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New Improvements at Dukeshouse Wood

Posted: Monday March 8th 2010

In March 2010 we are completing the second phase of the Dukeshouse Wood centre refurbishment with many new facilities and great improvements to buildings. Accommodation is in comfortable, clean lodges with boys and girls sleeping in separate houses and teachers nearby. These dormitories have been fully improved and updated, all with en-suite bathrooms for [...]

The NEW ‘Best in Class’ Educational Activity Centre Opens

Posted: Friday February 26th 2010

Following a multi-million pound upgrade Grosvenor Hall, near Ashford has now opened it’s doors to visiting schools and colleges. The former state of the art Police Training Centre is already being hailed as the best Educational activity centre anywhere within Europe. The new centre is just minutes from J9 of the M20 and consists of [...]

Rarely Cover and Learning Outside the Classroom

Posted: Thursday October 1st 2009

In August 2009 the DCSF stated “There is absolutely no reason why schools should stop providing school trips because of the rarely-cover provisions” and reaffirmed that the Department recognised that “Schools trips should be an integral part of every child’s education and personal development and provision for them should be included in school calendars and [...]

Kingswood Centres Launches New Primary Schools Programme

Posted: Saturday September 26th 2009

Kingswood’s new programme for Key Stage 2 / Scottish P4-7 students is launched this week. Courses continue to focus on bringing key educational concepts out of the classroom learning environment, fulfilling the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto and Every Child Matters policy for teachers.

Our widely renowned “Discovery Programme” for 2009/10 has been refined into a [...]

Education Travel Group Lobbies Government on ‘Rarely Cover’ Proposal

Posted: Tuesday August 4th 2009

The major teaching trade unions have published guidance which has been supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) on covering for absent teachers. This guidance sets out the process by which schools should deal with covering for absent teachers from the [...]

Government U-Turn Over Key Stage 2 SATs

Posted: Tuesday July 28th 2009

Recently the Government expressed a desire to change the dates of Key Stage 2 SATs exams from May to June. This would have seriously impacted on our business with many schools coming in this period after SATs either as a reward for their students’ hard work or just for their class to have the opportunity [...]

Kingswood Launches New Field Studies Courses for 2009/10

Posted: Monday June 22nd 2009

Kingswood Educational Activity Centres have launched their new Environmental Field Studies Courses for the 2009/10 academic year. The courses focus on GCSE, AS & A2 and Scottish Standards and Highers programmes. Covering Biology, Geography and Environmental Science, the courses have seen a complete update for the forthcoming academic year, tailored to each particular exam board, [...]

Camp Beaumont Launches New Alps Summer Camp Holiday

Posted: Tuesday June 2nd 2009

After the success of Camp Beaumont Ski, Camp Beaumont launches its new Alps summer camp holiday, “French Adventures”. This holiday takes children to the beautiful French Alps, during July, staying at the ClubHotel Le Mont Corbier in Le Corbier. French Adventures is something very different for Camp Beaumont customers and campers, exploring the outdoors in [...]

Kingswood Announces New Centre

Posted: Monday May 11th 2009

Kingswood Educational Activity Centres has announced its purchase of Ashford’s Grosvenor Hall site. The UK’s leading educational activity provider and part of Education Travel Group, Kingswood will develop the site into the top educational activity centre in Europe, continuing the company’s rich heritage of study, sports and technology.
Formerly a police training centre, Grosvenor Hall has [...]

Learning Outside The Classroom Quality Badge

Posted: Thursday April 9th 2009

We are pleased to announce that School Travel Service, Equity School Travel, Equity Ski and SkiPlan have all completed their application and have been awarded the Learning Outside The Classroom (LoTC) Quality Badge.