Hindleap Warren

London Youth - Hindleap School Trips

Why book 'Hindleap Warren' with London Youth - Hindleap for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?

Hindleap welcomes Primary & Secondary schools from the first week of term in September through to the last week in July. A school can choose from a two night, three day residential, up to a four night, five day residential. We also offer day visits.

Hindleap regularly provides courses for all year groups from Year 2 upwards and our activities and facilitation can be tailored to work with all year groups and abilities.

A typical residential at Hindleap will start on the morning of day one at roughly 11am. The group will be welcomed to the centre, given a tour, settled in to their rooms before eating their packed lunches they have brought with them. Activities will then commence after lunch and dinner will be served in the early evening followed by an evening activity. On the day of departure, the group will participate in morning activities, be given lunch and the leave at roughly 1.30pm in the afternoon.

Hindleap also has indoor classroom space that can be used for teacher-led activities as well as a games room with a pool table, table tennis table and TV with DVD player.

We have a tuck shop on site and offer hot chocolate and home made cookies in the evening. We have a dedicated day course centre incorporating toilets, showers, changing facilities, a lecture room with an interactive white board and a private entrance.

Hindleap Warren has a range of options for Secondary Schools. We are open all year round and regularly provide three to five day residentials mid-week for all year groups. Our activities stretch and challenge students and our programmes can be facilitated to meet a schools desired outcome.

Hindleap also offers the following:

Revision weekends for GCSE & A-Level students; providing the space for teachers to facilitate curriculum learning and utilising our professional instructors to engage students in fun and exciting outdoor adventurous activities. These trips are proving hugely popular with schools booking weekends in March, April and May.

Teacher Checklist

Risk Assessments
Inspection Visits
Free Places for Teachers
Resource Packs
LOtC Quality Badge
AALA Licence
Adventure Mark
AHOEC Gold

What activities are available during group visits?

Problem Solving
Obstacle Courses
Map Reading and Orienteering
Forest Adventure
Bushcraft
Environmental Education
Archery
Axe Throwing
High Ropes
Jacobs Ladder
Crate Stack
Climbing
Zip Wire
Pool Canoeing
Bouldering
Rock Climbing
Canoeing
Kayaking
Forest Walk
Disc golf

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Curriculum topics available: Personal development and resilience, Team building.

Whilst at Hindleap your young people will will be encouraged to be independent and make decisions for themselves, from what to wear that day to their participation in an activity. The more the children challenge themselves the more benefits they will leave Hindleap with.

Each year we have over 10,00 young people come to Hindleap and they always say their time at Hindleap has helped build their confidence, resilience and positive relationships with their classmates and teachers.

Curriculum topics available: Climbing, Canoeing, Orienteering, Archery, Kayaking, High Ropes.

Hindleap’s activities are delivered by our experienced, qualified and full-time instructor staff team. Most of these activities take place within 300 acres of private woodland and are accessible through paths and tracks.

Curriculum topics available: Teamwork and resilience, Right and Wrong.

Over the past eight years, children, young people, Teachers and Youth Workers have completed questionnaires so that we can evaluate the impact of our work. We have found a statistically significant increase in children and young people’s resilience, confidence and relationship skills following a residential or day visit to the centre.

This is an hour session at the end of your residential, where one instructor per group, will use a variety of reviewing techniques/games to promote reflection on their experiences, goals, emotions and skills learnt during their residential, focusing on how they can continue to use those skills outside of Hindleap.

We offer a range of environmental sessions, each with its own style whether it be storytelling, or exploring your senses, we hope to inspire learning and a respect for nature and wildlife during your trip but also to take into everyday life.

Learn how to build a basic shelter to keep you warm and dry. Then have a go at lighting a fire using a traditional flint and steel, or a bow drill to create fire via friction. Then the challenge is keeping it going for long enough to toast marshmallows on!

Our bush craft sessions help children and young people learn practical outdoors skills, as well as how to work together in small team. Problem solving and being open to different ways of getting to a goal are crucial.

Our instructors constantly monitor children and young people when working with fire.

Curriculum topics available: SUP Stand Up Paddleboarding, Kayaking, Canoeing.

Try your hand at canoeing, stand-up paddle-boarding and kayaking, at a beautiful local reservoir. Our water sports sessions improve young people’s communication and co-operation skills, and allow them to enjoy the natural environment.

All activities start with training from our qualified team of water-sport instructors, who then make sure young people are kept safe while they’re on the water.

We use our own minibuses to take young people to and from the centre.

Curriculum topics available: Raising Aspirations, Social Skills, Deafness, Dyslexia Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia, General Learning Difficulties, Physical and Mobility, Autistic Spectrum, Emotional and Behavioural Disorders, Fully Wheelchair Accessible, Disabled Toilet Access.

Hindleap Warren is a fully inclusive centre. We’ve been working with children and young people with additional needs for over 40 years. We support them to achieve personal goals, have incredible experiences and spend time away from home in a different living environment.

Each year, over 35 organisations bring young people with additional needs to stay with us.

In small teams of 12 to 15, young people are introduced to a series of challenges. Each challenge is presented by the Hindleap instructor, with the rules and boundaries clearly explained.

The group must first discuss how they will approach the task, which highlights the importance of good communication and understanding differing opinions and perspectives. The group will then attempt the challenge utilising both physical and mental skills. The task will expose and develop varying team dynamics and leadership styles: who are the activists, theorists, reflectors and pragmatists within the group?

This activity is at the core of what Hindleap delivers and illustrates what good outdoor education should look like. It’s fun, engaging, rewarding and developmental.

What size groups do you cater for?

15-184

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

We have classroom facilities available. Which can be set be set up with tables, chairs, a projector and screen to suit the needs of your group. We can also provide your group with flip-chart stands if required.

Is there first aid on site?

All of our instructors are first aid qualified. Our Duty Managers are on call twenty-four hours a day for peace of mind. We also have a Duty Instructor who stays on site overnight in case of emergencies. The centre also has an AED.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

Hindleap is a fully inclusive centre. We have a range of inclusion equipment that can be used to support young people during their stay at Hindleap Warren. Hindleap Warren Inclusion Equipment List.

We have a large amount of equipment, so it’s possible for more than one group with additional needs to visit and stay overnight at a time.

Our equipment allows young people with additional needs to enjoy adrenalin-fuelled activities including zip wires and our high ropes courses, supported by our highly qualified and experienced team of instructors.

For more information about our equipment and to talk about your requirements, please let us know in your enquiry.

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

Hindleap has a brilliant staff team who are trained to work with all ages and abilities, we work with young people with special education needs on a daily basis and our operations managers will be happy to talk over your group requirements and provide reassurance that we are the right centre for you.

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Who are London Youth - Hindleap?

Hindleap works with over 10,000 children and young people every year, supporting and challenging them to be the best they can be.

We provide residential opportunities for children and young people from schools, youth groups and organisations that work with young people with additional needs.

Through a combination of outdoor activities and the inherent benefits of attending a residential centre, young people are given the opportunity to develop their social and emotional capabilities.

A trip to Hindleap offers young people the chance to improve their confidence, develop leadership skills, become more determined, and create positive relationships with their peers.

Hindleap Warren offers a wide range outdoor adventurous activities, including; high ropes courses, bushcraft, canoeing & kayaking, rock climbing, obstacle course and team building challenges. Our activity programming team will work with your organisation to build a bespoke course, working towards the desired outcomes for the trip.

Hindleap Warren holds the Gold Standard by AHOEC, is AALA registered, LOTC certified and holds the AAIAC Adventure mark.