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About us

NST was established in 1967 and is now the UK’s leading educational travel company for Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges.

Our committed team of educational group travel professionals and teacher consultants have developed a superb range of subject led and general group travel programmes to meet the needs of educational groups of different ages, studying a wide range of subjects.

As the largest tour operator for schools, we offer the very best prices in the educational travel market, whilst providing the very highest levels of customer service, giving you the peace of mind you want, when organising travel for a group of young people. 

The No.1 choice for…

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Primary School Group Travel

With a dedicated team of Primary school travel consultants, NST provide a excellent value residential tailormade packagesl to:

  • London, Edinburgh, Yorkshire, N. Wales, Isle of Wight, Dorset and more
  • Northern France, Disneyland® Resort Paris, Belgian Coast, Dutch Coast
    Plus
  • Active Education at Winmarleigh Hall in Lancashire
 

Secondary Schools & 6th Form College Group Travel

Dedicated group travel programmes for a wide range of subjects plus worldwide and other general residential travel.

  • Art & Design, Business Studies, Classical Studies, English & Drama, Geography, History, Media & Film Studies, Modern Foreign Languages, Music and RE
  • Worldwide cultural travel programme to China, Russia, USA, India and more
    Plus
  • Adventurous activity holidays for groups at Lou Valagran, Southern France

Snapshot of the Company

  • NST now employs over 400 employees in it’s Blackpool head office, Cambridge office and residential centres
  • In October 2007, we became part of the Education Division of Holidaybreak plc, the European specialist holiday group, alongside PGL
  • Our associate company NST Limited, in Dublin is also Ireland’s leading educational and group travel company
  • NST is an Assured Member of the School Travel Forum.  Importantly, NST has operated its formal Safety Management System since 1994, which was developed in conjunction with and is annually inspected by suitably qualified external bodies, the sole objective of which is the continual improvement of safety standards for our customers
  • For the financial protection of our customers NST is a fully bonded ATOL holder and fully bonded member of ABTA
  • NST in the UK also provides group travel under the brands StudyLink, The Group Travel Company and Tours for Churches

Teachers, Lecturers & Parents

For more information about NST and what we do, including videos and useful information for teachers and group leaders in planning and booking group travel with us, please visit:

NST is a school travel company and offers school trips, educational visits and group travel to the Opal Coast, Paris, Calais, Boulogne, Le Touquet, Brittany, Normandy, French Alps, Disneyland Resort, Loire and Futuroscope in France, Berlin, Rhine and Moselle, Black Forest and Munich in Germany, Barcelona, Madrid, Andalucia and Cantabria in Spain, Rome, Florence, Venice, Bay of Naples, Lake Garda and Sicily in Italy, Noordwijk, Valkenburg and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Brussels and Belgian Coast in Belgium, Warsaw and Krakow in Poland, Moscow & St Petersburg in Russia, New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles in the USA, China, India, Mexico, Egypt and Turkey

Primary school trips are available to London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, York and Scarborough, the Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Llandudno and more. 

The air holidays & flights shown are ATOL Protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is 3606.

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NST is part of Holidaybreak plc
 NST Registered Office: Discovery House, Brooklands Way, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, UK, FY4 5LW  Registered in England: 02665024