Outdoor Education

We can help you with all matters relating to outdoor education and learning outside of the classroom. We aim to provide a prompt, professional and friendly service, making sure any educational visits or learning outside of the classroom that you provide for your students are both high quality and safe.

We also:

• provide advice and support to schools and governing bodies, developing and writing education/offsite visit policies that reflect current safety regulations and good practice.
• provide headteachers and governing bodies with assurances that visits have been planned according to nationally recognised best practice criteria. This is carried out using our well established on-line approval and monitoring system (e-Go)
• provide a wide range of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training opportunities which support staff in managing and leading educational visits and how to develop outdoor learning within their own grounds and/or locality. Bespoke training for smaller groups of staff or whole school can be arranged.

Benefits of using our service

• Support from professionally-qualified staff with experience in planning and leading a vast range of educational visits.
• Advice from a reputable unit that has many years experience of working with over 550 schools, the Youth Service, extended schools, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and governing bodies.
• Access to a comprehensive and stable on-line system that is designed;
  - to help teachers and staff plan and run educational visits,
  - to support the monitoring and approval of any out of school activity undertaken by students and/or staff.
  - as an integral part of a schools safety management system that provides information in the case of emergencies and evidence if called upon, following an incident.
• Established working relationships with national governing bodies, professional associations, and a vast numbers of providers both in the UK and abroad. We have a good working relationship with the majority of the major school travel companies.
• Access to the latest advice and information.
• A direct link to the bigger picture and national developments through the Outdoor Education Advisers Panel, the council for learning outside the classroom and the quality badge, the Institute for Outdoor Learning, and the Department for Education.