Ufton Court Leading History and Outdoor Learning Centre Berkshire

Ufton Court provide a wide range of curriculum-linked history trips and outdoor learning programmes for schools, voluntary organisations and community groups.

Through our charity, The Ufton Court Educational Trust, we subsidise school day and residential trips for children from deprived areas. We give children a safe space to learn about themselves and provide the freedom to flourish, helping them grow up more confident, curious and capable.

Ufton Court Leading History and Outdoor Learning Centre Berkshire
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 Schools describe us as their “Home from Home”, often booking several years in advance. We provide an immersive and personal approach, and pride ourselves on maintaining a site beyond expectations. All our staff are carefully selected and live Ufton’s values as their own, and work as one team for the same goal. Our history topics are truly immersive, with our staff in costumes and a themed banquet where your children will be able to dress up and feel as though they’re living in the era they have learned about on their stay.

We provide high quality, accredited experiential educational visits.

Outside areas for play during free time, ancient woodland, archery, low ropes, fire circles, challenge wall, farm, numerous activities led by our Education Team.

Stanford Award – Quality Award for Heritage Learning, LOtC Quality Badge, 5 Star Food Hygiene Rating.

• Residential: We can accommodate smaller groups of 15 – 36 children (minimum charges may apply) and larger group sizes of around 100 children.
• Day Trips: We can accommodate smaller groups of 10 – 30 children (minimum charges may apply) up to group sizes of around 110 children.

Age Range: We cater from EYFS up to Year 8. Our main focus is KS1 and KS2 with curriculum-linked History and Outdoor Learning programmes.

 Our risk assessments for the activities we provide are available on our website: www.uftoncourt.org.uk/accreditation-risk-assessments. Teachers are welcome to visit prior to booking with us, or in advance of an upcoming booking to familiarise themselves with our site, conduct their own risk assessments, and ask any questions.

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Our bookings and enquiries team can be reached on email enquiries@ufton.org.uk or call us on 0118 9832 099.

Or get started by filling out our online enquiry form on our website: https://www.uftoncourt.org.uk/enquire-now.

• Residential: Our prices are all inclusive and dependent on the month of your visit. Our prices are per child and include accommodation, full catering, and activities. We do not charge VAT.
• Day Visit: Our prices for Day Visits are currently £18 per child.
• Extended Day Visit: Our prices for Extended Day Visits are currently £75 per child and £15 per adult.
• Discounts: We occasionally run offers throughout the year. Our charity offers 50% subsidies for schools who meet our specified criteria including being at 30% free school meals or higher.
• Supervising Adults: For residential visits, accompanying adults are included in the price up to a ratio of 1:8 children. For day visits, all accompanying adults are free. For Extended Day Visits adults are charged at £15 each to cover catering costs.

Different Groups: Our pricing is the same for each type of school, whether you’re a primary or secondary school. We have separate private hire costs and also support community groups during the school holidays.

Our staff are first aid trained and have access to first aid kits on site. We always recommend that each visiting school has their own designated and qualified first aider.

Visiting schools would be allocated a designated indoor space for their visit, with access to toilets and free guest WiFi for adults. Children would have access to outdoor playing and social areas. For residential visits, we have a member of staff on call 24/7 with these groups provided with a mobile phone to contact our on-call team member, if required. We do not currently have a souvenir shop or similar, so no pocket money would be required.

Our Education Staff are trauma informed and experienced in working with a variety of SEND needs.

We are located on an historic outdoor site with listed building status, therefore we cannot offer 100% accessibility guarantee but we have a downstairs bedroom and accessible bathroom and shower facilities in our Manor House, as well as an accessible cabin with accessible bathroom and shower facilities. Most of our spaces are wheelchair accessible, however activities would take place around site where the terrain could be challenging. We do have an off-road wheelchair that can be used for the length of your stay. We also have two deaf guards available for use for hearing impaired persons staying overnight. We aim to ensure every child and visiting person can access our site and activities, so schools are encouraged to contact us with specific concerns so that we can look to accommodate them.

Our team works throughout the year, including during school holidays, to support schools and visitors with their bookings and enquiries. Standard office hours are 8:30am – 5pm Mon-Fri not including bank holidays. We close between Christmas and New Year.

“Ufton truly feels like a home away from home. The entire team, not just the educators, but everyone from catering and housekeeping to maintenance and the office staff, were incredibly friendly, polite, and helpful. We were so impressed with the level of care and professionalism across the board.” – Headteacher, residential visit. 

“The staff were fantastic with our children and kept them engaged for the whole day. They were quick to recognise which children might need more support and which ones needed extra input.” – Teacher, day visit.

We’re based in a rural location in the South West, but in close proximity to the M4 and only an about 1.5 hours from West London.

We are an outdoor learning and education centre, so season and weather appropriate clothing is required. This includes sturdy, sensible footwear and raincoats and sun hats if needed. Long sleeves for some activities (e.g. archery) are required.