Animal Experiences

West Midlands Safari and Leisure Park Bewdley offers curriculum-linked hands-on activities in a purpose-built Safari Academy for schools. The education team has 40 years’ experience of many species of animals welfare and conservation issues.

Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a fantastic theme park for school trips and educational groups to experience outside of the classroom. Students can also cover topics such as, science and animal welfare.

Step outside the classroom and take part in an exciting and engaging educational school visit to Hertfordshire Zoo. The zoo is home to over 800 exotic wild animals, from the biggest tiger species to the world's smallest known monkey. A school trip to Hertfordshire Zoo will guarantee thrilling outdoor education for your whole class.

Whitehouse Farm Centre Park Visits and Wow Fun Days  provides a wide range of curriculum-linked programs, where students of all abilities and ages can safely explore and connect with the natural world. School trips to Whitehouse are enriching, educational and exciting.

Magdalen Farm Residential Environmental Centre Dorset offers a unique 132-acre organic landscape where students can connect with nature through hands-on farming, river dipping, and woodland adventures. The site provides high-quality, flexible accommodation and delicious home-cooked meals made with fresh ingredients sourced directly from their own kitchen gardens. Their experienced teaching staff design bespoke programs that build student confidence, resilience, and teamwork through immersive outdoor learning. Additionally, the farm is highly inclusive, offering specialized facilities and activities tailored to support children with special educational needs (SEN)

Explore four themed villages in acres of beautiful woodland and meadow. Climb towers, crawl through tunnels, step inside one of the largest indoor play arenas in London. And all while coming face-to-face with many exotic and traditional farm animals. There are a variety of options available for schools, tailored to early years learning, as well as Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the National Schools Curriculum.

All Things Wild has a range of educational packages linked to the National Curriculum. Your school visit can be tailored to meet your needs; from self-led visits, to a range of activities such as animal encounters and educational activity workshops. With sessions suitable mainly for Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, All Things Wild provides educational reward trips.

Hobbledown Adventure Activity Park and Zoo Epsom, offers pupils many interactive activities come face to face with farm and zoo animals to costumed characters in adventure play areas to a willow maze, jumping pillows, underground tunnels, storytelling sessions and singalongs. There are a variety of options available for schools, tailored to Early Years learning, as well as Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the National Schools Curriculum.

Bickley Hall Farm (Wildlife trust) provides fantastic opportunities for outdoor learning and compliments the National Curriculum, Our delivery staff are experienced environmental educators who are ready for your educational group.

National Forest Adventure Farm provides adventurous school trips that are aimed at younger students. Here, your pupils will enjoy an inspirational experience which is not only educational but also fun! Amazing Animals workshop tailored to EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

Located on the scenic border of Dorset and Somerset, the Magdalen Farm Environmental Centre offers immersive, hands-on day trips across its 132 acres of organic farmland and diverse nature reserves. These visits allow students and groups to engage directly with sustainable agriculture through activities like feeding farm animals, harvesting organic vegetables, and learning about the journey of food from soil to plate. The centre provides a wide array of curriculum-linked programs, ranging from "Survival in the Wild" bushcraft sessions to scientific "river dipping" studies where participants can wade into the shallow River Axe to examine local biodiversity. Sustainability is woven into every experience, often culminating in eco-cooking sessions using outdoor cob ovens and fresh ingredients gathered directly from the sprawling kitchen gardens. Furthermore, Magdalen Farm is widely recognized for its inclusive environment, offering SEN-friendly facilities and specialized staff to ensure that learners of all abilities can safely explore and connect with the natural world.

Educational visits at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary and Nature Centre offer schools and youth groups a tailor-made interactive learning enrichment experiences, making the most of our owl sanctuary and nature centre with various collections to engage your specific group with Birds of Prey, conservation and the natural world. There are National Curriculum linked guided walks, sessions and workshops on a variety of topics, which are all tailored to the groups needs and requirements.

Here at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, your class will experience unique learning sessions where students can study all areas of the curriculum, whether its biological sciences or our award-winning conservation work.

Stratford Butterfly Farm Warwickshire offers an excellent opportunity for school pupils and educational groups to enrich their learning. They cover topics such as the tropical rainforest ecosystem and the challenging environments for plants, animals, and life cycles within these habitats covering Key Stage 1 and 2 subjects.

New Forest Wildlife Park Southampton is located in the New Forest National Park, your educational group and school trip students will enrich their learning and understanding of  Europe’s largest collection of otters, owls, deer, badgers, lynx, mink, polecats, foxes, Scottish wildcats, pine martens, wild boar & many more species of indigenous wildlife.

Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World Shropshire provides educational group enrichment learning experiences with over 100 species of animals, over 30 animatronic dinosaurs and many hands on interactive adventure activities throughout the day. Providing a fun environment for children of all ages and abilities. Perfect for a school reward trip. The primary aim of your visit to Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World is for us to support the school’s efforts in meeting the requirements of the national curriculum for key stages 1 & 2.