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School Trips Overview

The school offers many one-day trips throughout Key Stages 3 and 4. These cover a variety of different activities from geography and history field trips costing in the region of £15 per event, to London theatre trips in the range of £25 to £35 (plus travel costs for some). In Key Stage 5, study days and conferences relevant to the topic under study are available to students and usually cost in the region of £30 with additional travel expenses. In addition, more expensive residential trips are available some years.

At the foot of the page is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in the different Key Stages. However, please note that all proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change. The residential trips listed below have taken place in the past and the school hopes to offer them again although it cannot be assumed that they will take place. New for 2023/24 is a Year 10 MFL Trip to Madrid.

For those trips where there are more applicants than places we employ a ballot system and we do try to give priority to those students who have been disappointed not to secure a place on previous trips.

Previous Residential Trips

Years 8–13 Music Tour to Europe – a week-long tour, Leysin, Switzerland (July 2023)

Year 7 Bushcraft Trip – two-day, one-night team-building trip offered to whole year group, Penshurst (June 2023)

Year 9 History Trip to the Ypres Salient – two-day, one-night trip offered to whole year group (Nov/Dec 2022)

Year 10 Ski Trip – a week's ski trip, offered to whole year group, to Sauze d'Oulx, Italy (Easter 2023)

Year 10 MFL Trip to Paris – three-night trip for French GCSE students (June 2023)

Year 10 History Trip to Berlin – three-night trip for History GCSE students (July 2023)

Years 10 and 11 Geography Trip to Iceland  – four-night trip for Geography GCSE students

Year 12 Geography Residential Field Trip – three-night field trip to Juniper Hall, Surrey, for Geography A Level students (June 2023)

Below is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in Years 7–9. However, please note that not all trips will run every year and some listed below will not continue due to changing circumstances/other opportunities that arise. All proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change

Year group

Trip/visit

Type of trip and focus

Date

Approx cost (£)

7

Arena Pursuits, Flimwell

Transition/teambuilding and leadership skills

Sept

57 (2024)

7

Library Page Turner event

Library event

March

tbc

7–11

Rugby trip to Twickenham
Stadium

Stadium visit plus training at the Hazelwood Centre, offered to TWGSB rugby players

March

58 (2023)

7

London theatre trip

All Round Excellence Week

July

34 (2023)

7–10

Reward trip

All Round Excellence Week: reward trip for those students earning the highest no. of house points during the year

July

Zero cost  (reward trip paid for by school)

8 & 9

Glyndebourne opera trip

Professional opera production

Nov

24 (2024)

8

Lille Christmas market day trip

Cultural trip for French language development

Dec

120 (2024)

8

Wembley Tour

Sports development

Feb

33 (2023)

8

Coastal geography field trip

Curriculum linked

May/June/July

20 (2023)

8, 9 & 10

PE trip to Wimbledon

Balloted trip

July

147 (2023)

9

Overnight history trip,
Ypres, Belgium

Curriculum linked

Nov

235 (2024)

9

Theatre trip …TBC

Curriculum linked

March

tbc

9

D of E Bronze training/
practice expedition
weekends

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze weekend expeditions

March onwards

Total DofE Bronze Award cost 240 (2022/23)

9

Go Ape, Bedgebury

ARE Week: End-of-year challenge activity and group problem solving/independent thinking

July

45 (2023)

9

Art gallery trip

ARE  Week: gallery visit for students starting GCSE art in the September

July

tbc

Below is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in Years 10 and 11. However, please note that not all trips will run every year and some listed below will not continue due to changing circumstances/other opportunities that arise. All proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change

Year group

Trip/visit and venue

Type of trip and focus

Date

Approx cost (£)

10

D of E Bronze training/
practice expedition
weekends

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze weekend expeditions

Sept

Total DofE Bronze Award cost 240 (2022/23)

10

Whitechapel history trip, London

History GCSE

Sept

31 (2023)

10 & 11

Local art gallery trip

Art GCSE

Oct 

Zero cost

10 & 11

Theatre studies trip

GCSE Drama

Dec

36 (2022)

10 & 11

Art gallery trip to Tate Modern

Art GCSE

Feb

tbc

10 & 11

RE/Philosophy trip to Neasdon Temple

RE/Philosophy GCSE

Feb

tbc

7–11

Rugby trip to Twickenham
Stadium

Stadium visit plus training at the Hazelwood Centre, offered to TWGSB rugby players

March

58 (2023)

10

Greenwich geography field trip

Geography GCSE

March

20 (2023)

10

Ski trip, Italy

PE-led trip, offered to whole year group

March/April

1650 (2024)

10 & 12

Madrid residential trip

Spanish GCSE and A Level cultural and language development

April  

940 (2024)

10

Paris residential trip

French GCSE cultural and language development

June

850 (2024)

10

Berlin residential history trip

History GCSE

July

710 (2023)

7–10

Reward trip

All Round Excellence Week: reward trip for those students earning the highest no. of house points during the year

July

Zero cost  (reward trip paid for by school)

8, 9 & 10

PE trip to Wimbledon

Balloted trip

July

147 (2023)

11

Geography field trip, Pett Level

Geography GCSE

Oct 

15 (2023)

11

Science live GCSE study groups TBC

tbc

Dec

 tbc

11, 12 & 13

Apprenticeship Fair

Small group: careers/apprenticeships

March

Zero cost

10 & 11

Iceland geography field trip

Geography GCSE

July

approx 1300 (2024)

This page will be updated shortly.

For any queries regarding trips and visits, please contact Mrs P Fedrick, Educational Visits Coordinator