Key Stage 4 (15-16)
Key Stage 4 (15-16)
At KS4, there has been a gradually burgeoning number of types of educational visits – foreign language school exchanges, cultural visits all over Europe and further afield, sports competitions, youth conferences, winter sports and adventurous activities in more extreme environments. The Duke of Edinburgh Award becomes available at 14 years old and continues to be offered for those up to 24 years of age, and pupils of many ages start work on specialist awards in areas such as mountaineering, sailing and river sports. This increase in venue variety has led to a proliferation of specialist companies catering for these activities.
The aims of history trips tend to be more focused in KS4, with study trips to the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation and the 1944 Normandy Landings often proving popular along with the 1815 Waterloo battlefield. Venues of this type are often catered for by specialist travel companies to ensure participants get the best experience available.
A lot of schools have a tradition of school trips with their choirs, orchestras and musical/theatre students. There are specialist companies that can help any school wishing to explore this possibility, and many venues have tailored activities for groups that can help improve performers’ confidence and motivation.
British schools have been the forerunners in Europe for undertaking challenging outdoor activities both at home and abroad (you can visit here for good list of activities and gateway sites) but there is a notable increase of interest at KS4 in science-based trips – most notably the Science and National History museums in London, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the National Railway Museum in York, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Macclesfield, Techniquest in Cardiff, and the Bristol Science Centre, all of which have reported an increase in visitors in recent years.
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Explore Trengwainton’s 25 acres and discover special plants nurtured for generations by those with a passion for their beauty and extraordinary story.
Spring comes early here with champion magnolias flowering from February onwards. Peer skywards to see their huge waxy blooms outlined against the sky, or look down to spot snowdrops lining the winding wooded paths.
Travel Places offers School Sports and Educational Tours on a different level.
Our friendly and knowledgeable team specialise in tailor-making tours for schools, clubs and associations to suit all levels and abilities from prep schools through to university sides at sporting events worldwide.
TQ manages and runs Humphrey Head, an outdoor education centre in the South Lakes, for the delivery of outdoor education residential courses to schools, the Prince’s Trust, National Citizen Service and other organisations. Humphrey Head is approved by North Yorkshire County Council for use by North Yorkshire schools.
Tours Designed offer tailor made itineraries for educational coach travel to destinations throughout Europe.
Attention to detail in planning, implementation and co-ordination of entire programme ensure our clients travel with us year after year.
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SOEC is a Scottish charity working to provide high quality learning opportunities for children, young people and the community at large all at affordable prices. We provide exciting and intelligent experiential and outdoor learning for thousands of children and young people each year at our 3 Centres across Scotland.
The Old Baptist Chapel is another gem in Tewkesbury’s crown. The chapel, situated on Church Street, started life in the 15th century as a three bay hall house and was later adapted for worship. It is one of the oldest Baptist churches in Britain. The Baptist movement was started by two English men, John Smyth and Thomas Helwys, in Holland in 1609.
This extraordinary early 20th-century country villa is a masterpiece of Modernist design, in the midst of a picturesque woodland garden not far from Esher in Surrey. It was designed by the architect Patrick Gwynne for his family - his father, mother, sister and himself - and completed in the early summer of 1938.
The Cultural Experience is distinguished in its provision of accompanied study tours led by accomplished, knowledgeable and experienced specialists.
A steep-sided dry stream valley on the edge of the Marlborough Downs near Swindon. Valued as flower-rich unimproved chalk grassland and traditional hay meadow. On entering the site visitors will glimpse a small spring fed stream bordered by hedgerow and old willow pollards. The stream separates the main valley from a colourful hay meadow.
STUDYTRIPS is one of the largest independent and most respected educational travel companies in the UK.
Study Experiences offers a wide range of great value educational tours, which include curriculum-led multimedia seminars and interactive workshops, all supported by Study Experiences’ education guides.
St Pauls Community Sports Academy is set in the heart of Bristol City. Offering members a variety of sports and activities St Pauls includes a gym, two group exercise studios, a sports hall, a multi purpose room and two outdoor pitches and an Astroturf pitch.
We are one of the premier minigolf venues in England and proud to be so. The course, which is situated on the bank of the river Avon, maintains a good test of skill and judgement for players of all levels. Open since 2001, we have enjoyed entertaining visitors from all over the world.
South West Lakes Trust is the region's largest combined environmental and recreational charity. Its 50 inland water sites, spread across Devon, Cornwall and West Somerset, attract in the region of 2m visits annually. It is listed as being in the top 3,000 of the country's 150,000 charities.
Set in the heart of Southall, the sports center offers a mixed gym, a females only gym, a group exercise studio, sports hall, group cycling studio, saunas and meeting room.
Scout Activity Centres are the perfect location for your next outdoor adventure. Whether you’re a Scout or Guide Leader, primary or secondary school teacher, or a company director planning your next team building event, our 100 years’ experience make us the ideal choice.
With its Head Office in Innsbruck, Austria, SkiTeam4 is able to obtain the best hotels in top resorts with suppliers in Austria, Northern Italy and Switzerland, negotiated by our MD who, with our Contracts Manager, audits all services provided.
We are the organisation to encourage the people of Greater Manchester to recycle more and recycle better.
The community we live and work in needs to appreciate waste as a valuable resource. We have to recycle it. We all need to lead the way, to drive it forward and take the initiative.
The business has evolved out of the simple idea to help children experience some fun and learn more about the outdoors as well as themselves. For many, many years we were called Barnabas Adventure Centres, taking our name from Barnabas, who alongside St Paul, was an adventurer.
School Travel Service, STS, is the UK's largest educational travel company, providing school trips for secondary schools and colleges.
The Prince's Trust programmes give young people the practical and financial support they need to stabilise their lives. They help develop key skills, confidence and motivation, enabling young people to move into work, education or training.
Remembrance Travel for Schools and Young People offers tours specifically for schools and young people to visit memorials, battlefields and remembrance sites across the UK and Europe, covering conflicts of the twentieth century.
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