Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

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SEN & ASN Outdoor Education

The Department for Education, the number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) increased to 1.49 million pupils in 2022, representing 16.5% of all pupils. They split SEN needs into: social, mental and emotional health, communication and interaction, cognition and learning, and sensory or physical. The Department for Work and Pensions identified 9% of children in the UK as having a disability in 2022.

Tailored Programmes for mainstream and specialist schools

Particular school trip destinations have tailor-made programmes, which have been specially devised to meet the learning needs of children with SEN or Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH). SEN or Additional Support Needs (ASN) covers such a wide ranging spectrum of disabilities - everyone is different and therefore struggle in different areas. Consequently, these tailored programmes aim to be valuable to each individual child's personal development. Learning outside the classroom is an excellent way for children with SEN to enhance their social skills, learn visually, gain confidence, concentrate easier, and improve intellectually. Not only can they improve in their lessons, but they can also learn some essential life skills.

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SEN Suitable Venues

Each school trip or workshop provider is able to indicate which types of SEND they can tailor their experience for, helping schools decide which experiences are likely to be suitable for their individual group of children.

Choosing a venue is a crucial decision for children with SEN, as the children's surroundings and environment is paramount to their personal development. Moreover, the children's safety is a principal concern, so therefore the venue needs to accommodate to the children's specific needs. For instance, some SEN school trip destinations offer complete privacy in order for the children to fully relax.

SEN qualified and experienced staff

School trip destinations often have SEN qualified and experienced staff so that the children are properly supervised, cared for and included in activities. Consequently, you can be confident that each individual child's necessary demands are being met. When you make known any additional needs of your group, staff can explain how they can encourage, support, and motivate each and every child.

Fully accessible facilities

School groups searching for experiences suitable for children with disabilities, can find details of provision within each venue's details. Plenty of school trip locations have wheelchair accessibility, or provide fully accessible toilet and shower facilities. Most can cater for children with visual impairments, hearing impairments or multi-sensory impairments or moderate, severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Children with physical disabilities should be actively supported and get the same experience as any other child on a school trip.



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Popular school workshop February 2025 !

The Rocktopus Experience - For Special Schools

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apple icon Subjects: Music, Performing Arts, Dance, SEN


We offer an engaging and flexible music workshop designed to meet the diverse needs of students in special schools. As a live rock band, we provide children with the unique opportunity to experience live music—possibly for the first time!

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SEN school trips and workshops

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Caldecotte Xperience

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Caldecotte Xperience

With some of the best facilities in the region, we offer school activity days or residential visits with a wide variety of outdoor activities for schools to choose from, on land and water and even some indoors.


special offerThe Rocktopus Experience - For Special Schools

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The Rocktopus Experience - For Special Schools

We offer an engaging and flexible music workshop designed to meet the diverse needs of students in special schools. As a live rock band, we provide children with the unique opportunity to experience live music—possibly for the first time!

Symphony of Support

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Symphony of Support

Discover the power of sound therapy for your special needs students. Sound therapy is an innovative approach which aims to foster inclusion, as well as enhancing learning and emotional wellbeing for special needs students.

UKSA

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UKSA

With 35+ years of experience, UK Sailing Academy (UKSA) offers young people a fun and safe outdoor environment in which to learn important life skills. Packages in sailing, watersports, and teambuilding include accommodation, food, kit, and tuition.

Stone to Iron Age Day Trips

location icon London & South East

Stone to Iron Age Day Trips

Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.


Adventure Day Trips

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Adventure Day Trips

Our bespoke day trips offer outdoor adventures together with impact-based learning, problem solving and reflection techniques. Our guides help pupils find meaning and inspiration whilst building ‘backpack skills’ for a lifetime of making a differ

Beaudesert Activity Centre

location icon West Midlands

Beaudesert Activity Centre

Beaudesert Activity Centre located in Staffordshire, offers amazing residential trips for Schools. We've got nice accommodation blocks, we've got great activities, our food is all home cooked, but what really makes us worth a visit is our staff.

Shrewsbury Prison - Education Behind Bars

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Shrewsbury Prison - Education Behind Bars

Shrewsbury Prison offers students' the opportunity to escape the classroom through our first-of-it's-kind Education Behind Bars Programme, covering a range of subjects, designed by educationalists, in-line with the national curriculum.

Stratford upon Avon

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Stratford upon Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is the perfect location for an engaging trip for all ages. The birthplace of Shakespeare it offers so much more; quaint Tudor streets, a historic market town centre and the local wildlife of the beautiful River Avon and Canals.


Andrew Simpson Centres Portsmouth

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Andrew Simpson Centres Portsmouth

ASC Portsmouth is a vibrant watersports center located on the stunning shores of Langstone Harbour, dedicated to transforming lives through sailing, water and land-based activities.

Sayers Croft

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Sayers Croft

Sayers Croft is nestled at the foot of the Surrey Hills and provides outdoor experiences for 27,000 visitors p.a. of all ages and abilities. We offer bespoke residential and day visits for schools, community groups and DofE Award participants

Mount Cook

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Mount Cook

Mount Cook is a not-for-profit Adventure Centre dedicated to providing exciting outdoor adventurous activities and outdoor learning opportunities for KS2 to KS4 at the edge of the Peak District.

Cornwall Tour

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Cornwall Tour

Cornwall is a safe, accessible and inspiring location for school groups of all ages! Bursting with curriculum-based visits and activities, ranging from science and geography to art and design, what will your students discover?


special offerArc Adventures

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Arc Adventures

Perfect Mountain side activity centre with no fabricated environments - Real activities in real locations. We aim to provide new elements to the residential experience that take Outdoor Ed. to the next level.

Andrew Simpson Centre Portland

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Andrew Simpson Centre Portland

We offer sessions in; sailing, kayaking, paddleboarding, marine biology and teambuilding, all tailored to suit your group! From day trips, residential, multi-activity or weekly series expand your horizons with ASC Portland this year!

Pep the Poet

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Pep the Poet

Hello! I’m Pep the Poet. My mission is to ‘scatter sunshine one poem at a time.’ I deliver whole school poetry workshops &well-being days which are fun, exciting and interactive. I’ve written and published five poetry collections for

Skern Lodge Residential Visits

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Skern Lodge Residential Visits

Skern Lodge is one of the leading providers of outdoor learning and development in the UK. Offering a wide range of adventurous outdoor activities and geography fieldwork opportunities from its Centre on the North Devon coast.


Belfast

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Belfast

Belfast is a city bursting with a unique history and Irish culture. It seamlessly blends modern architecture with its breath-taking heritage sites. Take your students to explore the home of the RMS Titanic and the uniquely, vibrant Belfast.

Andrew Simpson Centre Portland - Residential

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Andrew Simpson Centre Portland - Residential

Introduce your students to the watersports world a World-class venue, where better to learn to sail than the home for the London 2012 Olympic Games!

special offerYour Isle of Wight Adventure Awaits!

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Your Isle of Wight Adventure Awaits!

We offer 100% bespoke adventure based residentials to the Isle of Wight. We can include transport, accommodation, activities, risk assessments and much more, saving you time and stress! Leave the work to us so you can focus on teaching!

Shepton Mallet Prison - Education Behind Bars

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Shepton Mallet Prison - Education Behind Bars

Shepton Mallet Prison puts 'Education Behind Bars' with the launch of a newly created National Education Programme for Schools, Colleges, and Universities, ensuring educational visits are truly educational and a reach beyond the traditional.


Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham

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Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham

Close to major transport links and the city centre, our centre at Bartley Reservoir is a safe inland watersports venue - perfect for your next school trip!

Fab Science In-school Workshops

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Fab Science In-school Workshops

Inspirational workshops with hands on learning: Forces, Digestive System, Circulatory System, Forensics, Construction, Sound, Light, Rocks, States of Matter, Electricity and Potty Potions...the science of magic!

Day Trip

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Day Trip

We offer watersports beach days at Orcombe point and activity training at our estuary centre. Our beach is 1/2 the day on the water paddle boarding, kayaking, megasups and 1/2 day on the beach enjoying beach activities on our lovely sandy beach.

York

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York

York is a fantastic destination for groups of all ages and home to some of the UK's most iconic landmarks. Attractions and visits include the "Diagon Alley-esque" Shambles, York Minster, Jorvik, York Museum Gardens & the National Railway Museum.


special offerCalvert Exmoor

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Calvert Exmoor

Calvert Exmoor is an accessible activity centre in North Devon for students with learning, physical, behavioural, sensory or multiple complex disabilities. We accommodate all classroom types with a specialism in SEN and disabled students.

Edinburgh

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Edinburgh

Take your students on a school trip to Edinburgh, streets that inspired the wizarding world, enchanting castles and rich history, a hub for creativity and culture and an incredibly unique cityscape pairing traditional elements with a modern twist.

London Tour  - Adaptable Travel

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London Tour - Adaptable Travel

Adaptable Travel tailor make fantastic overnight school trips to London for groups based elsewhere in the UK. London is a world-class city that offers a huge range of attractions and educational visits that make it a superb choice for your next trip.

Woodrow High House

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Woodrow High House

We put your needs at the heart of everything we do. We'll work with you to develop a bespoke activity programme, focused on core skill-development & learning, whilst ensuring it's always fun! Join us for an adventure and explore the great outdoors.


Andrew Simpson Centre Reading

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Andrew Simpson Centre Reading

Andrew Simpson Centre Reading offers a variety of watersports activities including sailing, windsurfing, paddleboarding, kayaking and raft building. Each trip is unique to meet the needs of participants whilst focussing on the school's priorities.

Residential Trip

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Residential Trip

Residential Activity Camps. We offer activity camps including paddle boarding, kayaking, windsurfing and surfing (depending upon conditions). On land we offer high ropes, archery tag, woodcraft, circus skills and team challenges. Home cooked food.

Pep the Poet - Mental Health & Well-being

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Pep the Poet - Mental Health & Well-being

Pep the Poet is a tremendous advocate of raising awareness and promoting positive mental health through creative means. He does this through his writing, poems and keynote speeches.

Skern Lodge Day Visits

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Skern Lodge Day Visits

We can provide visitors with a day experience to remember at Skern Lodge on the sunny North Devon coastline, or in the grounds of your own school. You can choose from either a full days or half a day or whatever fits your budget.


Encompass Training

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Encompass Training

In the heart of rural Devon, Encompass Training is based at the historic grade 1 listed Great Potheridge House. We focus on providing a wide range quality outdoor education activities with sole occupancy and experience staffing.

Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre

location icon West Midlands

Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre

Ingestre Arts deliver unique, transferable learning experiences through creative & expressive arts such as music, drama, visual art, dance & animation. The UKs only dedicated residential arts centre, a residential with us is unlike any other!

Cornwall Art Tour

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Cornwall Art Tour

Take your students to a world-class artists region, home of the Tate, Barbara Hepworth and incredible landscapes shed in natural light - this is Cornwall.

Intermediate STEMbotics Robotics & Coding Y4-Y9

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Intermediate STEMbotics Robotics & Coding Y4-Y9

Take students' robotics skills to the next level! The Intermediate STEMbotics workshop challenges students in Years 5-9 with advanced projects, fostering creativity, problem-solving, and deeper STEM understanding.


special offerOnsite Team Building Games!

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Onsite Team Building Games!

We bring the FUN straight to your School! Whether it’s Team Building, PSHE days, or post-GCSE celebrations, our action-packed activities are designed to inspire, compete and create fun memories. We Cover all of the UK.

free tripChesters Roman Fort and Museum

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Chesters Roman Fort and Museum

Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall gives a real sense of how the Roman army was trying to assert power over this part of the British countryside. The venue, complete with museum is a fantastic learning resource for school groups.

Oaker Wood Leisure

location icon West Midlands

Oaker Wood Leisure

Woodland Outdoor Activity centre with 2 Glamping Villages which can be booked by schools for exclusive use. Sleep up to 160 in Glamping Pods. Catered or self catered. High Ropes, Low Ropes, Team Building, Rafting, Zip Wire, Paintball, Target Shooting

special offerHerbert Art Gallery & Museum

location icon West Midlands

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

We are also home to Dippy the dinosaur; A life-size replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton – a 26 metre-long dinosaur that lived 155-145 million years ago. We offer options for self-led visits and also facilitated workshops, led by our experts.


Historical Experiences

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Historical Experiences

Providing inventive historical activities across the UK for both schools, business and private parties. These experiences have been designed to transport your audiences into a period and time, as close to the real thing as possible.

Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs

Step back in time inside our dinosaur dome and learn about dinosaurs, how they fly and where they were discovered

Day Trips at Bore Place

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Day Trips at Bore Place

At Bore Place we aim to inspire young people with a love of the natural world, educate them about food production and regenerative farming, and involve them in taking care of our world for future generations.

Abernant Lake

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Abernant Lake

Abernant Lake is an outdoor pursuits activity centre on the edge of the Breacon Beacons National Park. Our self contained 55 acre site gives schools the opportunity to experience a range of activities in a safe and caring environment.


Day Visits

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Day Visits

South East school trip at Lee Valley. The Regional Park Authority's Learning and Engagement Team provide a range of outdoor learning opportunities for all the key stages within Lee Valley Regional Park.

STEM Fairs

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STEM Fairs

We offer a range of creative STEM/STEAM educational immersive events, from Early Years/Foundation to Key Stage 5 and Post 16.

Volcanoes

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Volcanoes

Supervolcanoes takes you on a journey into the heart of volcanoes, explaining in detail how they form, along with their deadly power!

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