September 2024 - Primary School
June 2024 - Secondary School
June 2024 - Secondary School
June 2024 - Secondary School
March 2024 - Primary School
February 2024 - Secondary School
December 2023 - Secondary School
November 2023 - Primary School
July 2023 - Secondary School
Food was poor but accommodation was excellent
May 2023 - Secondary School
Whilst the venue was not in the most scenic of locations, the centre itself and its vicinity to the beach and surrounding grassland and woodland made it a perfect site for the biology field trip. We would definitely like to return there in future.
The setting for the centre in a large park does also eliminate the worry of student’s wandering off and was an excellent venue for moring runs which some students enjoyed with Mr Lawrence.
Rooms were modern, clean and very secure, with key cards to open doors and key code locks to get into the building. Evening supervision was straightforward as staff rooms were on the same corridor as student rooms and we were all within the same building. Beds were bunks, though comfortable, and each room had an ensuite bathroom. Rooming was a bit tighter than last year, and male staff did end up sharing a room but this was not an issue. We would still prefer individual rooming in future.
FSC provided all of the equipment needed, which saved a huge amount of time at LGS, where we have previously had to make up equipment boxes and carry trolley-fulls of keys, clipboards, ranging poles, quadrats and tape measures from the store room to the coach (and back again). It was a real delight to not have to do this. In addition, Margam had waterproof tablets that were used in the field to record data. These were fantastic and data could be quickly collated on the computer once we returned to the centre, freeing up more time for analysis and enabling centre staff to cater flexibly to our needs.
The only real down-side to Margam was the lack of communal space. There are small common rooms available, but these are only really suitable for around 20 people. We were fortunate, as the weather was so pleasant students could go outside. We were allocated the (slightly) bigger common room and students used this responsibly but this could be an issue if weather turned for the worse.
February 2023 - Secondary School
September 2019 - Secondary School
It was in Slapton in the end not Margam
May 2019 - Secondary School
Great purpose built field studies centre. Staff are really helpful and knowledgeable and the facilities are perfect.
January 2019 - Secondary School
December 2018 - Secondary School
Well organised and the fieldwork met the exam specification requirements
September 2018 - Secondary School
July 2018 - Secondary School
excellent venue - staff were well trained and approachable
June 2018 - Secondary School
May 2018 - Secondary School
May 2018 - Secondary School
Superb provider
April 2018 - Secondary School
excellent facilities and tutors but canteen need to reconsider food options for teenagers. We were there for vegetarian night and the majority of my group went without food (I know their own faults for not eating aubergines or peppers but that's teenagers these days!)
Other than that can't fault it - clean and professionally run. Covered all outcomes needed by us in the time they had.
February 2018 - Secondary School
The centre is great. Clearly explained the routines whilst there.
December 2017 - Secondary School
Very good, work intensive, and met all my requirements for Sixth Form Geography Fieldwork.
