NCS School Activity Centre Ideas

National Citizen Service ideas for schools

The National Citizen Service involves an immersive residential trip centred around exploring teamwork, project management and communication. The NCS consists of four phases; adventure, discover, social action and celebration, allowing students to gain more confidence and improve their problem-solving abilities! Students will be encouraged to spend 30-60 hours committed to a local community project, working alongside other students to improve our society and your local area, while making friends for life.

Activities include:

  • canoeing
  • abseiling
  • mountaineering
  • scavenger hunts

Students will experience personal and social development while gaining a multitude of skills such as, leadership, creativity and listening, which will benefit them throughout the course of their lives!

A level school trip ideas

Many school trips are dedicated solely to primary and secondary level education, but what about A level students? There are a vast majority of trips that would benefit A level students, while allowing them the independence to explore and have fun while learning. Whether you’re studying sciences, arts, languages, etc, there is a trip for every A level student, dedicated to your specific subject choice!

  • theatre trips; perfect for drama, dance, music and English students
  • day trips to the Houses of Parliament; brilliant for politics and media students
  • residential nature stays; biology students can thrive in this outdoor environment
  • Natural history museum; for those history lovers, enjoy a trip to the past

Also, residential trips are brilliant for A level education as they allow for students to immerse themselves in a new area, meet new people and discover their passions while learning outside of the classroom! A level education can be exhausting and so residential trips give students the chance to take a break from the stress of the classroom and enjoy their learning from afar!

NCS School Activity Centre Ideas

Laser Station Xsite Braehead Glasgow

Experience the thrill of laser tag at Laser Station Xsite in Braehead with your students which is the ultimate indoor adventure destination for fun-seekers. A

Poole Park Activity Centre Dorset

Poole Park Activity Centre in Dorset offers an extensive range of courses and both water and land activities for students of all ages. From sail

Buddens Residential Centre Dorset

Buddens Centre in Dorset is an amazing residential and day trip experience for primary and secondary school pupils. Buddens offers school groups the chance to

Buddens Activity Centre Dorset

Buddens Activity Centre Dorset is located in the heart of the historic and beautiful Isle of Purbeck and Jurassic Coast, with 96 acres of varied

Wyvernwood The Enchanted Lost Kingdom

School groups who visit Wyvernwood – The Enchanted Lost Kingdom will enjoy a unique immersive experience that combines outdoor play with storytelling. Wyvernwood is a

Naturesbase Wales Activity Centre

At Naturesbase Wales Activity Centre your students can take on the team building challenges, environmental studies, cook over an open fire, or learn how to

Stubbers Residential Centre Essex

Stubbers Residential Centre Essex provides your school group or educational visit with endless outdoor adventure activities and residential accommodation. Only minutes away from the M25

Up at the O2 London

Up at the O2 London is a breathtaking and exciting new attraction, mixing an exhilarating active outdoor challenge with a completely unique perspective on the

African Insight Academy South Africa

African Insight Academy South Africa provides life-changing wildlife conservation experiences for young people. It offers more than 25 years of experience in providing the most

TopJump Inflatable Park Sheffield

TopJump Inflatable Park Sheffield is an indoor attraction is for school kids of all ages and is home to a two-lane assault course, climbing walls,

Mendip Activity Centre Somerset

Mendip Activity Centre Somerset is an outstanding outdoor activity centre in a wonderful countryside setting, offering exciting, fun filled school enrichment and team building activity

Pier Pressure Escape Rooms Brighton

Have an immersive experience in Pier Pressure Escape Rooms Brighton. Enter a world of fun and challenges to get your students brain buzzing. Present your

Rein and Shine Equestrian Centre

The Rein and Shine Equestrian Centre and riding school is set in the rolling slopes of North Wiltshire and offers sessions for your students with

Tapnell Farm Adventures Isle of Wight

Tapnell Farm Adventure Activity Centre is home to award-winning outdoor adventure activities and attractions including Target Sports the Island’s only Aqua Park Isle of wight

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a fantastic place to experience a truly breathtaking scenery while on an educational experience with students of all ages. Explore, learn

iSurf Watersports Isle of Wight

iSurf Watersports Isle of Wight is committed to encourage more young people to get involved in surf and SUP activities on the Isle of Wight.

Lakeside YMCA Windermere

Lakeside YMCA is hidden within 100 acres of private woodland along the south western shores of Lake Windermere. It is one of the largest outdoor

Cote Ghyll Mill Osmotherley

Cote Ghyll Mill is a group accommodation in a converted linen Mill, in the countryside of the North York Moors National Park. For the perfect

Conway Centres – Tattenhall

The Tattenhall Conway Centre provides educational groups with Residential School Trip experiences that are not only focussed on the Arts but also on Outdoor Adventure.

Conway Centres – Delamere

Conway Centres – Delamere is located in the heart of Delamere Forest. The Forest environment allows for activities such as orienteering, den building, survival skills,

The Towers Active Learning Centres Conwy

The Towers Active Learning Centre is located in Snowdonia National Park Wales, perfect for a residential outdoor adventure enrichment learning residential were you will explore

Conway Centres – Burwardsley

At The Burwardsley Conway Centre, there is a replica Iron Age Roundhouse. Here, pupils can learn about the culture, art, and farming from this fascinating

Conway Centres – Anglesey

The Conway Centre Anglesey is ideally located within 169 acres of National Trust Parkland, providing educational groups with immersive School Residential experiences in the wild

Rock UK Carroty Wood Kent

Experience a taste of adventure with over 20 challenging outdoor activities at Carroty Wood in Kent which offers loads of fun -from canoeing to a

Cuffley Active Learning Centre Hertfordshire

A Residential School Trip adventure enrichment learning experience at Cuffley in Hertfordshire, will include superb accommodation, adventurous activities, and a dedicated refectory providing educational groups

The Fun Centre Gwynedd

We are an indoor play centre situated inside a 160 year old church, we have been open since July 2000 running a successful business. We

Willows Activity Farm St Albans Hertfordshire

Willows Activity Farm Hertfordshire offers curriculum-linked activities for Early Years Learning to KS1. Pupils will discover farmyard animals, enjoy endless fun activities through demonstrations, interactive

Mission Out Adventure Playground Leeds

At Mission Out Adventure Playground Leeds, school students can experience epic challenges and exhilarating fun in the great outdoors of Yorkshire. We can provide bespoke

Clip’n Climb Bristol

Clip n Climb Bristol is a fantastic experience that balances fun with learning, physical exercise & dexterity coupled with cognitive learning & team work. The

Argoed Lwyd Outdoor Education Centre

Argoed Lwyd Outdoor Education Centre delivers fabulous residential school trips where students can take part in a number of adventurous activities and explore the natural

High Ropes & Lasergaming Oxford

Our programmes incorporate Lasergaming, Oxfordshire’s ONLY High Ropes Tree-Top adventure Course, Tree climbing, Crate Stacking, orienteering, team challenges, team task stations and much more.

ZAPspace Trampoline Park London

ZAPspace Trampoline Park East London is Stratford’s only Freestyle Jump Trampoline Park, giving you unlimited access to our 3 storey trampoline park for a full

Zip World Manchester

Zip World Manchester offers adventurous outdoor school trips, where students can challenge themselves in a safe environment while also developing their cooperation skills. So, say

BeWILDerwood Norfolk

BeWILDerwood Norfolk provides primary school groups with outdoor pursuits and adventure activities. Pupils will enjoy enchanting story telling activities and hands on arts and crafts

Clip’n Climb Indoor Activities Stoke

Clip N Climb Stoke is an action-packed indoor climbing centre featuring 21 different challenges, where school groups can enjoy residential and day trip activity opportunities,

Maes y Lade Outdoors

A beautifully-converted Welsh hill farm at the foot of the Black Mountains, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Part of Essex Outdoors, it has been

Woburn Safari Park

Exciting & educational day for children of all ages, with over 1000 wild animals in over 300 acres of beautiful parkland; you’ll get an unparalleled close

LEGOLAND Windsor Resort ®

We offer bespoke National Curriculum based LEGO® Workshops for ages 3- Post-16. Lead by our fully trained dedicated Education Team, we cover topics such as

Xscape Milton Keynes

School trips are a key part of a young person’s education here at Xscape, we have options for both primary and secondary school packages at

Kingswood Staffordshire Activity Centre

Purpose-built for school groups, students benefit from first-class study and adventure facilities in an idyllic location overlooking the picturesque beauty of the Wrekin and Clee

Zip World Llechwedd North Wales

Zip World escape your classroom, packed with thrilling adventures for all ages & abilities with a wide range of fun activities where pupils can zip,

Hangloose Adventure Bluewater

Hangloose Adventure provides educational groups with an adrenaline packed school trip experience that will teach students core skills whilst also letting them enjoy a memorable

Butser Ancient Farm Hampshire

Butser Ancient Farm Hampshire is a world leading museum for experimental archaeology education, bringing the past to life through hands on reconstructions of prehistoric, Romano-British,

Lost Earth Adventures Peak District

We’re experienced outdoor education specialists, providing residential and day trip activities to a huge range of intrepid student adventurers, from small to large schools and

GO Paintball London Forest Paintballing

GO Paintball London provides school students with a fully fun immersive Forest Paintball learning experience , students will gain confidence, improve communication skills and achieve

AirHop Trampoline Park Bristol

Airhop Bristol is a unique, purpose-built trampoline park for the perfect reward trip! Book now and give your students the chance to jump, climb and

Zip World Windermere

Zip World Windermere introduces a brand new educational programme inviting teachers to escape the classroom and bring lessons to the great outdoors. On the banks

Rush Trampoline Park Birmingham

Rush Trampoline Park Birmingham is a unique, purpose-built trampoline park for the perfect reward trip! Book now and give your students the chance to jump,

Wight Karting Isle of Wight

Wight Karting provides fun and adrenaline fuelled entertainment, where students can take part in adventurous go-karting activities on the beautiful Isle of Wight.

GO Laser Tag London Forest Laser Tag

GO Laser Tag London is a new premier forest fully immersive laser tag active learning experience, Your in safe hands with experienced instructors looking after

We The Curious Science Centre

Bristol’s science centre is all about asking questions and testing things out, with two floors full of interactive exhibits, new experience Project What If and

Hilltop Outdoor Centre Norfolk

Independent Family run Hilltop Outdoor Centre Norfolk is set in 31 acres of beautiful woodlands on the north Norfolk coast with 2 distinct centres on

Cogges Manor Farm

Cogges Manor Farm in Witney, Oxfordshire provides 1000 years of History perfect for educational historical learning. The site appears in the Domesday Book of 1086

Hautbois Activity Centre Norfolk

By visiting Hautbois Activity Centre you can put some fun into the National Curriculum – all our activities encourage healthy living and help make exercise

BeWILDerwood Cheshire

BeWILDerwood Cheshire is a huge outdoor woodland adventure park full of imagination and active play. No matter how teeny or tall you are, explorers can

Paultons Theme Park Hampshire

Paultons Theme Park Hampshire is home to 70 rides and attractions, and set in over 140 acres of beautiful gardens, Paultons is the ideal venue

Willen Lake Day Trips Milton Keynes

Located within the vibrant and colourful city of Milton Keynes, Willen Lake provides educational groups with safe, fun, and memorable School Trip experiences – where

Zip World Tower South Wales

Zip World escape your classroom, packed with thrilling adventures for all ages & abilities with a wide range of fun activities where pupils can zip,

Lost Earth Adventures Yorkshire

We’re experienced outdoor education specialists, providing residential and day trip activities to a huge range of intrepid student adventurers, from small to large schools and

Cliffe House Shepley Huddersfield

If you’re looking for an Outdoor School Trip experience, then Cliffe House is the place for you! The natural surroundings and highly experienced staff make

Wellington Country Park Berkshire

With a miniature railway, various farm animals, an adventure playground, and even a pirate ship, Wellington Country Park offers the perfect School Trip destination for

The Hive Environmental Centre Essex

The Hive Environmental Centre Essex provides students of all ages with environmental education interlinked to the National Curriculum to support classroom-based learning through practical real-word

Laser Station Hull

Laser Station Hull is the ultimate futuristic adrenaline pumping laser quest adventure to be enjoyed by students & school groups of all ages. The massive

Surbiton Raceway Surrey

Surbiton Raceway is a go kart track that allows youngsters to improve their team work skills. As a family run business, we specialise in the

Gulliver’s Kingdom Resort Derbyshire

Gulliver’s Kingdom Resort Derbyshire offers fun and engaging school trips, where students can take part in educational workshops and also enjoy themselves within the theme

Xscape Yorkshire

School trips are a key part of a young person’s education here at Xscape, we have options for both primary and secondary school packages at

Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre

Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre is one of the Midlands most popular Outdoor Activity & Education Centres, specialising in day trips for groups of 2-200 students

Wild Pines Park Lincolnshire

Wild Pines Park activity centre Lincolnshire is situated in a 9-acre woodland in Market Rasen, programmes are designed for your school’s needs. Outdoor pursuits for

Absolute Travel School Tour Operator

Absolute Travel and Tours is one of the leading specialist school and group tour operators in the United Kingdom organising sports tours, adventure holidays, ski

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Bristol

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol, Somerset offers students everything they need for an educational enriched, fun-packed, animal welfare school trip experience. With over 100

Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre

The Adventure Centre is a stunning watersports & visitor centre located in Crosby Coastal Park, Waterloo. The facilities include water sports, fitness suite, bistro &

Hangloose Adventure Eden

Here at Hangloose Adventure, students searching for adventurous activities will find their perfect outdoor school trip destination. Pupils will have the opportunity to challenge themselves

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