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| Provider | Score | Comments | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of Outdoors | Recommend it for outdoors activities | 09 July 2024 | |
| Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Thames Valley Athletics Centre | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Black Country Living Museum | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Skreens Park Activity Centre | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Hesley Wood Activity Centre | This type of trip is about building confidence and team spirit and cooperation | 09 July 2024 | |
| Essex Outdoors Danbury | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Walesby Forest | Great for team building and confidence building. The staff were excellent! The activity teams were very accommodating to our children with extra needs and fun. We appreciated the hour that they led an activity in the evening too. The catering staff can't do enough for you - they are so helpful, friendly and their food is lovely too. | 09 July 2024 | |
| The Trekking Company Ltd | This was a DoE Gold Trip but Great Langdale would be a great area for geology/geography or PE. Trek Co are professional, reliable and great with students. | 09 July 2024 | |
| Eaton Vale Scout & Guide Activity Centre | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Manor Adventure - Chateau de Warsy | 09 July 2024 | ||
| Wollaton Hall and Natural History Museum | 09 July 2024 | ||
| No Limits Development | We were pleased with the level of training and engagement provided by Will Sharp, our instructor for the DofE Training weekend. On the Saturday he completed all of the elements needed to prepare the pupils for their bronze expedition. | 09 July 2024 | |
| Churchill War Rooms | Better for KS3 in smaller groups | 09 July 2024 | |
| The Lunt Roman Fort | It is all based on the Romans and how they lived. There is a small museum with artefacts and games. The rest of the area shows where the barracks were and has a fighting arena. | 09 July 2024 | |
| Wakehurst Place | It was great | 09 July 2024 | |
| PGL Liddington | 09 July 2024 | ||
| The London Eye | Great for whole year group experience trip. | 09 July 2024 | |
| SEA LIFE London | Students were enthralled by the sharks and the rays. | 09 July 2024 | |
| Leeson House Field Studies Centre | Provide excellent expertise for our field work | 09 July 2024 | |
| Cadbury World | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Orbis Expeditions | I am sure Orbis would be excellent with other key stages but I only have experience with them for KS3. I selected PE as this was the closest choice but the activities are more outdoor adventure sessions like raft building, archery, team building etc. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Masonic Fishing Charity | Great opportunity to try out a new activity and work alongside members of the community | 08 July 2024 | |
| Scout Adventures Gilwell Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Twycross Zoo | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Rand Farm Park | The learning opportunities are wide. There was so many new educational objectives which we were able to meet. | 08 July 2024 | |
| The Deep | 08 July 2024 | ||
| JCA Condover Hall | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Equity | The venue was not really geared up for 16+ age group, in terms of food, accommodation, facilities and activities. We had to do a lot of 'live' adjustments an negotiations with the provider along the way | 08 July 2024 | |
| Wardown Park Museum | The team at Wardown were welcoming and everyone enjoyed the visit. | 08 July 2024 | |
| European Study Tours | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Nell Bank Charitable Trust | A fantastic day for our early years children. Our hosts Tricia and Susie were great! | 08 July 2024 | |
| Ufton Court Educational Trust | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Natural History Museum | High quality educational workshops delivered in state of arts facilities by knowledgeable facilitators who engage well with students. Above all, the workshops are a lot of fun. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Chelmsford Athletics Sports Centre | Superb activity for the Year 2 children. They had a fantastic time. Very well organised and a great venue. | 08 July 2024 | |
| ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Museum of London Docklands | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Wroxeter Roman City | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Wroxeter Roman City | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium | The children loved the array of activities and actually understood the science that each exhibit demonstrated (not just running around pressing buttons.) The planetarium was a huge success as most of the children had never been before. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Black Country Museum | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Thorpe Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Sky Academy Studios London | 08 July 2024 | ||
| The York Dungeons | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Voyager School Travel | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Paultons Park Education Team | Great for Rewards trips! | 08 July 2024 | |
| Thorpe Park (Day Visits) | Great for Rewards trips! | 08 July 2024 | |
| Chatsworth | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Heights of Abraham | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Hautbois | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Gravity Norwich | Staff were very helpful and friendly. You have to be aware that you can't see the children in the slide area at the back of the venue, unless you position yourself down there. | 08 July 2024 | |
| NST Travel Group | Pros • Useful app with main details for passports, medical issues, dietary needs and all easily downloadable • Good system to upload rooming when available • Useful trip checklist on My Tour Manager • Good to have all certification already uploaded on My Tour Manager • Stabia Hotel – a really good hotel with fantastic staff. Highly recommended for groups • Good response times to emails and easy to contact the call centre • Good coaches in Italy • Excellent guides in Pompeii • Agreed to reimburse us for entrance to sites for teachers as there was no mention of this cost before Cons: • Had to ask about BA flights as not investigated that option when providing a quote • Offered inferior accommodation initially, which had terrible reviews. • Told could have 2 free nights for recce but had to insist on staying in the hotel we booked for students. Booked independently but didn't share details so it was stressful when there as the hotel didn't recognise my name, school or NST. No indication it was booked under 'destination services' • Sent wrong invoice which needed checking • Not clear how long we had a guide before booking. Email and itinerary said a guide for 7 hours, but actually 5 hours in Pompeii but would be with us on coach. As it turned out, the excellent guides met us there and were with us for the day, so we got good value for money, but communication could be clearer. • Would have been good to be informed about Brexit rules on meat/dairy imports so that students are not allowed to take packed lunches into Italy as we had discussed them buying food for the journey. • Ice cream tour booked away 2 separate groups (at 1pm and 2pm) and this was confirmed on the phone and in writing, but when we got to the venue in Sorrento, we found that it was actually booked as one big group at 1pm. • The agent never met me in Italy. Asked if needed a voucher for ice cream and provided email address and WhatsApp but only sent it after I had been told we were one big group. Agreed their info was different from NST info. • Couldn't get hold of the Italian agent when coach to airport did not turn up for 40 mins, despite calling and messaging on WhatsApp. Response over an hour later just saying "sorry I was working". Do they not actually work for NST? • Was told city tax was 3 euros pp/1.50 pp/ for over 14/for over 18 and conflicting information via email, itinerary and phone. It was 1.50 pp and for everyone over 14. This is not what I was told on the Thursday before going. • On this call, they mentioned rooming was available Thursday at 3:30pm but didn't notify me until Friday morning when knew I was at Sports Day and would not be able to access details. Without asking, allocated non-binary student to a single room. Neither helpful nor appropriate for this autistic student. I had to call at 4:15pm on Friday as "seen you'd sent an email last night but not got around to it". Hoped for greater priority considering we were leaving at 5am on Monday. • No mention we had to pay for entrance fees until on final itinerary. Final itinerary not sent until Tuesday before we left and only after chasing. • Original itinerary had strange timings, like checking out at 9am and coach arriving 11am. • No help with lunch options and seem to have little knowledge of sites. • No booking reference at any of sites. Archaeological Museum only let us in as it was quiet. Need a booking reference number, which was not provided. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Andrew Simpson Centre Portsmouth | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Andrew Simpson Centre Portsmouth | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Warwick Castle | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Conkers Discovery | For PSED and Communication and Language | 08 July 2024 | |
| Thorpe Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Colchester Zoo | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Ninja Warrior Adventure Cardiff | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Ninja Warrior Adventure Cardiff | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Whitlingham Adventure | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter | great trip | 08 July 2024 | |
| UK Parliament Education Centre | Politics trip | 08 July 2024 | |
| Rand Farm Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Hereford Cathedral | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Goodrich Castle | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Kent Life | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Austerfield Study Centre Limited | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Beamish Museum | Very helpful staff, telling stories and show and teach how people lived in the past. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Edventure Travel Limited | Tour operator: Edventure were very efficient in helping me to put the programme together and most of what was agreed in advance was delivered. Hotels were excellent and no problems at all. All pre-booked visit locations were secured. All transport was secured. However, there were a few surprises: The 2 pre-paid meals were paid on the night by the tour guides using a corporate credit card. Neither tour guide (Washington DC & New York) was aware that they had to do this but after discussion with myself and their manager (Aaron Killian), they agreed to do so. The restaurants had expected me to pay and students to select from standard menus. Tour guides in Washington & New York seemed to expect a generous tip from the group despite myself gaining written confirmation from Edventure that this was already included in the price. I only realised this on seeing the departure of our Washington guide who was clearly disappointed not to receive anything but I was unprepared for this and unable to rectify the situation. Following a discussion with the New York tour guide at our first meeting in my hotel room, we agreed that I would provide a tip and this certainly encouraged him to do his utmost for our group. We experienced an excellent tour with him and all parties left highly satisfied. Pre-paid meal at La Puglia, New York was lacking in quality though strangely the students really enjoyed it! New York Tour Guide: It was with pleasant surprise that our New York tour guide turned up upon our arrival and continued to accompany and support us throughout our time in the city. This was not included on the itinerary as I expected him for only part of the time. However, this greatly improved the student & staff experience (both culturally and academically) and I felt his tip of $100.00 was justified. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Gwersyll yr Urdd Glan-llyn | Taith Glan-llyn Blwyddyn 9, Gorffennaf 3-5ed o Orffennaf, 2024 Y nod i mi fel athrawes Gymraeg wrth drefnu’r daith yw meithrin balchder yn yr iaith, rhoi cyfle iddynt ddod i adnabod Cymru a deall hanes a diwylliant Cymru.Roeddwn hefyd eisiau creu cyfle i ddisgyblion ddefnyddio’r iaith meewn lle Cymreig y tu allan i’r dosbarth. 40 disgybl Blwyddyn 9 wedi mynychu, 5 athro. Roedd un disgybl yn dost yn yr wythnos flaenorol ac yn methu mynychu Cafwyd taith lwyddiannus iawn a phob disgybl yn ymroi’n dda i’r holl weithgareddau ac yn elwa o’r profiadau o aros dros nos ar daith breswyl. Nifer o’r disgyblion eioes wedi cwblhau holiadur Llais y Dysgwr ar ddiwedd y daith ac roedd yr ymateb yn gadarnhaol iawn. Roedd pob un wedi mwynhau’r cwrs a byddent yn ei argymell i eraill yn y dyfodol. Dyma gyfle cyntaf llawer o’r dysgwyr i fynd i Ogledd Cymru. Roeddent wedi mwynhau cyfleoedd i wneud gweithgareddau anturus awyr agored nad oeddent wedi cael llawer o gyfle i’w gwneud yn y gorffennol, fel cerdded afon neu padlfyrddio. Bron pob disgybl wedi rhoi cynnig ar bron bob un o’r gweithgareddau. Wedi dysgu mwy am hanes a diwylliant Cymru wrth ymweld â’r Ysgwrn a gweld lleoliad Capel Celyn, a chael cwrdd ag un o’r adwuron ar y cwrs TGAU sef Bethan Gwannas. Bron pob un yn teimlo eu bod wedi siarad mwy o Gymraeg gyda’u cyfoedion ac wedi eu cymell i geisio defnyddio’r Gymraeg yn fwy cyson mewn sefyllfa gymdeithasol, ac roeddent yn dda yn defnyddio’r Gymraeg o fewn eu grwpiau gweithgareddau erbyn ailo ddiwrnod y cwrs. Roedd ymddygiad pob un yn dda iawn, a byddwn yn hapus iawn i fynd a phob un ar daith yn y dyfodol. Mae’r athrawon sy’n mynychu’r daith i gyd yn ymuno gyda’r gweithgareddau er mwyn annog y defnydd o’r iaith ymysg y disgyblion, er mai cyfrifoldeb yr hyfforddwyr yw’r gweithgareddau ac iechyd a diogelwch y gweithgaredd. Caniatawyd 5 aelod o staff i fynychu - oherwydd gwahoddwyd athrawes a fydd yn dechrau dysgu yn Adran y Gymraeg, Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth ym Medi 2024 ar y daith, ac oherwydd hynny roedd y lefel staffio’n dda - a olygai fod modd i ni roi 2 athro gyda grwp gweithgareddau oedd yn cynnwys 2 ddisgybl oedd ag asesiad risg unigol. Byddai cael un aelod ychwanegol yn sicr y rhwybeth i’w annog yn y dyfodol. Teimlir fod mynychu’r daith wedi codi ymwybybyddiaeth dysgwyr o’u Cymreictod, ac wedi helpu i sefydlu arfer o gyfathrebu yn Gymraeg ymysg cyfoedion. Eisoes trefnwyd dyddiadau ar gyfer cynnal taith arall yn Haf 2025, ar gyfer hyd at 48 disgybl. ( 2-4ydd o Orffennaf, 2025) | 08 July 2024 | |
| Lea Green Learning and Development Centre | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Abbey House Museum | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Carroty Wood | Great variety of collaborative activities for children which help to challenge them. | 08 July 2024 | |
| PGL Osmington Bay | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Community Rail Lancashire | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Acorn Travel Group Ltd. (Formerly The School Travel Company) | The School Travel Company were very efficient. The coach company and drivers were professional and the accommodation was superb. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Sportcity | 08 July 2024 | ||
| North of England Zoological Society - Chester Zoo | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Museum of Liverpool | 08 July 2024 | ||
| The Chill Factore | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Simply Cycling | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Tatton Park | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Cadbury World | 08 July 2024 | ||
| NST Travel Group | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Cobnor Activities Centre Trust | The visit was excellent. The centre is extremely well run, professional and the staff engaged brilliantly with staff and children to ensure that the sessions were adapted were necessary and all the children were able to be successful. The equipment was in excellent condition and well maintained. The staff are thoughtful and understand the importance of building relationships however short the visit. | 08 July 2024 | |
| Kingswood Dearne Valley | 08 July 2024 | ||
| YHA Earls Court | 08 July 2024 | ||
| The London Eye | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Shrek's Adventure! London | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Cadbury World | 08 July 2024 | ||
| The Beatles Story | 08 July 2024 | ||
| Mersey Ferries | cancelled without notice | 08 July 2024 | |
| Laches Wood Outdoor Education Centre | Small site which works well for younger aged pupils. Knowledgeable staff. | 08 July 2024 | |
| PGL Boreatton Park | Clear instructions, chunked. Supported all students. Worked with school to accommodate medical needs of student. | 08 July 2024 |