Cohort Educational Trips

Cohort St Ives School Trips

Why book 'Cohort Educational Trips' with Cohort St Ives for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?

We operate with complete transparency; we are clear about what we offer, how much it is (no hidden costs), why we recommend local educators, and what you can expect when you arrive.

We support you fully; you can always expect quick responses to emails and questions. Our specialist website offers you presentation resources, easy downloads, a section for parents and guardians, and an online itinerary planner enabling you to filter for relevant activities.

We are committed to sustainability. We offset the carbon of a schools' travel to us, as well as being a carbon neutral organisation ourselves. We also have a GOLD Green Tourism award, we are as plastic free as we can be, and we offer schools free resources to do a local beach clean as part of their trip.

STUDENTS LOVE our modern facilities - from free, Superfast Wi-Fi throughout the building to Netflix in the TV room. The rooms are comfortable and unique - our handmade pod beds with curtains offer students privacy, even within the dorms.

STAFF LOVE the fact that the support they receive during the trip is from the same person who helped them with their planning. They love free tea and coffee throughout their stay, and the confidence they can have in the fact they can relax in a building which meets all health, safety, and security requirements.

Teacher Checklist

Risk Assessments
Inspection Visits
LOtC Quality Badge
School Travel Forum Assured

What activities are available during group visits?

Artist workshops, covering all disciplines
Surfing, coasteering and stand-up-paddleboarding
Human and Physical Geography field work
Geology field work
Drama workshops
Ghost Walks
Storytelling workshops
Sea Shanty performance and workshop
Visits to Tate St Ives, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden & Leach Pottery
Treasure hunts
Beach cleans
Easily accessible visits to sites in West Cornwall - Lands End, Geevor Tin Mine, the Minack Theatre, St Michael's Mount, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, etc.
Visit the Eden Project on the way to or from Cohort St Ives

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Curriculum topics available: Kayaking.

St Ives is situated on the SW Coast Path offering stunning hiking opportunities in either direction. In addition to that there are 4 beaches within walking distance, all of which offer a variety of watersports as well as areas in which schools can play volleyball, rounders and baseball.

Curriculum topics available: Sculpture, Printmaking, Drawing, Design, Painting, Craft, Textiles, Multimedia.

From Tate St Ives to the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Museum to Leach Pottery via the St Ives Society of Artists, the famous St Ives School of Painting and over 55 private galleries and artist studios. So many iconic institutions situated in the most spectacular of settings.

At Cohort we work with fantastic practitioners and artist educators to offer a wide range of workshops covering all disciplines from photography to sand sculpture. 70% of the groups who stay with us are art groups and we have a vast range of knowledge on site about the best way to build an enriching and varied art itinerary for Y7s through to Y13s.

Curriculum topics available: SUP Stand Up Paddleboarding, Kayaking.

St Ives is on the North Coast of Cornwall and the have an award winning, AALA licensed St Ives Surf School on our doorstep. These phenomenal instructors are very experienced at working with schools and offer surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, coasteering and stand up paddleboarding all year round.

Curriculum topics available: Settlement and land use, Economic activity and trade, Natural resources, Population, Urbanisation.

Whether your focus is human geography or travel and tourism, St Ives provides the perfect centralised location for students to access investigations, part of current exam board specification such as AQA, WJEC and Edexcel. Among many other things you can:
(1) Examine whether St Ives is a home town or a clone town? Look at the impact of tourism – What are the benefits, opportunities and challenges it presents and how can they be managed?
(2) Explore the impact of tourism on this delicate coastal community.
(3) Crime, mood mapping and the cycle of deprivation are all subjects which can be easily explored in this unique area.

Curriculum topics available: Water cycles, Environment, Plate Tectonics, Fieldwork.

The mineral-rich granite beneath Cornwall contains globally-significant reserves of lithium; there are also millions of tonnes of copper and tin still underground from when the mines shut in the last century. Visit Heartlands Museum & Heritage Centre to learn the full story of the rise and fall (and rise again) of the Cornish mining industry.

From the award-winning institution Geevor Tin Mine through to the raw mining landscapes preserved on the Great Flat Lode there are field investigations and learning opportunities for all levels of study.

Curriculum topics available: Materials and recycling, Plastic pollution.

St Ives offers a variety of environments in which to conduct field investigations. From beach profiling to longshore drift and unique areas of bio diversity through to areas where you can find mineral rich granite. Cornwall is home to the UKs first geothermal plant and sites like the Eden Project offer fascinating workshops where you can explore the global environements in one place.

Curriculum topics available: Mining and Quarrying, Rocks, Soils, Fossils, Plate Tectonics.

West Cornwall is a fascinating area of British geology on account of its granite batholith; part of the Cornubian Batholith which forms much of the peninsula of SW England. Granite intrustions at Land’s End and Carn Brae provide unique opportunities for geologists to study horizontal and vertical faulting.

Cornwall’s granite is also hot, reaching temperatures of around 200 degrees; in turn this drove the development of the UK’s first commercial geothermal power plant, United Downs in Redruth. Cornwall looks set to become a global player in geothermal power; fast becoming a hub for geological engineering jobs.

The Geevor Tin Mine, United Downs and other sites across West Cornwall have fantastic resources for educational trips and we are happy to invite speakers from various organisations to come and talk to your students at Cohort.

Curriculum topics available: Materials and recycling, Plastic pollution, Renewable Energy.

In Cornwall, where sustainability is the hot topic on everyone's lips Cohort operates as a Gold Green Tourism business. We help teachers conduct beach cleans and have a plastic-free ethos on site.

We are down the road from the St Ives Orchard Community Project who offer fascinating workshops on sustainability, carbon replenishment and biodiversity.

What size groups do you cater for?

5 - 54.

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

We have numerous communal spaces which can be utilised for seminars, presentations and teaching.

Is there first aid on site?

Yes, all staff are fire wardens and trained in First Aid.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

While we have a disabled toilet and ground floor access, the limitations of our Grade II listed building mean that we cannot accommodate guests who are wholly wheelchair bound. We do have a disabled toilet and a dorm room on the ground floor for those with different needs. A full access statement is available to download from our website.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Yes, we will support all teachers who bring children with Special Educational Needs.

Anything else?

Want to know more about our Grade II listed building? All guests can follow our Heritage Trail around Cohort, you just need a QR code reader and internet access (free WiFi everywhere at Cohort). Find out why there's a street in St Ives called Teetotal Street and why the site where Cohort stands was once rich in minerals.

Who are Cohort St Ives?

Cohort has an LOTC Site Provider Award and are experienced at delivering school trips. Our team will support and help you with everything, from meal planning to transport to booking fantastic activities. We also offer an online Itinerary planner to help you find relevant, local activities for your group.

We have great facilities for schools, with the ability to configure the building and rooms to suit any size/age group. We offer flexible catering options, from accommodation-only to full-board and we encourage free planning stays for teachers, so you feel fully prepared prior to the trip.

St Ives itself is a unique location. Not only does it have a great selection of activities to meet academic learning outcomes; it’s also safe enough to give younger students a bit of independence, enabling them to build self-confidence without stressing out your staff.

Cornwall is a great base for geography & geology trips, art students, and those studying sustainability, heritage and the English language. It’s also packed full of great activities for enrichment/activity weeks, outdoor pursuits, and water sports which makes it perfect for your primary school residential.