School Residential Trip to Yorkshire

A school trip to Yorkshire gives your students the opportunity to learn and develop outside the classroom.

Visits to the historic city of York for the Chocolate Story and to Hull for one of the UK’s largest aquariums allow students to gain or develop their skills and personal relationships, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.

Plus, you’ll have the chance to spend a morning on Yorkshire’s beautiful coast, perhaps at Scarborough, the original seaside resort, or in dramatic Whitby, with its ruined abbey and links to Dracula.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Visit to York Dungeon

Afternoon

Visit to York's Chocolate Story or York Maze

Evening

Evening at accommodation

Day 2

Morning

Drive to the coast and visit Scarborough, Whitby or Filey

Afternoon

Visit to the Deep aquarium in Hull

Evening

Return to school

1 night's half-board accommodation
49-seater executive coach
Access to the Vamoos app to download all tour-related travel documents
Detailed information pack
Entry to the Deep Aquarium
Free staff place ratio 1:8
Guided tour of York's Chocolate Story
Itinerary planning service
VAT at current rate to tour operators

Accommodation

YHA York

After a £1 million renovation completed in 2013, the YHA York is now ready to welcome school groups. The hostel offers modern rooms and facilities in a historic location with a 24/7 café, bar, games room, pool table and wi-fi in public areas. Students are accommodated in multi-bedded rooms, with teachers in twins or singles.

Educational Activities

York Castle Museum

At York Castle, students can get a real taste for life in the cells, and the history of crime and punishment in Britain.

York's Chocolate Story

In the 19th century, York's Quaker families opened their own cocoa houses and chocolate shops, leading to the city becoming

Cultural Activities

The Deep Aquarium

One of the UK's largest aquariums the Deep is home to 5000 animals including sharks, rays and penguins. Workshops, presentations

York Dungeon

Visit York Dungeon to experience 2,000 years of York's darkest history. You'll meet some very shady characters and, if your

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect trip

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in the subject area and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a trip to suit your group’s needs and meet your learning objectives.

Launching your trip to parents and students

The next step is to get your trip approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. This is full of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the trip planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start work on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your trip (freeing you up to do what you do best – teach).

Support while you’re away

From lost property to properly lost, we’ll always be on the end of the phone while you’re out on the trip. You’ll get a final info pack before you go, as well as access to all your trip documents via the Vamoos app.

After your trip

We’ll ask you for feedback, so we can improve our service. Let’s start planning your next trip too, so parents have plenty of time to pay (and so it’s less stressful for you). And don’t forget to head to our resources hub to continue the learning back in the classroom.