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(November 2022 - Primary School)

(October 2022 - Secondary School)

Outdoor & Adventurous activities (October 2022 - Primary School)

Really disappointed with the staff at the venue. Poorly organised (October 2022)

(September 2022 - Primary School)

Group work, bonding, team building, problem solving, etc (September 2022 - Primary School)

(July 2022 - Primary School)

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(July 2022 - Primary School)

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(July 2022 - Primary School)

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(July 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Secondary School)

(June 2022 - Secondary School)

RSHE and team building (June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(May 2022 - Primary School)

For adventurous and outdoor activities (May 2022 - Primary School)

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(May 2022)

Well organised with a variety of activities for the children to try. (May 2022 - Primary School)

(May 2022 - Secondary School)

(March 2022 - Primary School)

(February 2022 - Primary School)

(February 2022 - Primary School)

Very accommodating and organised. Brilliant with dietary requirements of a diabetic member (December 2021 - Secondary School)

The children had a great time however our attending staff had a number of concerns. The evening activities were not well thought out. On our first evening we had an outside activity requiring teams of children to locate clues. This was in the dark. No torches provided. One of our members of staff trod on a rusty nail resulting in a trip to A and E for a tetanus booster. One child was wrongly given non-halal food; when this was questioned the non-halal sausage was removed from his plate and the contaminated plate returned to the child. On arrival at the canteen for a meal, a child from another group had vomited. The mess was not cleaned away for the entirety of the meal time. A table was placed over it to prevent people walking through it. (November 2021 - Primary School)

Very organised and had taken onboard feedback from previous visits. Staff were enthusiastic and motivated the children. Accommodation was clean and ready on time. (November 2021 - Primary School)

Staff very friendly and always on hand to help. Great activities that provided challenge and opportunities for group work. (October 2021 - Primary School)

(October 2021)

(October 2021 - Secondary School)

They were brilliant. All staff and instructors did everything they could to assist our trip. (October 2021 - Secondary School)

PGL staff where very helpful prior to our trip when we were let down by our coach company and the guys in charge of our group were great all weekend (September 2021 - Secondary School)

(July 2021 - Primary School)

Children had a fantastic time -facilities were suitable and staff were well trained. (July 2021 - Primary School)

Had a wonderful time. Very organised at Liddington. An instructor was there to meet us on arrival and took as to the toilets and then met the specialist instructors for Archery and Giant Swing. (June 2021 - Secondary School)

(June 2021 - Primary School & Secondary School)

COVID safe and wonderful staff (June 2021 - Primary School)

(June 2021 - Primary School)

(June 2021 - Primary School)

Professional site. Food was fine apart from first night. Safety was a high priority on activities. Accommodation's layout was difficult to manage. (June 2021 - Primary School)

(June 2021 - Primary School)

All outcomes of the trip were met. The children took part in a range of enrichment activities that helped to develop their character education and virtues, specifically their resilience, courage, independence and cooperation. The range of activities was good and most instructors were enthusiastic, fun and engaging, encouraging children to take risks and step outside of their comfort zone. The accomodation was clean, tidy and acessible and met the needs of our group well. Our leaders Mark and Amelie were flexible and on hand to solve problems throughout the trip. Unfortunately, the communication and organisation from Liddington was quite poor. On arrival at the site, we were informed the our timings for each day were 30 minutes later. As a result, our activities were rushed and there was little to no down time for the children. To add to the time constraints, we were asked to return to our base (Ridgeway) in between every activity. This meant that we wasted a lot of time unnecessarily walking between bases, in turn, our activities were shorter and for some children this meant limited turns on activities such as abseiling or height limitations/restrictions on activities such as Jacob's Ladder. Some instructors clearly felt pressured by these time constraints and rushed through activities. As a result, some of children were not appropriately challenged or encouraged to take risks. Our group has particularly complex needs including physical disabilities, medical needs, autism and anxiety. Excessive walking in hot weather with no down time has significant implications for these children, some missed evening activities as they were simply too tired to continue. Dietary requirements in our group were complex and EHPS staff visited the site previous to trip to discuss these needs. Despite this previsit, numerous emails and a meeting with the site chef, the food required for a child needing to be tube fed, was not prepared and ready in time for meals. For a child who also sufferers from autism this was an extremely stressful experience. Food was varied at the site. For some meals, the site ran out of food such as mash potato on the sausage and mash evening and chicken burgers for our final lunch. This reduced the choice substantially and meant that our children had chips with every evening meal. Despite providing a room plan, bedding was not provided in all rooms and we had no hot water for the first day and half of our trip. These problems however were sorted quickly and efficiently. (June 2021 - Primary School)

Outcomes of our visit were met. All children took part in engaging activities which encouraged resilience, independence and resilience. The children thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Communication and organisation from Liddington could be improved. Our itinerary and schedule for each day was altered on arrival consequently leaving less time for activities. Our days felt a very rushed with very little down time for the children. Excessive and in some cases unnecessary walking between activities was tiring for a group with additional needs. Dietary requirements were not met adequately and the site ran out of certain foods during our stay meaning our options were limited. Most instructors were enthusiastic and challenged the children, encouraging them to step outside of their comfort zones however some were too preoccupied with time constraints and this limited the children's experiences. Additional larger harnesses were required and were not provided, these needed to be asked for at each activity and a disability harness could not be used due to it not passing an inspection. (June 2021 - Primary School)

Excellent activities, resources and facilities. Very accommodating staff and activities are safe and well-run. Head Office organisation was a problem this year (during COVID) but the after-service and compensation received has been good. (June 2021 - Primary School)

Overall very well organised. Some issues with food and heating on the first night. (June 2021 - Primary School)

(May 2021 - Primary School)

Due to not being able to stay overnight due to Covid restrictions, we spent a day at PGL doing 4 activities. There was only 1 other school (smaller than our group). Never mixed with the other school - in fact hardly saw them. Instructors were excellent. Organisation was excellent. Packed lunch could have been more nutritional. (May 2021 - Primary School)

Really good tournament and setting. Our team leader Ellie was fantastic! (March 2020 - Secondary School)

(March 2020 - Secondary School)

Great staff, very helpful. Good activities for children. Good accomodation. (February 2020 - Primary School)

(January 2020 - Primary School)

(January 2020 - Primary School)

(December 2019 - Secondary School)

brilliant staff, engaging, friendly, welcoming and professional. Wonderful facilities and overall a great experience. (December 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2019 - Secondary School)

friendly staff, clean accommodation, good food but some waiting around for leaders to arrive (November 2019 - Secondary School)

Amazing instructors for all our activities made the visit fantastic. (November 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2019 - Primary School)

Staff were very friendly and helpful. The Liddington Centre was very clean. The food was very good and enjoyed by the children. (November 2019 - Primary School)

Great facilities for the children. Staff experience not as good. (November 2019 - Primary School)

(October 2019 - Primary School)

Good standard of accommodation, lovely food, good trip leaders, mostly a good standard of instruction in the activities. (October 2019 - Primary School)

(October 2019 - Primary School)

(October 2019 - Primary School)

(October 2019 - Primary School)

(October 2019 - Primary School)

A very well organised and friendly team. The children were well cared for and encouraged to have a go at all the activities. (October 2019 - Primary School)

This was a 'typical' PGL visit: on the whole very professional and well organised. We choose PGL because we know we can rely on a good residential experience. Unfortunately this year there were some activity leaders who were not up to the usual PGL standard and there were some safety concerns raised with the centre due to one leader allowing children to sit on the fence where their peers were shooting their archery arrows. This was addressed immediately but only after a member of school staff stepped in. There were other concerns raised with the conduct of some of the activity leaders which were again addressed quickly. However, on the whole, the activity leads were strong and allowed the children to be successful. (September 2019 - Primary School)

(September 2019 - Secondary School)

(July 2019 - Primary School)

PGL Trip was successful. (July 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Secondary School)

(July 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Secondary School)

A great, scenic site with lots of space and excellent activities. Instructors were all very friendly, encouraging, supportive and inclusive. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Lovely grounds and accommodation was very good. Actual activities were good in general but our allocation could have been more varied. They were too similar. Evening activities were not well run or organised. Catering was not as good as it should be. We were kept waiting 1.5 hours for food on the first night and then there was limited food available as we were so late. No desserts etc. PGL activity leaders were mixed, enthusiastic overall. Group leaders were not great. They did not really take the lead and left a lot of it down to us. They did not seem experienced and were not pro-active or have much presence. Most Downsend adults were proactive which was really helpful. (June 2019 - Primary School)

The children thoroughly enjoyed their experience. Activities were well led and enjoyable, although at times lack of organisation on the part of PGL meant that activities had to be cut short. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Typically well run, with problems being resolved with efficiency. (June 2019 - Primary School)

+ Good, secure site + Good quality accommodation + Good variety of food + Instructors generally friendly and informative + The better instructors really engaged with each person in the group (e.g. "I like your watch") - Too much negative football banter (i.e. football chants, deriding other teams) - Different instructor for every activity, so no opportunity to build rapport - Activities were quite short (June 2019 - Primary School)

The facilities are excellent and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There are issues with capacity now though and it does feel as though there are too many people on site therefore meals often run late and more than one group are completing an activity at the same time which does not always feel safe. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Perfect venue for primary school residential (June 2019 - Primary School)

Liddington has felt increasingly busy over the years and although well organised it is a rush to get around everything. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Liddington has felt increasingly busy over the years and although well organised it is a rush to get around everything. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Liddington has felt increasingly busy over the years and although well organised it is a rush to get around everything. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Liddington has felt increasingly busy over the years and although well organised it is a rush to get around everything. (June 2019 - Primary School)

Liddington has felt increasingly busy over the years and although well organised it is a rush to get around everything. (June 2019 - Primary School)

(May 2019 - Secondary School)

(May 2019 - Primary School)

(May 2019 - Primary School)

Excellent, facilities are purpose built and kept to a good standard, staff are well trained and approachable. Everyone had a brilliant time and some great results in the netball (May 2019 - Secondary School)

(May 2019 - Secondary School)

(April 2019 - Secondary School)

(April 2019 - Secondary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School)

(March 2019 - Secondary School)

The facilities were great and the students had lots of hours to revise and work on their maths work. The addition of an activity really helped to break it up and add that fun/team building element to the trip. (March 2019 - Secondary School)

The centre provided an excellent experience for the pupils and met their individual needs. (March 2019 - Primary School)

(March 2019 - Primary School)

(March 2019 - Primary School)

(January 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2018)

Excellent residential trip for the children. They learned many skills and made many memories. (November 2018 - Primary School)

We had some problems with PGL as our 10 year old children were allocated rooms directly next to two groups of teenagers. We had trouble with noise, music and language every night twice it went on past 10.30pm. We reported this to the PGL staff on duty and they did come up to ask them to be quiet. Despite all the problems, no staff member seemed to be able to understand how inappropriate it was to have these groups so close to each other. We had to move three of our children who struggled to cope with the noise. Really disappointed with the lack of concern shown by PGL even though it was referred up to the duty manager on one night when it was really bad. (November 2018 - Primary School)

We had a problem with the centre because they had put our 10 year old children next to 17/18 year teenagers. This caused us problems every night. We had to move three of our children into an empty teacher room as the noise, music and language was unacceptable. Whilst PGL staff on duty did try to help at the time, no-one seemed to understand how inappropriate it was to have these two groups of children in such close proximity. The teenagers constantly moved the group names we had put on the rooms and a group of our girls were convinced someone had been into their room, although we couldn't prove it. (November 2018 - Primary School)

(October 2018 - Secondary School)

Fantastic site, supportive staff, great range of activities (October 2018 - Secondary School)

(October 2018 - Primary School)

Super site, excellent facilities. (October 2018 - Primary School)

(October 2018 - Secondary School)

(October 2018 - Secondary School)

all our pupils had a grat exprience at PGL Liddington (October 2018 - Primary School)

(October 2018 - Primary School)

Activities were well supervised and engaging. Children were all given appropriate safety talks before all activities. Staff knowledgeable. Activities appeared to be well taken care of and safety harnesses/hats seemed to be in good condition. Some small issues with the maintenance of the accommodation we were in, but nothing which put the children in danger and staff were keen to fix issues as they arose. (October 2018 - Primary School)

Really nice centre with well organised staff and top of the range outdoor facilities. (September 2018 - Secondary School)

(July 2018 - Primary School)

Several children returned from the trip covered in bites which doctors say are probably bed bug bites. (July 2018 - Primary School)

(July 2018 - Secondary School)

Children who have been quiet all year have come out of their shells and are speaking up for themselves. All children tried all activities and were often braver than they thought. (July 2018 - Primary School)

Evening entertainment felt a little unorganised - need to choose which activities carefully next time. Campfire - not very good. One of the PGL staff looking after our group was not very enthusiastic or engaging with the children (which was a real shame). Daytime activities were fantastic. Staff working on these were incredibly encouraging. Food ok - children quite happy with it. (July 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Secondary School)

Excellent trip. Next yr- book Monday afternoon activity. Excellent team. Request Ridgeway accommodation again. Request additional adult rooms as it was helpful this yr. (June 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Primary School)

A great centre, challenging activities and super accommodation (June 2018 - Primary School)

Great venue- engaging activities- great group leader. 4 out of 5 as some first aid kits were severely lacking and some instructors were less enthusiastic than others. All round great trip. (June 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Primary School)

The site is expansive and the children had access to a great range of activities. They were led by great staff members and the accommodation was fit to purpose. An excellent choice and somewhere we would go again! (June 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Primary School)

(May 2018 - Secondary School)

Excellent organisation, communication and instruction. (May 2018 - Secondary School)

Excellent venue for residential with large group. Accomodation really good and safe (May 2018 - Secondary School)

(May 2018 - Primary School)

Good selection of activities and very accommodating staff who were extremely helpful and courteous throughout our stay. (April 2018 - Secondary School)

PGL Liddington is a good outdoor education centre with many facilities, however there were some fundamental issues. Accommodation: this was inadequate with very small rooms with bunks housing six at a time and only one toilet and shower. Food was so bad that both myself, many of the staff in attendance and some of the students did not eat at all and ate only snacks that were available from others. In addition, PGL also prioritised other users before our cohort, this led to problems with times for workshops etc... overall the young people enjoyed being with other youth groups, however many expressed concerns that the experience was one not to be repeated due to the centres facilities and poor food, (April 2018 - Secondary School)

(April 2018 - Primary School)

(April 2018 - Secondary School)

(April 2018 - Primary School)

Students had a great time and have a bank of experiences which will help them in future units for their sport qualification. (April 2018 - Secondary School)

Activities were mainly well led and resourced, children had safety explained to them throughout the week. One evening activity felt less secure, as the children were allowed to roam in the dark, with unclear perimeters, parameters and easy sight of staff. (March 2018 - Primary School)

(February 2018 - Primary School)

(December 2017 - Primary School)