Part of the annual School Travel Awards initiative, the ‘My Best School Trip’ Award recognises educational visits that have been well planned and really stood out for the impact they have had on the children and staff involved.
The 2025 finalists are…
- Abbeymead Primary School, Gloucester, for their Year 5/6 Snowdon adventure.
- Diss High School, Norfolk, for their Year 12 trip to New York.
- Falmouth School, Cornwall, for their Year 9 Girls in STEM day trip to King Edward Mine.
- Southgate School, Huddersfield, for their residential to the Calvert Trust in the Lake District.
- St Woolos Primary School, Newport, Wales, for their Year 5 residential to Treginnis Farm.
Read all about the five amazing school trips they entered and see the pictures in our special feature here.
The winning school will be announced at the School Travel Awards ceremony, which takes place on Friday 21st November 2025 at the five-star Royal Lancaster Hotel.
They will scoop a £2,000 prize to spend on a future educational visit!
What trip won last year?
Wanting to re-energise learners as soon as possible following the lack of international trips due to the pandemic, teacher Joe Briscoe felt it important to offer a trip that not only embedded the learning that had taken place in class, but to do something that expanded the perspectives and horizons of the group.
The starting point was a package offered by a tour operator; Joe altered the itinerary, made suggestions based on his experience and knowledge of the area, and tailored it to suit his particular group of students.
With the Vietnam war playing such a large role in the GCSE History curriculum, a lot of research was carried out to ensure that the experience ticked all the boxes, and much more. Careful attention was paid to the experiences of soldiers in both the North and South, with visits to two tunnel networks along with American bases and relevant sites.
To read more about this educational visit, and all the 2024 finalists, click here.
What type of trips have won before?
The roll call of winners has been varied since the first award was presented in 2016, from Key Stage 1 residentials through to city day trips and week-long adventures.
The winning school in 2023 was Langdale Primary School in Cumbria who entered their Key Stage 1-2 ‘Our Place in Space’ trip to Liverpool. They took 20 children to the city to take advantage of an art installation which allowed them to embrace their curriculum topic which included Earth, Space and the Solar System.
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