International Baccalaureate Diploma School Trip
Field Studies Council
-Centres situated in interesting and inspiring environments, within easy reach of excellent field sites.-Courses created carefully to link to IB requirements. We can work with you to tailor content to fit in with work back in the classroom.
-Passionate and experienced teaching staff who work full time, all year round. You will be allocated the same tutor(s) throughout your course.
-Field Studies Council take care of everything once you arrive; comfortable accommodation, plenty of tasty food and transport during the course.
-Price bands throughout the year to offer value for money.
Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity with over 80 years’ experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of 19 UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.
The charity works in many ways to bring environmental understanding to all including through projects working in local communities, lobbying government to include fieldwork in the curriculum, work overseas, Kids Fund and Bursary Fund to offer financial support to those who may not otherwise be able to visit.
Teacher Checklist
Risk Assessments Free Places for Teachers Bursaries or Funded Places Available LOtC Quality Badge AALA Licence Institute of Outdoor Learning Duke of Edinburgh Award
What activities are available during educational visits in 2026?
Field Studies Council provides a huge range of sessions and programmes for schools depending on the age group, subject and location. Find out more on our website or by contacting us.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Biology School Trip
Plants Animals including humans Living things and habitats Evolution and inheritance Ecology and environment Life Cycles Minibeasts Habitats Underwater Animals and Habitats Forest School
FIeld Studies Council can offer a range of biology courses from primary to curriculum-based IB Diploma trips. Primary pupils can look at a range of habitats, learning about microhabitats and how they provide the basic needs for living things. Pupils can learn to identify the different structures of plants and name a variety of common animals. There will be mini beast hunt so pupils can observe them in their microhabitats.
Human Geography School Trip
Settlement and land use Natural resources Population Urbanisation
There are a range of sessions and courses that cover human geography through fieldwork. Some sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Physical Geography School Trip
Water cycles Rivers Map and atlas Mountains Environment Coasts and seaside Fieldwork
Geography courses cover all ages from primary to IB Diploma groups. Primary pupils can use maps, stories and games to explore the woods. Discover the plants and animals that live here and design and build dens.
Environmental Geography School Trip
Climate change Conservation
Environmental geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. For IB Diploma students all of our courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and the course can be tailored to your specific needs, covering:
- Structured and focused aim and fieldwork questions
- Rationale of why the investigation is being carried out
- Collection of primary data (quantitative and/or qualitative)
- Sourcing and using secondary information
- Analysis of methods used and data collected
- Statistics, data presentation methods and GIS
- Conclusions and evaluations of the investigation
Fieldstudies School Trip
Sampling and Statistics Ecosystems
Field studies can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. For IB Diploma level students all of our courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and can be tailored to meet your specific needs.
This can include:
- Sampling Statistics
- Fieldwork Methodology
- Investigation Introduction
- Coastal Environments
- Ecosystems
- Mapping
- River Studies
- Habitats etc
Delivered by expert, passionate tutors at the forefront of fieldwork tuition with a wide range of contrasting locations available.
What size groups do we cater for?
Field Studies Council residential centres vary in size but can accommodate from 80-140 students. Our minimum group size is usually 12.
On-site classroom facilities?
There is a range of classroom, workshop and laboratory spaces at each Centre.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes, all our field teachers are trained in first aid and group management. A qualified first aider is available at the field centre 24 hours a day.
Access for visitors with disabilities
Some centres have purpose-built accessible rooms.
Who are Field Studies Council?
Field Studies Council is a leading provider of fieldwork opportunities for all ages.
Field Studies Council has developed specific fieldwork courses for IB Diploma in Biology, Environmental Systems and Societies and Geography, developed for the latest specifications.
These courses follow the course subject guide, designed to cover both syllabus requirements and the conditions required by the internal assessment criteria, whilst offering the most cost-effective way of visiting a Field Studies Council Centre.
If your group is travelling from overseas we can arrange additional activities in the UK.
You can also enjoy additional activities with us during your stay such as adventure or teambuilding.
Teacher Checklist
Risk Assessments Free Places for Teachers Bursaries or Funded Places Available LOtC Quality Badge AALA Licence Institute of Outdoor Learning Duke of Edinburgh Award
Supporting fieldwork and outdoor learning for all
Top 5 ways The Field Studies Council are supporting teachers, schools, parents and children to benefit from fieldwork and outdoor learning.
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