - May 2020
- Natural History GCSE set to be taught in schools in 2022, BBC broadcaster reveals (The Telegraph) - May 2020
- Conservation group calls for schoolchildren in Wales to be offered GCSE in Natural History (In Your Area) - April 2020
- OCR exam board confirms plans for new Natural History GCSE to bolster environmental awareness (iNews) - January 2020
- Exams board confirms natural history GCSE plans (Best Schools) - January 2020
- Exams board confirms natural history GCSE plans (TES) - January 2020
- Caroline Lucas: 'Why a GCSE in natural history should be on the curriculum' (The Telegraph) - January 2020
Blogs
- TLL Articles: A Closer Look at the Natural World: Why a GCSE in Natural History Is a Welcome Addition (Tutor Led Learning) - May 2025
- How a new GCSE in natural history can help us towards a greener future (University of Reading) - April 2022
- DfE and the Natural History GCSE (University of Bath) - February 2021
- Natural history gcse: one year on (Curlew Action)
- Potential new GCSE in Natural History provides exciting opportunity for future students (Game and Wildlife Trust) - June 2020
- OCR’s proposal for a Natural History GCSE – a response (NAEE)
- GCSE in Natural History (The Exam House) - September 2020
- Learning to nurture nature (The Wildlife Trusts) - September 2020
- Can we reconnect teenagers with wildlife through a new GCSE? (The Wildlife Trusts) - June 2020
- A bedrock of awe and wonder? (Manchester Museum) - June 2020
- Natural History GCSE (Mary Colwell) - May 2020
Podcasts
- GCSE Natural History: youth engagement and the Green Gallery Project - April 2023
- GCSE Natural History: Ask the Chief Executive - February 2023
- Developing a GCSE in Natural History (Cambridge Assessment) - January 2020
Natural History events
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