National Forest Adventure Farm Staffordshire

With animal encounters plus huge indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, we aim to deliver an experience that gives your pupils inspiration and information together with the opportunity to have fun and adventure along the way! A school trip at the Adventure Farm includes:

• An hour long Amazing Animals workshop tailored to EYFS, KS1 and KS2.
• Tractor ride for your group
• Access to all indoor and outdoor play plus animal areas
• Undercover base and area for lunch
• Free teacher places (ratio 1:5) plus pre-visit

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We aim to deliver an experience that gives your pupils inspiration and information, together with the opportunity to have fun with a sprinkling of adventure along the way!

Ever wondered how many stomachs a cow has? Or how alpacas commutate? Find out all about the amazing animals at the Adventure Farm both in our animal barn and outside paddocks. Meet farm animals including cows, pigs, goats and sheep. See our hatchery and make your way through the Chicken Walk-Thru. Also, pet our guinea pigs and Shetland ponies.

Educational Values

• Understand the importance of animals.
• Learn about the rights of animals with the understanding of the ‘five freedoms’.
• Understand the roles in which animals play in our lives and what they provide for us.
• Understand how our behaviour has an impact on animals.

A school trip at the Adventure Farm includes:

• An hour long Amazing Animals workshop tailored to EYFS, KS1 and KS2
• Tractor ride for your group
• Access to all indoor and outdoor play plus animal areas
• Undercover base and area for lunch
• Free teacher places (ratio 1:5) plus pre-visit

We cater for a minimum of 8 children.

Photography, filming and recording are permitted at the National Forest Adventure Farm, but only of your supervised children, and this is restricted by your school’s photography policy.

Whole site and play equipment risk assessments are supplied pre-visit.

All children and adults are given a health and safety introduction when they arrive at the farm.

For more information and to book, please contact schools@adventurefarm.co.uk or 01283 533 933

Term time weekday trips:

£9.00 per child*

Supervisory adults: 1 free per 5 paying children

1 to 1 SEN Support: Free adult carer

Additional adults £5.00

*excludes North Pole Adventure School Trips.

Sorry we do not offer parent and child trips

For weekend, evening, or school holiday visits, please contact schools@adventurefarm.co.uk or 01283 533 933.

Clothes suitable for the weather conditions plus footwear suitable for uneven, possibly muddy ground. Outdoor workshops go ahead regardless of the weather.

There are first aid trained employees on the farm at all times.

Hand washing facilities around the farm, including animal areas.

Toilets, plus baby changing facilities.

Disabled toilets, including special changing room with hoist and bed.

Large free car park.

Restaurant serving hot and cold food and drink.

All the main farm areas are wheelchair accessible.

Disabled toilets including special changing room with hoist and bed.

An adapted tractor trailer for wheel chair users is available.

School trips are available on weekdays in Staffordshire term times.

“This is my third school visit and I take my own children here regularly. I highly recommend!”

– Horsendale Primary School

“Fabulous – well set out, great variety, well maintained, age appropriate. We had a great day! Thank you to all the staff!”

– Kilburn Infant & Nursery School

“Loved it. Children’s words ‘best day ever!’”

– Snarstone Cygnets