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 cover
Chartis Insurance UK Limited provide the school’s travel insurance cover. A summary is downloadable below.
Forthcoming trips
A comprehensive list of forthcoming confirmed and proposed trips is available below, using the following key:
Confirmed (C) – the trip has been launched and we have accepted the pupils.
Proposed (P) – we are hoping to run this trip but have not yet launched it. All proposed trips are subject to confirmation of arrangements and viable numbers applying.
| Date | Name | Description | Approx launch date | Year group | Cost | Staff | Confirmed / proposed | Downloads |
| 14th to 16th June 2013 | First Year Trip to Whitby | Staying in youth hostel, tour of Whitby abbey, Dracula activities, trip on steam railway, a trip on a replica of Captain Cook’s trip and a visit to the Cook memorial museum. | First Years | H Lawson | C | |||
| 14th to 16th June 2013 | Plas Menai, North Wales | Watersports weekend | Oct 2012 | Approx £195 | C Muscutt | C | ||
| 29th June to Saturday 6th July 2013 | Barcelona Music tour | Music tour as per previous years, including 4 concerts | Sept 2012 | Second Years to Upper Sixth | £595 | E Taylor | C | |
| Sunday 30th June to Tuesday 2nd July 2013 (TBC) | Cern, Geneva | We will have a tour of Cern, visit the Cern exhibitions, allow pupils some time in Geneva and, if time allows, tour UN building | November 2012 | Sixth Form | £250 | H Fenton | C | Final letter to parents (pdf) |
| 5th to 12th July 2013 | Nazi History trip | Nazi History Tour to Nuremburg, Munich & Salzberg, with additional cultural visits enroute | ASAP | Third to Fifth Years | £600 | Mrs Ashton | C | |
| 23rd June to 17th July 2013 | Rwanda Trip | Includes a community project, expedition and trek, with fund raising activities. | February 2012 | Sixth Form | £3,500 | A Ehegartner | C | |
| 5th to 8th July 2013 | Grasmere Outdoor Pursuits (Annual trip) | Walking, scrambling, climbing, kayaking, ghyll scrambling. Accommodation – Youth hostel. | Annually in September | Second Years | £200 | C Muscutt | C | Final letter (pdf) |
| 9th to 15th July 2013 | Physics trip to NASA | A trip to Orlando to visit NASA – selection of tours discussing the Physics involved and lunch with an astronaut. 1 day Disney Park pass. Accommodation – hotel in Orlando, Florida. | February 2012 | Fifth Years to Upper Sixth, must be taking Physics A Level | £1550 max | H Fenton | C | |
| 7th to 13th July 2013 | Alps Mountaineering | Accommodation – guest house and mountain huts. | Summer term 2012 | Fourth Years to Lower Sixth | £1,300 | C Muscutt | C | |
| 20th to 22nd September 2013 | Condover Hall | Netball tournament and outdoor pursuits | January 2013 | Second and Third Years | £150 | L Topping and K Wilkinson | C | |
| 23rd to 25th September, 25th to 27th September and 30th September to 2nd October 2013 | Hartington | First Year induction | First Year | No cost | H Lawson | P | ||
| 18th to 21st October 2013 | Battlefields | History trip to the French & Belgium battlefields of WW1 | January 2014 | Third Years | £325 | K Chesterton | C | Letter (pdf) |
| 2nd to 4th October 2013 | Blencathra FSC, Keswick | Lower Sixth Geography field trip | September 2013 | Lower Sixth Form | £230 | R Howarth | P | |
| 19th to 28th February 2014 | German exchange to Bad Segeberg (Annual trip) | Cultural and educational visit to Lubeck and Hamburg plus days spent in the German partner school. Staying with host families. German pupils visit Stockport for 8 to 9 days in September. | Easter 2013 | Fifth Years and Sixth Form | £400 | K Christmann | C | |
| 20th to 25th February 2014 | Spain/Portugal | U14 and U15 rugby tour | 20th May 2013 | Third and Fourth Years | Approx £600 | H Corbett | P | |
| 7th to 13th April 2014 | Rome and bay of Naples | Classics tour | January 2013 | Fourth Years to Lower Sixth | £800 | A Thorley | C | Letter (pdf) |
| 4th to 11th April 2014 | East coast of USA – New York, Philadelphia and Washington | History and Art trip | January 2013 | Fourth Years to Upper Sixth | £1200 | J Russell | C | Letter (pdf) |
| 3rd to 8th April 2014 | Bretigny/Paris | Paris Homestay. Cultural excursions to Paris and French lessons in a local school. Day trip to Eurodisney | June 2013 | Fourth Years | £660 approx | J Wilson | P | |
| 5th to 8th April 2014 | Snowdonia | Mountaineering trip | September 2013 | Third Years | £180 | C Muscutt | P | |
| June 2014 | French work experience trip | September 2013 | Lower Sixth | £650 | D Lorentz | P | ||
| 13th to 15th June 2014 | Forest of Dean | First Year educational trip looking at the history and geography of the area. | October 2013 | First Years | £130 | H Lawson | P | |
| 27th to 29th June 2014 | Glaramara | Lake District Music and outdoor pursuits trip | September 2013 | Musicians in all years | TBA | E Taylor | P | |
| July 2014 | Iceland | GCSE and A Level Geography tour | February 2013 | Fourth Years to Sixth Form | £1000 | R Howarth | C | Letter (pdf) |
| 5th to 8th July 2014 | Grasmere | Outdoor pursuits trip – walking, kayaking, climbing and ghyll scrambling | September 2013 | Second Years | £200 | C Muscutt | P | |
| 6th to 8th July 2014 | Geneva Switzerland | Physics trip to Cern | Sixth Form | H Fenton | P | |||
| 29th September to 1st October and 1st to 3rd October 2014 | Ilam | First Year induction | Free | H Lawson | ||||
| 17th to 20th October 2014 | Battlefields | History trip to the French & Belgium battlefields of WW1 | January 2014 | Third Years | £350 | K Chesterton | P | |
| December 2014 | Poland | RS trip to Krakow | February 2014 | Fourth and Fifth Years | £375 | K Flaherty | P | |
| February half-term 2015 | Ski trip | March 2014 | Second to Fourth Years | Approx £1100 | C Muscutt and A Ehegartner | P | ||
| April 2015 | East coast of USA – New York, Philadelphia and Washington | History and Art trip | January 2014 | Fourth Years to Upper Sixth | £1200 | J Russell | P | |
| July 2016 | Iceland | GCSE and A Level Geography tour | February 2015 | Fourth Years to Sixth Form | £1100 | R Howarth | P |