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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest Field Study Centre | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Awesome Walls | Very welcoming staff, who took time to explain how things worked and kept the groups attention with very informative but easy to follow demonstrations. Martyn was understanding of the needs of this challenging group and provided a fun session for everyone | 10 June 2021 | |
| Skreens Park Activity Centre | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Robinwood Cross Lanes Activity Centre | Excellent provision with the safety and wellbeing of pupils at the heart of all they do. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Dinosaur Adventure | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Robinwood Activity centre - Barhaugh Hall | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Laches Wood Outdoor Education Centre | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse | A well organised and run day learning about life in Neolithic Britain. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Mount Batten Centre | The staff were friendly, knowledgeable and great with the children. However, the timings were not accurate meaning we spent more time on archery and far less than anticipated on the water. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Essex Outdoors Harlow | They are a great team and are great with the young people, getting them engaged with the activity, encouragement and explaining what they need to do. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Gilbert Whites House and Gardens | 09 June 2021 | ||
| Cuffley Active Learning Centre | There is always a lot of time spent waiting around and the time needs to be more structured with tasks. Also some of the tasks lacked energy and enthusiasm from the group leaders. The wall climbing was excellent and was the high light of the trip. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Cyclist Training Ltd | The instructors were very impressive and understood the levels and the needs of the pupils and adapted the training accordingly. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was a huge benefit to them. | 09 June 2021 | |
| BXM Expeditions | The instructors were friendly and well trained, ensuring the students could safely navigate their routes. Supervision was not as thorough as we would have liked on the first day knowing the local area. BXM could benefit from sending more instructors. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Chichester Harbour Conservancy Education Service | Activities led by CHC staff. Staff extremely knowledgeable and enhanced the experience for the children. | 09 June 2021 | |
| PGL Marchants Hill | The children and staff had an amazing time at PGL | 09 June 2021 | |
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | Well organised inside the venue. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Thorpe Park | 09 June 2021 | ||
| Leeson House Field Studies Centre | 09 June 2021 | ||
| Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre | 09 June 2021 | ||
| Carlton Lodge Activity Centre | Carlton Lodge provided us with a great day of activities to replace our planned residential week. The instructors were great with the children and everything was organised really well | 09 June 2021 | |
| PGL Boreatton Park | Covid secure measures were excellent. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Morfa Bay Adventure | 09 June 2021 | ||
| The Bushcraft Company - Boughton Woods | I think they are having some challenges as a result of Covid with reduced staffing. It did impact the visit | 09 June 2021 | |
| The Outward Bound Trust, Ullswater Centre | 09 June 2021 | ||
| Delamere Conway Centre | Nick was a great leader for the day. Let the children explore and be independent, whilst in a caring and secure environment. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Bletchley Park Trust | The D-Day workshop was excellent and the pupils learnt a lot from what they were able to explore. Unfortunately, the current set up didn't allow our pupils to visit as many of the exhibitions as we would have liked. | 09 June 2021 | |
| Sandwell Valley Country Park | Needs more management of the ecosystems | 09 June 2021 | |
| The Lunt Roman Fort | A great day out. Our Year 3 class really enjoyed the visit, a good mix of facts and practical stuff. | 08 June 2021 | |
| Anderton Centre | The staff were very welcoming and friendly and worked well with the children. The activities were well organised and good fun. Accommodation was clean and ready for use and the food was lovely. Overall an excellent residential trip. | 08 June 2021 | |
| Danson Watersports | Lovely friendly staff, very knowledgeable in their subject. Great facililties. Good booking system and customer care. | 08 June 2021 | |
| Danson Park Adventures | As above | 08 June 2021 | |
| Manor Adventure Norfolk Lakes | Great week, all activities were well run, accommodations was clean and the food was fantastic | 08 June 2021 | |
| Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse | excellent | 08 June 2021 | |
| JDR Karting | Great trip with Covid precautions in place | 08 June 2021 | |
| PGL Windmill Hill | Communication between the management team and the PGL staff was not great. There was lots of confusion around their Covid measures. | 08 June 2021 | |
| The Bushcraft Company - Blenheim Woods | One of the leaders was excellent and ensured that all children in his group were engaged in activities but other leaders did not always involve all children in their group. Sometimes, the children were not kept active and the breaks between activities were sometimes too long. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Eaton Vale Scout & Guide Activity Centre | Lovely accomodating people | 07 June 2021 | |
| Rooted in Nature CIC | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Burwell House | The venue was well prepared for both the activities and Covid requirements. Staff were helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Leeson House Field Studies Centre | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Sir Harold Hillier Gardens | Well organised trip - all pre visit information was communicated effectively in order to plan for visit. On the day staff were organised and learning for each activity was safe, fun, engaging and enjoyable. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learning. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre | Fabulous place. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Willowburn Sports Centre | COVID procedures in place - well managed sessions and slick communication with both the management and the operational team | 07 June 2021 | |
| Adventure Valley | Great | 07 June 2021 | |
| PGL Little Canada | 07 June 2021 | ||
| The Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team | Canon's house children and team of care officers had a fantastic time, the staff were amazing and made sure that all involved had a great experience, I would highly recommend this outing to any establishment that wish to take part. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Holland Park Ecology Centre | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Essex Outdoors Mersea | The team of instructors at Essex Outdoors Mersea worked well to engage the children. They acknowledged children's experiences and reservations in some activities and worked with them to support. | 07 June 2021 | |
| AT7 Centre | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Ufton Court Educational Trust | A really welcoming team who supported all the needs of the group and engaged fantastically with all the children. The activities were interesting and the leaders showed clear knowledge of the subject areas. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Ufton Court Educational Trust | A really welcoming team, who supported all the needs of the group and engaged fantastically with all the children. The activities were interesting and the leaders showed clear knowledge of the subject areas. | 07 June 2021 | |
| Lackford Lakes - Suffolk Wildlife Trust | 07 June 2021 | ||
| A to Z Expeditions | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Wilderness Expertise | Very professional and all round supportive company. Cannot rate highly enough | 07 June 2021 | |
| Robinwood Activity Centre - Dobroyd Castle | 07 June 2021 | ||
| Hindleap Warren Outdoor Education Centre | Well organised, fantastic staff | 07 June 2021 | |
| PGL Bawdsey Manor | A fun-packed adventure for all the children involved. Whatever the child's ability it gives them a chance to experience an outdoor adventure and build on team work. | 07 June 2021 | |
| BXM Expeditions | Excellent organisation and communication with school. Instructors excellent | 06 June 2021 | |
| BXM Expeditions | Excellent organisiation and brilliant instructors | 06 June 2021 | |
| Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre | 06 June 2021 | ||
| Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre | 06 June 2021 | ||
| Campaign Paintball | Overall good organisation however the day finished slightly earlier than expected and could have been moved along at a better pace to get more game time. | 06 June 2021 | |
| Braeside Education and Conference Centre | 06 June 2021 | ||
| Staunton Country Park | 06 June 2021 | ||
| ZSL London Zoo | Covid routes made it much easier, staff were helpful and cleared areas like butterfly house for us in advance. | 06 June 2021 | |
| Foxlease Girlguiding Centre | 05 June 2021 | ||
| Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Park was very organized and staff were super friendly. Would definitely recommend the park for future trips. | 05 June 2021 | |
| Robinwood Activity Centre - Dobroyd Castle | Fantastic trip and the children benefitted hugely. | 04 June 2021 | |
| Kingswood Trust | 04 June 2021 | ||
| HYMB - Herts Young Mariners Base | Efficient, friendly and supportive staff | 04 June 2021 | |
| Girlguiding UK Blackland Farm | 04 June 2021 | ||
| The Trekking Company Ltd | 04 June 2021 | ||
| UKSA | Very well organised; friendly and welcoming; it was a great experience for the children. They were also very accommodating of the school staff and a child with a broken arm who were allowed to ride in the support boat. Thoroughly recommend it. | 04 June 2021 | |
| Surrey Sports Park | Helpful climbing wall manager. Good wall for our purposes (small group of GCSE PE climbers) Reasonable price. | 03 June 2021 | |
| Delamere Forest Park | Excellent outdoor learning opportunity - would have preferred more hands on experiences and less talk. | 03 June 2021 | |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford | Excellent facilities and exhibits | 02 June 2021 | |
| Barnstondale Centre | 01 June 2021 | ||
| PGL Liddington | Overall very well organised. Some issues with food and heating on the first night. | 01 June 2021 | |
| Sayers Croft Outdoor Learning Centre | This is an EXCELLENT venue and we had a wonderful day full of relevant activities, which were fun, challenging and perfect for our day working as TEAM members. I would recommend Sayers Croft without question. | 01 June 2021 | |
| Wroxeter Roman City | 01 June 2021 | ||
| Calshot Activities Centre | What they were able to provide at such short notice was amazing. Whilst their instructions were fantastic, their senior leaders were even better. | 01 June 2021 | |
| Woodrow High House | 31 May 2021 | ||
| Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre | 31 May 2021 | ||
| Nature Days | 31 May 2021 | ||
| Anderton Centre | 31 May 2021 | ||
| Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre | 28 May 2021 | ||
| Longridge | 28 May 2021 | ||
| Paccar Scout Camp | 28 May 2021 | ||
| Mount Cook Adventure Centre | A fantastic trip. The staff catered to the needs of all students. We were the only group at the centre and all COVID protocols were followed. We all felt very safe. | 28 May 2021 | |
| Essex Outdoors Mersea | An excellent site with excellent instructors. There were a few issues with some accomodation (smoke alarms going off and then not being fixed, resulting in them going again, some buckled doors that were very difficult to shut/lock). Overall, a very good trip. | 28 May 2021 | |
| Orkney Outdoor Education | The Outdoor Education Team caters for children from all walks of life. They take all information on board and they make all activities so much fun that all pupils come back with grins on their faces. They are a superb team! | 28 May 2021 | |
| Carroty Wood | Excellent and well run | 27 May 2021 | |
| Chessington World of Adventures Resort | Fantastic day out and almost all Year 5/6 met height restrictions for all rides! | 27 May 2021 | |
| Go Ape Wendover Continuous Belay Course | Amazing time had by all and fantastic team building spirit! | 27 May 2021 | |
| The Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team | Excellent service | 27 May 2021 | |
| Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre | 27 May 2021 | ||
| Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre | 27 May 2021 | ||
| Shugborough Outdoor Education Centre | 27 May 2021 | ||
| Andrew Simpson Centre Portland | really enjoyable day with great instructors. Due to some disappointing weather, they made sure that the day could be adjusted to make it enjoyable for the group. | 27 May 2021 |