I attended a conference last week organised by Grounds for Learning and a number of useful links were shared which might be of interest both in terms of assessing risk for outdoor learning and developing the play spaces around your school:

• The HSE view of challenge and risk in education and play https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FULp6qGQNdcVNCeDBOalFUVHM
• Risk and Challenge – developing a model for partnerships in the community – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FULp6qGQNdQWRMZEM1d1YzRkk
•  Routine and Expected – reducing paperwork and managing complex situations – see Going Out There ­http://www.goingoutthere.co.uk/ and https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FULp6qGQNdVDRaV2FiWGF1RkE
• A new approach to risk assessment? – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FULp6qGQNdWlJHRHRtdUlLdzg and GfL resources on risk management http://www.ltl.org.uk/spaces/managingriskinschoolgrounds.php
•  Inclusion within risk and challenge  http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0048/00488145.pdf