Free School Trips & Bursary Places

FREE Trips

Financial assistance and bursaries for school visits

Looking for cheap school trip ideas? Can it really be possible to go on a trip for free? Well aside from your transport costs, there really are places you can visit without any cost to the children. Visit any of the great historical venues run by English Heritage, the natural outdoor sites managed by the RSPB or the WWT, or a number of other great UK venues, and as long as you are happy to lead the trip yourself, your class can get in for free!

In order to get a cheaper school trip, some venues do require you to book ahead of time, and we always recommend that school groups get in contact to discuss any requirements. These venues are super helpful and have lots of experience in helping you get the most out of your visit.

The benefits gained when children are given learning opportunities outside the classroom cannot be overstated. We strongly believe that school trips should be available to everyone, not just those who can afford it.

Take a look below to find a good range of completely free school trips as well as plenty that offer bursaries, helping to make your trip cheaper. Use the purple form so that we can help find an affordable trip for your school. Also see the following pages for sources of funding for school visits, late availability offers, and our tips for running school trips on a budget. Alternatively, we may be able to source funding for you if your request is for an educational day trip: M7E Funding

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Free Visits

Take advantage of free entry for school groups. Although some of these trips are self led, booking is essential and many offer great resources to help you get the cheapest price from your visit.

Bursaries

A number of the venues we feature offer bursaries to help schools make educational school trips cheaper. Many schools operate on eroded budgets and educate a proportion of children whose parents may not be able to afford the extra funding that schools often have to ask for in order to be able to take the children on learning opportunities beyond the classroom. Bursaries, perhaps established by wealthy philanthropists, charity fund raising, or generous donations, are put in place to help disadvantaged school groups. Please enquire to each venue to find out more about the levels of funding available, and the qualifying criteria.