Large numbers of pupils and staff throughout the school are involved in visits, trips, language exchanges and outdoor activity programmes which are well established and widely enjoyed either in term time or during the holidays.
Travel insurance
The school’s travel insurer is Chartis Insurance UK Limited. A summary of the school’s travel insurance cover can be downloaded below.
First Year induction
A few weeks into the autumn term all First Year pupils take part in a 3 day adventure to Hartington in the Peak District.
Hartington Hall youth hostel provides a comfortable and secure base from which to explore the area and undertake specially designed tasks, including a day at Chatsworth and a visit to the plague village of Eyam, working with the Art and History departments.
Forthcoming trips
| Date | Destination | Days | Year(s) | Cost | Organiser | Letters |
| February 2012 | German exchange | 9 | Fifth Year | £250 | Mrs K Christmann | |
| February 2012 | Mayrhofen (Austria) ski trip | 7 | Second Year to Fifth Year | £1010 | Mrs C Muscutt | |
| March 2012 | Rosslyn Park rugby National Schools Sevens | 3 | Fifth Year | £65 | Mr H Corbett | |
| March 2012 | Rosslyn Park rugby National Schools Sevens | 3 | Sixth Form | £65 | Mr H Corbett | |
| April 2012 | Picardy (France) First Year trip | 4 | First Year | £250 | Mr R Wallington | |
| April 2012 | Greece Classics tour | 7 | Fourth Year to Sixth Form | £750 | Mr A Thorley | |
| April 2012 | East Coast (USA) History and Art trip | 7 | Fourth Year to Sixth Form | £1100 | Mr J Russell | |
| April 2012 | Snowdonia mountaineering trip | 4 | Third Year | £170 | Mrs C Muscutt | |
| June 2012 | Borrowdale (Lake District) Music tour | 3 | All years | £200 | Mrs E Taylor | |
| June 2012 | Alnwick (Northumberland) First Year trip | 3 | First Year | £120 | Ms H Lawson | |
| June 2012 | Grasmere outdoor pursuits trip | 4 | Second Year | £200 | Mrs C Muscutt | |
| June 2012 | Lille, work experience | 7 | Sixth Form | £700 | Mr D Lorentz | |
| June 2012 | Stratford and Oxford English trip | 3 | Lower Sixth | £200 | Mr B Masters | |
| July 2012 | Cern (Geneva, Switzerland) Tour of nuclear research exhibitions and workshops | 3 | Sixth Form | £200 | Mrs H Fenton | |
| July 2012 | Malta cricket tour | 7 | Fifth Year and Sixth Form | £750 | Mr D Makinson | |
| July 2012 | Munich, Nuremberg and Berlin History trip | 8 | Third Year to Sixth Form | £500 | Mrs H Ashton | Letter |
| August 2012 | France pre-season rugby camp | 7 | Fourth Year to Sixth Form | £450 | Mr H Corbett | |
| October 2012 | France and Belgium first world war battlefields tour | 4 | Third Year | £320 | Mrs K Chesterton | |
| October 2012 | Malta hockey and netball festival | 6 | Sixth Form | £750 | Miss L Topping | |
| Dec 2012 | Krakow (Poland) RS trip | 4 | Fifth Year | £360 | Miss K Flaherty | |
| March 2013 | Snowdonia mountaineering trip | 4 | Third Year | £170 | Mrs C Muscutt | |
| June 2013 | Orlando Nasa Physics trip | 8 | Fourth Year to Sixth Form | £1450 | Mrs H Fenton | |
| June and July 2013 | Rwanda expedition | 25 – 28 | Sixth Form | £3500 | Mr A Ehegartner | |
| July 2013 | Grasmere outdoor pursuits trip | 4 | Second Year | £200 | Mrs C Muscutt |
