Secondary School Trips

School travel experiences - enjoy great value with NST

Save time, effort, money - and meet the requirements of the latest DfE and Scottish Executive guidelines - by booking your next school travel experience, educational visit, tour or short residential trip with NST, the UK’s leading travel company for schools and colleges.

Since 1967, we’ve been creating secondary school trips which educate, inspire and enable young people to develop a sense of independence whilst they’re away.

School trip subjects & destinations – take a look at our range

Our secondary school trips, high school tours and college trips to the UK, Europe or Worldwide are second to none. Each trip we arrange, from WW1 Battlefield Tours to French Language Visits and West End Theatre Trips, is tailor-made to meet the study needs of your students across a wide range of subjects.

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The best travel options for schools

Our experts will create the perfect itinerary for your students, including group air, coach, ferry or Eurostar travel, hotel and hostel accommodation, a daily itinerary of subject-related and sightseeing visits, meals and evening entertainment.

Budget-friendly school tours

You’ll find plenty of tried-and-tested, budget-friendly itinerary suggestions for every destination and subject area on our website. As part of Holidaybreak plc, we’re able to negotiate better rates with accommodation, transport and visit suppliers and pass these great savings on to you.

On our most popular school trip destination pages you can download Visit Information Packs which provide a huge amount of useful information, including the prices of individual visits. We want you to have all the information you need to make an informed decision, so we hope that by giving you accurate, transparent prices up-front, we’re making life easier for you.

Trips for schools that come complete with peace of mind – always

Here are our top five reasons for taking your next school travel experience with NST:

• You’ll get your own dedicated, knowledgeable Tour Co-ordinator who’ll work with you from start to finish once you’ve booked.
• Your accommodation, visits and transport options will have already been safety audited.
• You’ll have ABTA and ATOL protection, so you know parents’ money will be secure.
• Our 24-hour support will be just a phone call away throughout your tour too.
• Our tours and school travel educational materials fully endorse the Learning Outside the Classroom manifesto.

Time and time again we hear from teachers how the experience students gain from time away together is extremely worthwhile. Our tours enable them to learn, to share experiences, to bond, and to see the world in a whole new light.