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Skiing

What to consider when organising a school ski trip

Phil Brown from the National Schools Snowsports Association on what schools should think about when organising a trip on the slopes. 

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Cawdor Castle

​Discover Shakespeare away from the classroom with these top visits

To celebrate Shakespeare Week, here are some top activities and attractions for schools to celebrate the life of the playwright all-year-round.

HMS Belfast, Kip in a Ship

6 unusual places that offer school sleepovers

Spend the night with your class in these amazing spaces to give pupils an experience they will never forget.

Students from Queen Elizabeth's School, Kent with German students on their exchange trip to Cologne.

Our biggest ever German exchange trip was a huge success!

Nicola Chandler, head of languages at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Kent shares her experience of their largest ever exchange trip to Cologne in Germany. 

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Jake Wiid from EVOLVE Advice explains how to be ready for when something unexpected happens on a school trip. 

Hammersmith Academy students look at designs on display at the Design Museum

Deputy head’s advice on how to keep costs of school trips down

Chris Wilson, deputy headteacher of Hammersmith Academy and educational visits coordinator, talks to us about how they get the best value for school trips. 

The cast of Pinocchio the pantomime at Newcastle Theatre Royal

We used our awards prize money to take the whole school to the theatre

Rachel Underwood, headteacher at Langdale CE Primary School in Cumbria, tells us how they spent their prize money after winning the 2023 ‘My Best School Trip’ Award. 

Child jumping into the sea at Land & Wave in Dorset

The benefits of banning phones from school trips

Teachers have shared the positive impact that a ‘technology-free’ residential had on their pupils at Land & Wave in Dorset. 

Pakeman Primary School students on their Outward Bound experience

Watch: Pakeman Primary School pupils interviewed about residential

This moving video features interviews with children at Pakeman Primary School in north London about the impact the experience had on them.