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Trips

The school has a strong tradition of organising trips to complement the curriculum and enrich the students’ learning outside of the classroom. Examples of trips that have taken place over the past year include:

Art

  • Bath Fashion Museum
  • Tyntesfield ‘Red Dress’ Exhibition
  • Life Drawing, Royal West of England Academy
  • Costume for Theatre, TV & Film, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Business Studies

  • Cadbury World, Birmingham
  • Discover Economics Schools’ Challenge, Bristol

Careers

  • Bath University
  • Weston College

Duke of Edinburgh

  • Bronze, Silver and Gold expeditions on the Mendips and Dartmoor

Education Support

  • Barton Camp
  • Local excursions

English

  • A Christmas Carol, Backwell Playhouse
  • Ovid in the West Country storytelling competition, University of Bristol
  • Essay Competition Winners trip to Waterstones Bookshop
  • An Inspector Calls, Bath

Enrichment Week

  • Avon Tyrrell outdoor education centre, New Forest
  • Warwick Castle
  • Mojo Active, Bristol
  • Bristol Street Art Tour
  • Falmouth University, Cornwall
  • Eden Project, Cornwall
  • BF Adventure, Cornwall
  • Beach Activities, various beaches, Cornwall

Geography

  • River Holford GCSE trip
  • SS Great Britain field trip
  • FSC Nettlecombe Court field trip
  • Bossington Green field trip

History

  • Year 12 History trip to Berlin 
  • Lessons from Auschwitz, Poland

Modern Languages

  • French Exchange, Dinan
  • German Exchange, Freising
  • Spanish Spelling Bee, Bath

Music

  • Choir workshop and concert at St George's, Bristol

PE

  • Sports Studies trip to Mendip Outdoor Pursuits
  • The Wave, Bristol

Philosophy & Religion

  • Places of Worship, Bristol
  • Shepton Mallet Prison

Performing Arts

  • Noughts & Crosses, Bath
  • Ocean at the End of the Lane, Bath
  • North Somerset Dance Festival, Weston super Mare
  • The Lion King, Bristol
  • The Great Big Dance Off, Cheltenham