Outdoor Education

Students on our Level 3 BTEC course in Outdoor Adventure Activities are taking their NICAS awards at the moment - the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme. This is just one part of their land-based activity...

The first Gold DofE of 2021 started this morning in Sussex with a cold but bright morning - ideal for walking. This year we have some expeditions in Sussex as well as our normal Peak District and Lake District...

We've been running Open Gold expeditions since the summer for individual Open candidates, with all of the Covid safeguards you'd expect like individual tents and cooking equipment. The groups have really...

TrekCo have completed all of our work on Covid related matters, and we are Good To Go according to Visit England. We have measures in place to ensure the safety of clients and staff, and these will vary...

OFSTED, as you may know, are looking at Character Education in schools and as we have seen many times in the past, outdoor experiences are perfect for developing character and resilience in young people -...

From September 2019 OFSTED has changed its way of looking at schools, with greater emphasis on a more holistic view of education. A few points from the Government website give us a flavour of the new...

We've had great fun on this year's Peak District residential courses so far, with students taking part in climbing, abseiling,...

Doctors in the Shetlands, according to Adventure Journal, are prescribing hiking to combat depression. We've long known that the ...

Our regular courses for GCSE PE Rock Climbing cover all of the specifications for each exam board and are run mainly in the winter ...

Autumn is a great season for school trips and activities at TrekCo - we're running school residential camps both indoors...

No school residential is as good as a camping trip! We've been busy putting up tents at Blackland Farm for upcoming...

Following the great success of our GCSE PE climbing special offer periods, TrekCo will be offering a season of GCSE PE climbing courses ...

We're already in full swing with this spring's GCSE PE climbing courses. Despite the cold, residentials and day courses ...

TrekCo will be offering a season of GCSE PE climbing courses at very low prices this autumn - we're offering a set of dates in the Peak District, and another period in Sussex. Typically GCSE PE in Rock...

At TrekCo we have seen a big increase in enquiries for GCSE PE climbing course for all exam boards. The changes in GCSE PE imposed by the government have meant that from spring 2017 GCSE PE activities such as...