Primary School Trips
Our primary school trips have been expertly designed to support and enhance KS2 learning, providing engaging educational visits and offering safe, secure primary school trip accommodation that introduces primary school pupils to the world outside the classroom.
If you’re a teacher considering a primary school trip for school years 3-6, then we can help plan the perfect itinerary to enthuse your pupils and meet your learning objectives. We provide a fantastic selection of primary school trip ideas in the UK and overseas.
Our Primary school trip destinations
Across the UK and Europe, we offer fabulous residential primary school trips to help prepare KS2 pupils for their SATs and transition into secondary school. Our primary school trips can be tailor-made to suit your curriculum requirements.
Explore key subjects in London including WWII & the Battle of Britain, Crime & Punishment in Britain and The Tudors.
Or take your pupils on a cultural adventure to France, inspire them with brand new surroundings and challenge them with fun-filled educational trip activities. Primary school trips help pupils build interpersonal skills and create an excellent teacher-student bond.
Our full range of primary school trip destinations include:
- London
- York
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- North Wales
- Dorset & Bournemouth
- Stratford-upon Avon
- Isle of Wight
- Edinburgh
- Opal Coast
- Paris
- Rhineland
- Barcelona
- Catalonia
- Cantabria
Why residential trips for primary school pupils are important
Residential primary school trips can often be the first occasion a child has spent time away from home. Breaking routine and classroom norms, pupils will experience unique learning opportunities, discover new and exciting adventures, and enhance perspectives. This will help shape their young minds as they progress through their education.
A primary school trip helps to build the confidence of pupils, and teachers can watch their growth and enthusiasm increase too. Educational benefits can go far beyond the duration of the trip, helping to stimulate new ideas and engage students to apply their learning within the confines of the classroom.
We offer residential primary school trips that enable KS2 pupils to understand the world around them. Our primary school trips can be tailor-made to suit your curriculum requirements. You’ll benefit from our great FREE educational resources for you to use with your pupils throughout your trip, as well as pre and post-tour tasks that strengthen the educational value of your trip both before and after your visit.
For a little classroom more inspiration, download our language classroom posters here.
Browse our most popular Primary school trips
Why choose NST?
Here's why thousands of teachers choose NST each year...
- Unrivalled School trip knowledge
Your dedicated Tour Co-ordinator will use their trip planning knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.
- Making it easier for you
Your own trip organiser, travel app, free classroom packs and trip promo resources.
- Free group leader inspection visits
Visit your chosen destination free of charge and plan with confidence.
- Value for money, always
We work hard to make every penny count.
- Over 55 years’ experience
With NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.
- Aligned to your learning outcomes
Every trip can be built around your specific goals — from the latest GCSE and A level curriculum requirements to particular themes, interests or visits you want to focus on.
- Risk assessment guidance
Clear, practical support to help you manage group safety including our free guide.
- Offsetting carbon emissions
Through our partnership with Carbon Footprint, we're committed to offset one tonne of CO2 emissions, and plant a tree on school grounds in the UK, for every trip booked.
Our featured Primary school trips
London
There’s nothing quite like your first big city experience! Our very own capital city is an exciting and inspiring destination for primary school children, with endless opportunities for learning, fun and group bonding. Whether you are planning a farewell tour, a reward trip or simply to give your pupils the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom, we can create a tour to London suit your needs and support your curriculum.
Opal Coast, Northern France
For a fun first experience overseas in a safe and secure environment, a trip to the Opal Coast in Northern France staying at NST’s Château d’Ebblinghem is the ideal destination. A fantastic introduction to life in France, here your pupils will experience a new culture and lifestyle so different to their own. If you’re seeking to challenge and inspire your group in the practical application of French language skills, our French Language Enrichment Experience can be included in your school trip too.
Paris
Explore the wonders of the French capital to inspire and enthuse your pupils. Paris is one of the most popular trips for our primary school groups. You can combine the delicious cuisine and stunning sights, with visits to some of the most iconic landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. It also provides an opportunity for students to get ahead in their studies by learning a little French along the way. As your pupils get ready for the next chapter in their educational journey, Paris makes for the perfect end of Year 6 trip.
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NST, the number one choice for primary school residential trips
NST has worked alongside thousands of teachers, like you, to create unique primary school trip experiences and memories that last a lifetime. That’s why so many primary schools choose to travel with us each and every year.
We’ll work closely with you to bring your school trip ideas to life and with our unrivalled knowledge of destinations across the UK and Europe, together with years of experience in planning unforgettable primary school trips, we’ll help you to create an experience that’s as unique as your group itself.
