Year 1 trips underway
Pensans Community Primary School Year 5 trip to St Michael’s Mount.
Photo: Ian Kingsnorth
The Foundation is:
- working with schools from specific priority local authorities in England (Blackpool and Cornwall) in order to maximise the impact of its investment in these geographic areas
- giving schools the funds and capacity to deliver a high-quality programme of school trips that children would otherwise not be able to access
- supporting a wide range of curriculum and enrichment experiences for every student in each participating school
- enabling schools to transform their current school-trip offer
- building confidence and good-practice networks in the longer term.
Year 1 schools are embarking on an ambitious and exciting range of school trips across the 2025-26 academic year, including trips to London and other major cities, leading museums and galleries, and sites of national significance.
Year 1 Schools
We are delighted to be funding the following schools in Year 1 to deliver trips across the 2025/26 academic year:
Cornwall
Cape Cornwall School
Pensans Community Primary School
St Michael’s CofE Primary School
Pondhu Primary School
Brannel School
Camelford Primary School
St Stephen’s Community Primary School
Blackpool
Highfield Leadership Academy
Mereside Primary Academy
Devonshire Primary School
St John’s Primary School
Portsmouth
Ark Charter Academy
Teacher training event for Year 1 School Trips Grant schools at Showtown Museum, Blackpool.
Photo: Claire Griffiths
Year 2 Funding
Applications for Year 2 have now closed. We will release details of the Year 3 funding round in Autumn 2026.
Year 3 funding will support trips delivered in the academic year 2027-28. Please contact schools@cloreduffield.org.uk for more information.
Further information about the funding
What types of trips does the funding cover?
Schools could consider trips to major regional and national museums, galleries, theatres, heritage sites; to see or participate in live music, dance and drama productions or workshops; to try new activities such as kayaking, hiking, climbing; to visit major cities such as London, Manchester or Bristol and built heritage or industry and more rural places of interest or beauty, including the seaside and national parks.
Funding for 100% of trips is available
Schools will receive 100% funding for their programme, and will be able to access advice, sign-posting and brokerage support from the Clore Duffield Schools Programme Manager.
- Primary schools will commit to six off-site trips a year per student for every student, funding of over £6,000 per class per year is available
- Secondary schools will commit to three off-site visits a year per student for every student, funding of over £3,000 per class per year is available.
Pensans Community Primary School Year 5 trip to St Michael’s Mount.
Photo: Ian Kingsnorth