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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields Museum and Art Gallery - Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums | 28 September 2021 | ||
| South Shields Museum and Art Gallery - Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Warwick Castle | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Manor Adventure Shropshire | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Mary Ardens Farm | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Lotus | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Greenpower Education Trust | Excellent organisation as always | 28 September 2021 | |
| Broads Tours | Very good communication and organisation on the day. It was safe, informative and the children all enjoyed themselves a lot. | 28 September 2021 | |
| Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves | Great place for learning and the staff are most helpful | 28 September 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Rhyd-y-creuau | Great venue, friendly staff just a shame about the damp basement rooms | 28 September 2021 | |
| Rushall Farm | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life | 28 September 2021 | ||
| SnowDome | 28 September 2021 | ||
| YHA Litton Cheney | 28 September 2021 | ||
| Kingswood Trust | 28 September 2021 | ||
| The Bushcraft Company - Boughton Woods | This was our first Ed Vis during the pandemic. We took our largest ever group of pupils to Bushcraft. Bushcraft Risk Assessments provided by The Bushcraft Company were extremely helpful in assisting us with our advance planning. The visit was full supervised by Bushcraft staff throughout and was as Covid safe as could be made. There were also 5 Westwood staff in attendance throughout the residential visit. We did have to make one complaint to Bushcraft whilst we were on the visit, the number and variety of activities was not what we had come to expect from Bushcraft, this was swiftly rectified after our complaint. the problem seemed to be due to a new site manager just not being fully au fait with usual practice | 28 September 2021 | |
| Twycross Zoo | 28 September 2021 | ||
| RSPB Pulborough Brooks | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Museum of London Docklands | 27 September 2021 | ||
| The Garden Classroom | Really good session. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Vibe Outdoors | Amazing service provided. All 8 classes thoroughly enjoyed their experience out of school and the staff who attended spoke so highly of the organisation and professionalism of the staff. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Rushall Farm | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Land and Wave | Brad and Amy were fantastic hosting the activities | 27 September 2021 | |
| Youth Hostel Association | Great food, great service. We had one issue and it was swiftly resolved. Great value for money and brilliant location | 27 September 2021 | |
| Warwickshire Wildlife Trust | Excellent with the students and helped link it to a range of topics on the curriculum | 27 September 2021 | |
| PGL Caythorpe Court | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Hi5 Corporate Leisure | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Hi5 Corporate Leisure | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Queen Elizabeth Country Park | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Ingleborough Hall Outdoor Education Centre | Fantastic staff, well planned activities and as accomodatting as ever to our needs - even during a pandemic! | 27 September 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Flatford Mill | Excellent communication before and during trip. | 27 September 2021 | |
| PGL Bawdsey Manor | Well organised. Good accommodation. Great selection of activities. Great choice of food and catering for different needs. Only comments: accommodation was not ready on arrival, as the made sure they were cleaned in line with COVID sanitation. Not all instructors were carrying a 1st aid kit with them, although available from reception. Also some of the rooms on the ground floor's windows opened and not restricted as to how far it can open. | 27 September 2021 | |
| PGL Bawdsey Manor | Well organised. Good accommodation. Great selection of activities. Great choice of food and catering for different needs. Only comments: accommodation was not ready on arrival, as the made sure they were cleaned in line with COVID sanitation. Not all instructors were carrying a 1st aid kit with them, although available from reception. Also some of the rooms on the ground floor's windows opened and not restricted as to how far it can open. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Kew Gardens | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Robinwood Activity Centre - Dobroyd Castle | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Field Studies Council - Juniper Hall | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Youth Sport Trust | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Youth Sport Trust | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Eaton Vale Scout & Guide Activity Centre | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Manor Adventure Shropshire | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Manor Adventure Shropshire | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Field Studies Council - Blencathra | The two fieldwork experts for year 11 were very knowledgeable and held the students interest for long periods of time. I'm very confident that the majority of students would now be able to complete the relevant section of their GCSE Paper. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Kingswood Grosvenor Hall | The centre has much improved in terms of he quality of it's activities and food in recent years. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Canterbury Cathedral | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Absolute Travel and Tours | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Stubbers Adventure Centre | Fantastic! | 27 September 2021 | |
| Bramley Baths | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Essex Outdoors Mersea | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Boltby Trekking Centre | Boltby provides a safe welcoming environment. The 3 young people who over the last 3 weeks have been AH, HGS and KL have all really enjoyed the experience. For AH in particular it has given her the chance to recharge and re-engage with staff after some difficult periods. The staff at the centre are very welcoming and handle the young people in a brilliant consistent way that puts them at ease. KL recently attended a session after not being there for a long period of time. Prior visits resulted in him not even getting on a horse. Thursdays visit saw KL not only get on the horse but actually ride it. On getting off he was so please and excited at what he had achieved. | 27 September 2021 | |
| Royal Armouries Museum | NH as part of his AQA History study. NH was given a work sheet in order to keep him focused through out the visit. NH was well behaved and completed his work sheet. He got a lot from the visit and it helped cement the learning he had already received in class time. | 27 September 2021 | |
| YHA Stratford-upon- Avon | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Colchester Zoo | 27 September 2021 | ||
| Blists Hill Victorian Town | It was a wonderful place, with insightful staff, who were more than happy to help by talking to the children about the roles they were dressed up as. I just wish we had more time there. | 26 September 2021 | |
| YHA National Forest | 26 September 2021 | ||
| Conkers Discovery | 26 September 2021 | ||
| Swadlincote Ski & Snowboard Centre | 26 September 2021 | ||
| Wath Swimming Baths | 26 September 2021 | ||
| Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre | Staff were friendly and knowledgeable. | 26 September 2021 | |
| Chiltern Open Air Museum | 26 September 2021 | ||
| Castleshaw Centre | A fun-packed and informative day. | 25 September 2021 | |
| UK Parliament Education Centre | 25 September 2021 | ||
| Hautbois | We had a wonderful day, felt safe and knew exactly where we were going for each activity. Timing was perfect; the instructors excellent and encouraging. | 25 September 2021 | |
| Laches Wood Outdoor Education Centre | We had an amazing few days at Laches Wood, most of the instructors really took time to understand our children and adapted their teaching techniques accordingly. It was a shame the children didn't do their jobs more frequently as we had done at Shugborough the previous year, and in future we would like the children to gather in their groups outside the dinner hall and go in as groups and stay seated until everyone has finished and then clear away. This happened at our last residential and we presumed this would be the same. We never made it clear that was what we wanted but will do next time. The accommodation was great apart from the fact that it was rather too warm. Especially the staff rooms that had no opening windows as the velux windows weren't working. A small price to pay for the memories made and self belief developed. One little boy who we only convinced on the day of the trip came for the first day, but didn't want to take part. Your instructor on the high ropes was simply awesome with him. By the end of the day he was at the top of the tower helping everyone and he came back the second day and stayed the night. The little boy has visibly grown in pride and confidence, thank you. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Carlton Adventure | 24 September 2021 | ||
| Gorsefield Rural Centre | 24 September 2021 | ||
| Aireborough Leisure Centre | 24 September 2021 | ||
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses | 24 September 2021 | ||
| PGL Liddington | 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 | 24 September 2021 | |
| H5 Adventure Ltd | Children absolutely loved it - We were lucky with the weather, I'm unsure what it would have been like if the weather was not on our side. Children enjoyed getting to know their new forms through bushcraft activities, den building and archery. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Butser Ancient Farm | The venue were incredibly responsive to our changing needs, which resulted from their being an issue with traffic. The site was safe, with social distancing measures in place. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Thorpe Park | Excellent communication and service with vsit no issues | 24 September 2021 | |
| PGL Little Canada | Excellent for team building and active learning. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Go Ape Sherwood Continuous Belay Course | 24 September 2021 | ||
| Thornton Hall Farm Country Park | A Great end of year trip after a COVID year of not being able to go anywhere. The small group of SEN pupils loved this. The safari ride was the best bit. It isn't clear at first but carers are free so they refunded 4 adults and we then could book onto the Safari ride. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Go Ape Leeds Castle Continuous Belay Course | Brilliant staff- well organised too. So positive. Felt very safe too. | 24 September 2021 | |
| Rock and River Outdoor Pursuits | 24 September 2021 | ||
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Greenpower Education Trust | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Greenpower Education Trust | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Goodwood Motor Circuit | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre | Lovely centrla location for camping and walks in the forest | 23 September 2021 | |
| Rushall Farm | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Eaton Vale Scout & Guide Activity Centre | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Whitemoor Lakes | They are very helpful and the facilities are excellent. | 23 September 2021 | |
| Alton Towers Resort (day visits) | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Acclimbatize Adventure Activities | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Teamworks Karting | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Pensthorpe Natural Park | Grreat | 23 September 2021 | |
| Wilderness Expertise | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Chessington World of Adventures Resort | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Cuffley Active Learning Centre | They were well organised and ran all of the activities successfully and safely however, there was a lot of downtime between activities and the activities themselves were not as adventurous as hoped. | 23 September 2021 | |
| Barton Turf Adventure Centre | Fantastic site with good facilities | 23 September 2021 | |
| The Chill Factore | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Hilltop Outdoor Centre | Hilltop is a regular trip for our year 4s , as always it was an enjoyable experience for the children with plenty of opportunities for challenge and choice. | 23 September 2021 | |
| Bike Art | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Yorkshire Sculpture Park | 23 September 2021 | ||
| Ufton Court Educational Trust | A fantastic learning experience for the children. The staff were attentive and the trip well-organised and Covid secure. | 23 September 2021 | |
| Field Studies Council - Epping Forest | Well organised, clear and accurate teaching. Our pupils really benefitted from the fieldwork. | 23 September 2021 |