Latest Reviews
The Kaddi Review system gives teachers and youth workers the ability to leave venue and provider feedback. All reviews have been added via EVOLVE, by visit leaders that have recently used the venues/providers. Kaddi Reviews provide valuable information for anyone planning educational visits.
| Provider | Score | Comments | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendip Activity Centre | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Edgmond Hall Centre for Outdoor Learning | A wonderful place to stay with the children. The activities are well suited to the ability of the children and the staff were extremely acconodating. | 17 November 2021 | |
| Frontier Centre | The staff at Rock UK Frontier Centre were excellent. They were so encouraging with the pupils and were skilled at involving everyone. The activities were exciting with a very high focus on safety. | 17 November 2021 | |
| PGL Caythorpe Court | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Big Pit National Coal Museum | Great experience for the pupls. | 17 November 2021 | |
| RCT Windsor Castle | As the Castle was closed we were unable to enter so I am unable to rate the facility | 17 November 2021 | |
| Lindley Educational Trust | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Thurston Outdoor Education Centre | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Cadbury World | Staff were very good and helpful, in particular security. Very clean and well sign posted. Some of the measures outlined in the Covid risk assessment weren't acted upon (eg no temperature checks, no insistence on wearing face coverings). | 17 November 2021 | |
| Beaumanor Activities | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Chessington World of Adventures Resort | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Girlguiding UK Blackland Farm | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Beaumanor Activities | Good activities for the topic that were studying and the children were engaged and busy all day. The day was led by two very knowledgeable instructors and the children really enjoyed it. | 17 November 2021 | |
| Glen Brook Camp Site | A great deal of space and good facilities available for expeditions. This means that groups can be kept separate from other schools/groups. | 17 November 2021 | |
| Sam Sykes Ltd | The company provide an excellent service. The team are all well qualified and ensured that the students involved were looked after. They have a system that means all instructors are briefed in the mornings and are aware of the students needs adapting days and walks as necessary to ensure success. I was extremely pleased with the way the company operated and their communication throughout the process. Their feedback for the assessors reports was comprehensive. | 17 November 2021 | |
| Science Museum | 17 November 2021 | ||
| Bletchley Park Trust | The trip ran smoothly and was well organised | 17 November 2021 | |
| Drusillas Park | Engaging, interactive learning opportunities in a safe environment. | 17 November 2021 | |
| The Observatory Science Centre | Excellent interactive activities in a safe learning environment. | 17 November 2021 | |
| Lichfield Cathedral | 17 November 2021 | ||
| GB Sports Tours | Extremley helpful in planning the tour and including activites that engaged our students and provided memorable expierences for them. The accomdation could have been better and there was an issue with one of our evening activites not being booked for the correct day, which GB Sports Tours have refunded. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Wembley Stadium Tours | Excellent tour guide and great expierence all round. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | Way too busy around freight nights. Most students only got on 3 big rides in the whole day around 2 1/2's spent waiting for each. | 16 November 2021 | |
| The London Eye | 16 November 2021 | ||
| English Institute of Sport | 16 November 2021 | ||
| In2action Ltd | Activities were well organised by the In2action staff. Meet and Greet was positive and energetic. The staff were very helpful throughout. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Scropton Riding & Driving Centre | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Scropton Riding & Driving Centre | excellently run centre with experienced and friendly staff | 16 November 2021 | |
| YHA Whitby | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Essex Outdoors Mersea | c g rg f we we er d w | 16 November 2021 | |
| Yorkshire Wildlife Park | 16 November 2021 | ||
| The Outward Bound Trust, Ullswater Centre | Diligent staff who took genuine care of the children. We felt confident in their skills to lead and challenge the children. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Science Oxford | amazing | 16 November 2021 | |
| Science Museum | 16 November 2021 | ||
| PGL Winmarleigh Hall | We had a great group leader and we were the only school there during our visit, which was amazing. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Wolverhampton Art Gallery | Excellent workshop but a little disorganised with staff. | 16 November 2021 | |
| Beaumanor Activities | Another great visit to the centre for our school. The children get so much from this visit and learn so much from the people at the centre. A wonderful experience and well-managed. | 16 November 2021 | |
| East Grinstead Sports Club | 16 November 2021 | ||
| East Grinstead Sports Club | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Ogden Water Country Side Services | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Kingswood West Runton | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Robinwood Activity Centre - Dobroyd Castle | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Leeds Grand Theatre | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Great North Museum: Hancock | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Tamworth Snow Dome | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Nell Bank Charitable Trust | The Nell Bank Staff were brilliant, we had a great day. | 16 November 2021 | |
| The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre | 16 November 2021 | ||
| Black Country Living Museum | A really good visit, made even better by the guides that showed us around the site. A lot of investment is currently taking place at the museum, which will guarantee our return in the future. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life | The day was very well organised, and informative. The children enjoyed the experience of being active within the activities. Thank you to all. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Peat Rigg Outdoor Training Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Ingleton Falls | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Stockwood Discovery Centre | This was a very successful trip which enriched the learning of the children. Due to Covid restrictions the timings were not ideal. Next time a post lunch timeslot would suit better. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Ingleton Falls | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Fireground | 15 November 2021 | ||
| ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Cardiff Castle | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Cadbury World | Brilliant. Great marketing talk arranged and fantastic experiences for all. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Juniper Hall | Well organised, appropriate level of teaching and methods, good facilities. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Robinwood Activity centre - Barhaugh Hall | A thoroughly enjoyable and beneficial visit. Our children developed their confidence, resilience and team building skills through a wide range of challenging outdoor activities. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Slapton Ley | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Cuffley Active Learning Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Cuffley Active Learning Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Girlguiding UK Blackland Farm | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Hindleap Warren Outdoor Education Centre | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Hilltop Outdoor Centre | The residential was a great success. The children embraced all the activities planned and enjoyed meeting the children form the other schools. This will undoubtedly prepare them for High School and the transition to the next phase. Hilltop lodgings and food were just perfect. Everyone was comfortable and enjoyed the experience. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts | extremely well structured and informative day | 15 November 2021 | |
| Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium | The planetarium was excellent and the girls really enjoyed it. This is an experience that I could not have done in school. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Tower of London - Historic Royal Palaces | Everything went very smoothly, from picking up the wristbands at the Welcome Centre to having time in the lunch room. Toby, our guide for Fire! Fire! was excellent and the children were very well behaved with him because they were engaged. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Housesteads Roman Fort | Very nice staff and a tidy, clean fort. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Mount Cook Adventure Centre | Excellent facilities - comfortable bed, en-suite rooms, all meals provided, tea and coffee for staff all day. As the students were kept busy all day, by the evening they were ready for bed and woke up fresh for the full day of activities. Knowledgeable instructors who made the activities fun and educational. Being centre based everything, was readily available. I will suggest for next time that we do a night walk. | 15 November 2021 | |
| Paultons Park Education Team | 15 November 2021 | ||
| Bunker 51 | The staff were professional, friendly and helpful. The venue environment is good; however, the floor of the arena on the day was a bit slippery mainly because it was the same arena for paintball games. This was probably because that the paint was not cleaned well after the previous paintball games. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Bunker 51 | The staff were professional and friendly. The venue environment is good; however, the floor of the arena on the day was a bit slippery mainly because it was the same arena for paintball games. This was probably because that the paint was not cleaned well after the previous paintball games. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses | Lovely trip. Children had a great time and learnt alot. | 14 November 2021 | |
| PGL Liddington | 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. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Warwick Castle | 14 November 2021 | ||
| Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre | The activities were excellent, accommodation was dated (we stayed in the actual house). The food was very good and accommodated all the students. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Rhyd-y-creuau | Excellent provision of all services, venue facilities and curriculum delivery. Would recommend. To note. Communication was slower and not as effective as previously, but this was due to new staff and IT systems in place which no doubt will be resolved quickly. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Banham Zoo | Educational talk was very useful - specific to our requirements. Pupils responded positively. | 14 November 2021 | |
| Tudor World | 14 November 2021 | ||
| Manor Adventure Norfolk Lakes | Fantastic event and a great safe place to be. | 14 November 2021 | |
| The Horstead Centre | A small (Covid friendly - we were the only school on site) venue with top quality instructors and a range of adventurous activities. | 13 November 2021 | |
| High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre Limited | Good level of service and coaching provided for students. Accommodation, food and equipment was well maintained and adequate. | 13 November 2021 | |
| The Training Partnership | Good, engaging speakers. Venue was a bit chilly and despite a less than half-full auditorium, no-one from our school was picked as a volunteer despite one boy from another school being picked for more than one activity! Share this out more fairly in the future, please! The exam session was disappointingly short and was more vague and generic than I would have expected - more on how to answer stuff (like command words, 6 markers) in the future, please! Consider the pricing of tickets too now there is an online option - paying double to sit in a venue and not be any more involved than if we were watching on a screen was disappointing...! | 12 November 2021 | |
| Go Ape Temple Newsam Continuous Belay Course | 12 November 2021 | ||
| Ackers Adventure | Excellent trip. Well organised. Adult led. No problems. | 12 November 2021 | |
| PGL Windmill Hill | Excellent week as always. All experiences very positive and staff were excellent. | 12 November 2021 | |
| Alton Towers Resort (day visits) | 12 November 2021 | ||
| The Donkey Sanctuary | Brilliant charity, very informative. Helpful volunteers. | 12 November 2021 | |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford | 12 November 2021 | ||
| ZSL London Zoo | The staff were very helpful and informative. The range of animals was perfect for our visit. It felt Covid safe. | 12 November 2021 | |
| Black Country Museum | 12 November 2021 | ||
| Discovery Museum - Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums | This was a fantastic workshop which engaged the children. They were absolutely enthralled. A wonderful opportunity to explore Victorian artefacts first hand, and retell the events of The Great Fire with a puppet show. | 12 November 2021 | |
| Holland Park Ecology Centre | 12 November 2021 | ||
| Thinktank Birmingham science museum | We had a fantastic trip - the museum is very interactive and this really engaged the children. It was also a bonus that on Tuesday's it is school trips only - so there were no members of the public in the building. This gave us an extra level of safety. The science garden was outstanding and the planetarium show was very informative. The guide was slightly less experienced at reading the room re: behaviour, but as school staff we could assist with this. The walk from the coach drop to the museum entrance was acceptable, there were no roads to cross making the walk easier with a full class whilst on public footpaths. The toilet and lunch facilities were clean and well maintained. Staff were kind, enthusiastic and very helpful throughout. | 12 November 2021 |