There is a range of research evidence showing the breadth of skills that pupils can learn and develop via outdoor learning, especially school and residential trips.
This guide, which can be downloaded as a free pdf by clicking here, breaks down some of these key skills and suggests how outdoor learning and school trips can be planned and run to ensure these skills are fostered and developed.
Guide to: Residential trips in key stage 3 and 4: Click here to download
We consider what the research says about how outdoor learning can support students' academic study, examination preparation and even careers advice. We also consider the impact on personal development and mental health.
We offer six top tips for planning residential trips and visit The Kingswood Academy in Hull to discover how the school embraces outdoor and residential learning, especially to support student exam preparation and revision.
We also consider delivering cost-effective outdoor learning and what schools can do themselves, using their own grounds and resources.
This guide has been produced by SecEd with sponsorship from Kingswood. It was written to a brief agreed with Kingswood and published in March 2023.