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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlingham Adventure | 14 June 2021 | ||
| PGL Liddington | 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. | 14 June 2021 | |
| The Climbing Hangar | 14 June 2021 | ||
| Durham University - Oriental Museum | Good mixture just not a lot relating to our current topic. | 14 June 2021 | |
| PGL Osmington Bay | Fabulous week away for Y6 residential trip. | 14 June 2021 | |
| PGL Boreatton Park | Very friendly staff, great service, brilliant combination of activities. | 14 June 2021 | |
| Hilltop Outdoor Centre | 14 June 2021 | ||
| Nant BH Outdoor Education Centre | 14 June 2021 | ||
| Go Ape Alexandra Palace Continuous Belay Course | Well organised and suitable course for mixed ability. Staff were helpful and supportive. | 14 June 2021 | |
| Grafham Water Centre | 13 June 2021 | ||
| Woolley Firs Environmental Education Centre | Exceptionally well organised activities. Knowledgeable staff. Good facilities. | 13 June 2021 | |
| Canterbury Cathedral | 13 June 2021 | ||
| PGL Marchants Hill | A excellent week. We stayed in a lovely new accommodation block - exclusive use for our school. Activities all well organised. All covid safety procedures in place. | 13 June 2021 | |
| Layer Marney Outdoors | The activity leaders were engaging and knowledgeable. The venue was stunning and we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. The children were captivated and had a fantastic day out consolidating their learning about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. I would highly recommend LMT! | 13 June 2021 | |
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses | An excellent visit to support our science and geography work. Workshop was great and enthusiastically delivered. Children really enjoyed the day. Super communication from James, the education manager. | 13 June 2021 | |
| Farms for City Children - Nethercott | 13 June 2021 | ||
| PGL Caythorpe Court | The majority of staff (activity, groupies and catering) are exceptional in their knowledge and understanding of working with children. However, a couple of members of staff need to develop understanding of how to communicate appropriately and effectively with younger children. (ie talking too quickly to explain new and unusual procedures, shouting at children aggressively) | 13 June 2021 | |
| Essex Outdoors Bradwell | We had a fantastic week, thank you. | 13 June 2021 | |
| Twycross Zoo | 11 June 2021 | ||
| Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre | 11 June 2021 | ||
| Mendip Activity Centre | 11 June 2021 | ||
| Yorkshire Wildlife Park | Fantastic trip, enjoyed by all. Covid regulations were in place and explained prior to visit, along with one way systems highlighted around the park. All staff were friendly and helpful and responded to queries promptly. | 11 June 2021 | |
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | Although it seems most of the students had an enjoyable day, there were some things that proved unhelpful which were different to our last visit (possibly because of Covid). There was a very long queue to even get through security and the turnstiles and very little done to accommodate school groups (no separate entrance). By the time the students got through the turnstiles after 50 minutes of queuing, they were impatient to get going and reluctant to wait to do the proper register once inside - however I will let future visit leaders going on this trip from our school that group leaders should hold onto students tickets until after the security. One member of staff asked students to wear masks whilst queueing as we were so close together, but it was impossible to social distance (although I appreciate there are limitations to what staff can do). The dome area had changed since my last visit and was the meeting point, but no seating area was available, which made it difficult for staff. I will let future group leaders know that there is a picnic bench area not far away, which will be a better place to have staff seated throughout the visit. Our trip was marred by some students arriving very late at the end of the day. Initially we had been told the park was open until 5, and so the meeting time was 4:45, and we expected that a few students might straggle back a few minutes late, however, Thorpe Park then advertised staying open until 6, but it was too late for us to amend details and confirm permission with all parents, so the students felt like they were missing out on time - had we known, we would have asked them to meet us at 5:45. | 11 June 2021 | |
| Cuffley Active Learning Centre | 11 June 2021 | ||
| Kingswood Peak Venture | Excellent day at Kingswood - well organised. Thunder started during day whilst activities in progress, activities immediately stopped by leaders and could not resume until go ahead had been obtained that it was safe to continue. | 11 June 2021 | |
| Glen Brook Camp Site | Excellent as usual. | 11 June 2021 | |
| Glen Brook Camp Site | Excellent venue for DofE and a great location. | 11 June 2021 | |
| Anderton Centre | 11 June 2021 | ||
| Muddy Education | Brilliant opportunities for all children. Safe COVID practises in place. Wonderful environment. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Hudnall Park Outdoor Centre | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Marwell Wildlife | The instructors around the zoo were very useful and gave the children some super information about each of the animals. We managed to see all the animals on our visit. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Newbiggin Maritime Centre | We did not use this it was just used for toilets but this was not needed. However, we really appreciate the centre being available if we needed it. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse | The experience for the children was thoroughly enjoyable and educational. Their follow up work was of a high quality. Brought History to life | 10 June 2021 | |
| Mount Batten Centre | 10 June 2021 | ||
| Horizon Leisure Centre | Excellent COVID safety measures in place. Instructors were knowledgeable and coached individuals appropriately. Clean facilities. | 10 June 2021 | |
| Lodge Hill Trust | 10 June 2021 | ||
| 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 |