Kingswood Dukeshouse Wood Activity Centre Northumberland

What makes us a great choice for education

Kingswood offer a range of educational outdoor adventure programmes that are suitable for all key stages; integrating a variety of curriculum content within activities and working with teachers to bring subject content to life. The benefits of outdoor learning on mental health and wellbeing are proven, and all activities are designed to help build confidence and resilience.

Accreditation and Awards

Quality Badge awarded by Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.

British Activity Providers Association.

Association of Language Travel Organizations.

British Educational Travel Association.

Adventure mark.

Adventure Activities Licensing Authority.

Institute for Outdoor Learning.

What is typically included on our school trips

What you get starts before your trip, with our pre/post visit toolkit which will help you with evidencing for Ofsted. On the day itself, you’ll have a base room exclusively for your group where you can leave bags, enjoy your packed lunch and have a debrief at the end of the day. You’ll be assigned a dedicated activity leader(s) who will stay with you the whole day to limit contact. All of our day visits include 4 varied activities, designed specifically to support our key learning outcomes of confidence, resilience and life skills.

Group Sizes Catered For

Kingswood generally work with group sizes of 12 to 15 participants but our centres can accommodate much larger groups.

Materials, Resources & Information Provided

Kingswood, in partnership with Enrich Education, provide visitors with pre- and post-trip activity packs. These include a selection of activities that support PE, English, Maths, Science and Geography curricula, taken from the Enrich School Orienteering and Outdoor Learning Digital Hub. Each activity links with one of the six Kingswood curriculum categories (Challenge, Play, Explore, Discover, Social, Reflect). All activities include a teacher’s plan and children’s resource sheets where required.
In addition, Kingswood offers schools a unique ‘confidence tracker’ tool, created in partnership with insight specialists, Spike, and with counsel from Dr Alice Jones Bartoli and Professor Justin Dillon, to enable them to evidence and evaluate the success of a trip.

Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions

Absolutely – we’d love you to document your trip! Be sure to tag us on social media!

Risk Assessment Details

Policies page – Risk management arrangements for each of the Kingswood centres.

Education Officer Information

Please email schools@kingswood.co.uk and one of our lovely team will be happy to help you.

Pricing Information

Day visits start from just £16 per child

Clothing Requirements

You’ll be outdoors whatever the weather, so dress appropriately!

First Aid Information

We have first aiders at all of our centres.

Available Facilities

We’ll give you a dedicated room to eat your packed lunch and toilets will be available.

Accessibility & Disabled Facilities

If you have specific requirements, please contact us to discuss these and how we can accommodate them.

Opening Hours & Information

Day visits are available year round

Testimonials

I enjoyed Kingswood and I thought it tested me! I thought I showed good character to climb back up to the Leap of Faith after failing on my first attempt. I believe I showed good resilience to try again. It was a great experience and even though I did not like the height I kept on going and did every activity. When other teammates were struggling I ept on helping them and encouraged them so they didnÂ’t give up. Being tested in a different ways I learnt a lot about myself.

Derby County Football Team Kingswood Programme – Employee Feedback