diff --git a/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/__init__.py b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14d0e5c466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Whole-series anomaly detection methods."""
+
+__all__ = [
+    "BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector",
+    "OutlierDetectionClassifier",
+]
+
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series._outlier_detection import (
+    OutlierDetectionClassifier,
+)
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series.base import BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector
diff --git a/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/_outlier_detection.py b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/_outlier_detection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ac4bea29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/_outlier_detection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Basic outlier detection classifier."""
+
+from sklearn.ensemble import IsolationForest
+
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series.base import BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector
+from aeon.base._base import _clone_estimator
+
+
+class OutlierDetectionClassifier(BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector):
+    """Basic outlier detection classifier."""
+
+    _tags = {
+        "X_inner_type": "numpy2D",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, estimator, random_state=None):
+        self.estimator = estimator
+        self.random_state = random_state
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def _fit(self, X, y=None):
+        self.estimator_ = _clone_estimator(
+            self.estimator, random_state=self.random_state
+        )
+        self.estimator_.fit(X, y)
+        return self
+
+    def _predict(self, X):
+        pred = self.estimator_.predict(X)
+        pred[pred == -1] = 0
+        return pred
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        return {"estimator": IsolationForest(n_estimators=3)}
diff --git a/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/base.py b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..305053795c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/anomaly_detection/whole_series/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""Abstract base class for whole-series/collection anomaly detectors."""
+
+__maintainer__ = ["MatthewMiddlehurst"]
+__all__ = ["BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector"]
+
+from abc import abstractmethod
+from typing import final
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+from aeon.base import BaseCollectionEstimator
+
+
+class BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector(BaseCollectionEstimator):
+    """Collection anomaly detector base class."""
+
+    _tags = {
+        "fit_is_empty": False,
+        "requires_y": False,
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    @final
+    def fit(self, X, y=None):
+        """Fit."""
+        if self.get_tag("fit_is_empty"):
+            self.is_fitted = True
+            return self
+
+        if self.get_tag("requires_y"):
+            if y is None:
+                raise ValueError("Tag requires_y is true, but fit called with y=None")
+
+        # reset estimator at the start of fit
+        self.reset()
+
+        X = self._preprocess_collection(X)
+        if y is not None:
+            y = self._check_y(y, self.metadata_["n_cases"])
+
+        self._fit(X, y)
+
+        # this should happen last
+        self.is_fitted = True
+        return self
+
+    @final
+    def predict(self, X):
+        """Predict."""
+        fit_empty = self.get_tag("fit_is_empty")
+        if not fit_empty:
+            self._check_is_fitted()
+
+        X = self._preprocess_collection(X, store_metadata=False)
+        # Check if X has the correct shape seen during fitting
+        self._check_shape(X)
+
+        return self._predict(X)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _fit(self, X, y=None): ...
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _predict(self, X): ...
+
+    def _check_y(self, y, n_cases):
+        if not isinstance(y, (pd.Series, np.ndarray)):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"y must be a np.array or a pd.Series, but found type: {type(y)}"
+            )
+        if isinstance(y, np.ndarray) and y.ndim > 1:
+            raise TypeError(f"y must be 1-dimensional, found {y.ndim} dimensions")
+
+        if not all([x == 0 or x == 1 for x in y]):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "y input must only contain 0 (not anomalous) or 1 (anomalous) values."
+            )
+
+        # Check matching number of labels
+        n_labels = y.shape[0]
+        if n_cases != n_labels:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Mismatch in number of cases. Found X = {n_cases} and y = {n_labels}"
+            )
+
+        if isinstance(y, pd.Series):
+            y = pd.Series.to_numpy(y)
+
+        return y
diff --git a/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks.py b/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40f7fe7aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""Tests for all collection anomaly detectors."""
+
+
+def _yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks(
+    estimator_class, estimator_instances, datatypes
+):
+    """Yield all collection anomaly detection checks for an aeon estimator."""
+    # nothing currently!
+    return []
diff --git a/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_estimator_checks.py b/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_estimator_checks.py
index 20664bea73..0a1aecd9f8 100644
--- a/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_estimator_checks.py
+++ b/aeon/testing/estimator_checking/_yield_estimator_checks.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from sklearn.utils.estimator_checks import check_get_params_invariance
 
 from aeon.anomaly_detection.base import BaseAnomalyDetector
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series.base import BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector
 from aeon.base import BaseAeonEstimator
 from aeon.base._base import _clone_estimator
 from aeon.classification import BaseClassifier
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
 from aeon.testing.estimator_checking._yield_clustering_checks import (
     _yield_clustering_checks,
 )
+from aeon.testing.estimator_checking._yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks import (
+    _yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks,
+)
 from aeon.testing.estimator_checking._yield_collection_transformation_checks import (
     _yield_collection_transformation_checks,
 )
@@ -152,6 +156,11 @@ def _yield_all_aeon_checks(
             estimator_class, estimator_instances, datatypes
         )
 
+    if issubclass(estimator_class, BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector):
+        yield from _yield_collection_anomaly_detection_checks(
+            estimator_class, estimator_instances, datatypes
+        )
+
     if issubclass(estimator_class, BaseSimilaritySearch):
         yield from _yield_similarity_search_checks(
             estimator_class, estimator_instances, datatypes
diff --git a/aeon/testing/testing_data.py b/aeon/testing/testing_data.py
index 55b9092443..70bc12908a 100644
--- a/aeon/testing/testing_data.py
+++ b/aeon/testing/testing_data.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from aeon.anomaly_detection.base import BaseAnomalyDetector
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series.base import BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector
 from aeon.base import BaseCollectionEstimator, BaseSeriesEstimator
 from aeon.classification import BaseClassifier
 from aeon.classification.early_classification import BaseEarlyClassifier
@@ -821,6 +822,7 @@ def _get_label_type_for_estimator(estimator):
         or isinstance(estimator, BaseClusterer)
         or isinstance(estimator, BaseCollectionTransformer)
         or isinstance(estimator, BaseSimilaritySearch)
+        or isinstance(estimator, BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector)
     ):
         label_type = "Classification"
     elif isinstance(estimator, BaseRegressor):
diff --git a/aeon/utils/base/_register.py b/aeon/utils/base/_register.py
index 1327d626ef..1b986b1bf9 100644
--- a/aeon/utils/base/_register.py
+++ b/aeon/utils/base/_register.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 from aeon.anomaly_detection.base import BaseAnomalyDetector
+from aeon.anomaly_detection.whole_series.base import BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector
 from aeon.base import BaseAeonEstimator, BaseCollectionEstimator, BaseSeriesEstimator
 from aeon.classification.base import BaseClassifier
 from aeon.classification.early_classification import BaseEarlyClassifier
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     "transformer": BaseTransformer,
     # estimator types
     "anomaly-detector": BaseAnomalyDetector,
+    "collection_anomaly_detector": BaseCollectionAnomalyDetector,
     "collection-transformer": BaseCollectionTransformer,
     "classifier": BaseClassifier,
     "clusterer": BaseClusterer,
diff --git a/aeon/utils/tags/_tags.py b/aeon/utils/tags/_tags.py
index 650a7c4dc4..75fc77223b 100644
--- a/aeon/utils/tags/_tags.py
+++ b/aeon/utils/tags/_tags.py
@@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ class : identifier for the base class of objects this tag applies to
         "point belongs to.",
     },
     "requires_y": {
-        "class": ["transformer", "anomaly-detector", "segmenter"],
+        "class": [
+            "transformer",
+            "anomaly-detector",
+            "collection_anomaly_detector",
+            "segmenter",
+        ],
         "type": "bool",
         "description": "Does this estimator require y to be passed in its methods?",
     },