Trips & Visits
During their time at South Charnwood, pupils will have opportunities to take part in educational visits and residential courses. All are organised and supervised by experienced teachers and support staff with appropriate qualifications. Places on these visits are generally open to all pupils in the designated age group; staff may, however, withdraw an offer of a place to pupils whose behaviour or commitment gives cause for serious concern.
The school will make every reasonable effort to allow all pupils access to trips including those with disabilities, special educational needs and from families experiencing financial hardship. Although, by law, parents have the right to ask that visits such as this are free of charge, it would clearly be beyond our means to run them if parents make this request. Please note pupils that withdraw from trips at the last minute, without medical evidence, will run the risk of not being selected for future trips. This is mainly due to the school not being able to recoup the income lost and or not being able to find a replacement.
Pupils in receipt of Pupil Premium and those on free school meals wishing to take part in a trip are asked to contact the Headteacher confidentially to discuss subsidies. Other individual cases of financial hardship can also be discussed confidentially with the Headteacher so that a joint decision can be made as to how we can enable your child to take part in a visit.
Residential Trips
Year 7
The Modern Foreign Languages department organise an educational visit to north-east France for pupils during June of Year 7. It presents a fantastic opportunity for pupils to build on the knowledge developed in their lessons.
Pupils stay at Le Château du Broutel, a large recently-renovated château in Rue, near Le Touquet. The day trips include a visit to a market where pupils will have to complete a French speaking challenge; a chocolate factory; the Somme battlefields; the historic town of Rue and Disneyland Paris. The purpose of the visit is for the children to speak as much French as possible and to enjoy some of the places of interest and culture on offer in north-east France. It is also intended to be an insight into the humanities work that they will be covering in Year 9 regarding the first world war.
Cost of the trip in June 2026: £770 per pupil.
Year 8
In January of Year 8, the PE department run a ski trip to Claviere on the Italian/French border. The ski area of Claviere is 55 kms, part of the Milky Way circuit and linked to over 400 kms of pistes. The links over to France are manageable towards the end of the ski week for beginners, who can ski down a red run.
The trip cost includes: 
- Flights and accommodation
- Full board breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner
- Ski lift passes
- Skis, boots and helmet hire
- Ski instructor lessons, 4 hours per day for 6 days
- In house activities
- Ski hoodie
Cost of the trip in January 2025: £1280 per pupil.
Year 9
In Year 9 pupils have the opportunity to visit the Brecon Beacons in Wales for a five day outdoor education trip at the Storey Arms centre, located at the foot of Pen y Fan. Pupils complete a range of adventurous activities from gorge walking to canoeing.
Cost of the trip in October 2025: £420
Year 10 & 11
This is an exciting opportunity for pupils studying GCSE French to explore the
Alsace, visiting Christmas markets and a gingerbread factory, exploring the city by boat and seeing inside the European Parliament building. Pupils have the perfect opportunity to practise their French in action and be immersed in French culture. The Modern Foreign Languages trip to Strasbourg is only available to pupils who are studying GCSE French.
Cost of the trip in December 2025: £630
Year 11
The Year 11 trip to Iceland consists of a 5 day, 4 night stay in February. The purpose of the visit is for the pupils to be given the opportunity to see natural phenomena and experience some amazing geography which we cover in the physical geography section of our specification at GCSE, including earthquakes and volcanoes, rivers and coasts. The Geography trip to Iceland is only available to students who are studying GCSE Geography.
Cost of the trip in February 20-26: £1360
In order to support our pupils in the run up to their
exams, we host an annual revision retreat at Boreatton
Park in Shropshire. During the weekend, pupils undertake a series of guided revision sessions with staff, as well as participating in a number of adventurous activities to help clear their minds and energise their bodies in preparation for the final push during exam season. The weekend takes place during the first weekend of the Easter holidays.
Cost of the trip in April 2026: £186
