Orchard House Farm Living Classroom School Trip

Students explore business through a real working rural enterprise rather than a classroom simulation. Using Orchard House Farm as a live case study, they investigate how land, buildings, people and skills can be developed into viable business opportunities. Activities cover enterprise and leadership, finance and accounts, marketing, supply and demand, and operations management. Students work in teams to identify opportunities, consider costs and revenues, evaluate risks and make evidence-based business decisions. The experience connects business theory with genuine decisions being made by a diversified rural business.

Bring careers learning to life on a working rural business. Students explore the wide range of careers involved in running and developing a modern rural enterprise, from business, finance and marketing to environmental management, land use, hospitality and entrepreneurship.
Through practical activities at Orchard House Farm, students meet people with varied professional backgrounds and investigate how skills, qualifications and career pathways connect to real business decisions. Activities can be adapted for different age groups and linked to enterprise, employability, decision-making and future career choices

Bring field studies to life on a real working Derbyshire farm. Students explore land use, biodiversity, agroforestry and environmental management first-hand, investigating how economic, environmental and social decisions shape the future of the rural landscape.
At Orchard House Farm, students learn outdoors across the farm rather than in a conventional classroom. Activities can include habitat and landscape observation, land-use comparison, biodiversity, soil and water management, agroforestry and the relationship between farming, business and environmental decision-making.
Visits can be adapted to the age, curriculum and learning objectives of the group, with opportunities for observation, investigation, discussion and practical decision-making

Explore how food, farming, business and the environment connect on a real working farm. Students investigate how land and resources are used to produce food, while considering costs, sustainability, markets and changing consumer demand.
Orchard House Farm provides a practical setting for exploring food production and the decisions behind it. Students can consider traditional farming alongside agroforestry, fruit production and diversification, examining how producers respond to changing markets, environmental pressures and consumer expectations.
Activities can be linked to food provenance, sustainability, enterprise, supply and demand, costs and pricing, providing a practical connection between what is produced on the land and what ultimately reaches the consumer.