Below is the latest information about upcoming big school trips. Please note that this is only a guide, and more details will be provided close to the trip.
Trips 2025/26
Girls Go Gold PE trip – September 2025
Dates: September 2025
Launch date: May 2025
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: Lower 5 to Upper Sixth gifted athletes who have been selected
Approximate cost: £60-£150 depending on whether an overnight stay is required
Travel company: TBC
GSA U14 Netball Tournament at Condover Hall – September 2025
Dates: September 2025
Launch date: March 2025
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: U14 only
Approximate cost: £250
Travel company: Edwin Doran
Rough itinerary: Friday lunchtime leave, back Sunday night. Netball tournaments in the day, activities at Condover Hall in the evening. Netball masterclass talk.
St Omer French Trip – April/May 2026
Dates: 30th April to 4th May 2026
Launch date: April/May 2025
Visit Leader: Mme Smith, Head of Modern Foreign Languages
For years: Lower 4 and Upper 4 studying French
Approximate cost: £700
Travel company: NST
Rough itinerary:
Day 1: Travel to Chateau d’Ebblinghem
Day 2: Visit and workshop in a bakery + visit to Nausicaa Marine Centre
Day 3: Market in le Touquet + visit to a chocolate workshop
Day 4: Visit to a goat farm and bread making workshop + WW2 war museum La Coupole visit
Day 5: Supermarket visit and travel back to UK
Snowdonia and Birmingham Geography Trip – June 2026
Dates: June 2026
Launch date: September 2025
Visit Leader: Miss Williamson, Head of Geography and Deputy Head of Sixth Form
For years: Lower Sixth (Geographers only)
Approximate cost: £400
Travel company: N/A
Rough itinerary:
Day 1 – Rebranding in Llanberis and tour of Lechwedd slate caverns (changing spaces, making places)
Day 2 – Upland Glaciation, Cwm Idwal and the Nant Francon Valley. Lowland Glaciation-Pentir Esker, Till Cliffs at Aber Ogwen
Day 3 – Carbon fieldwork and changing spaces in Betws Y Coed-travel to Birmingham
Day 4 – Urban fieldwork-regeneration of Birmingham city centre and Digby as a cultural quarter
Summer Expedition to Peru – July 2026
Dates: July 2026
Launch date: September 2024
Visit Leader: Mr Tabb, Head of Humanities
For years: Lower 5 to Upper Sixth
Approximate cost: £3000-£4000
Travel company: TBA
Rough itinerary:
We’ll be flying out to Lima, then travelling down to Cisco.
From there we will have two days of acclimatisation: mountain biking to Lake Huaypo, visiting the famous Pisac markets, then a day’s white water rafting the Urubamba River.
Then we have 4-5 days of living and working within a village community in the Sacred Valley. We’ll learn more about the community project they would like us to support and work on with them closer to the time.
We will then undertake a 4 day trek along the Salkantay Trail to visit Machu Picchu (‘The lost city of the Incas’).
Then returning to the village of Chinchero, where we will take part in Peruvian weaving and pottery activities.
Then back to Cisco, Lima and then home…
Spanish trip to Madrid – August 2026
Dates: 27th-30th August 2026
Launch date: September 2025
Visit Leader: Señora Stanton, Teacher of Spanish and French
For years: Lower 4 to Lower 5
Approximate cost: £950
Travel company: Halsbury Travel
Rough itinerary:
Half a day in a language school, visits to the Palacio Real, Prado/Reina Sofia art galleries, tour of historic centre, visit to market.
Trips 2026/27
Girls Go Gold PE trip – September 2026
Dates: September 2026
Launch date: May 2026
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: Lower 5 to Upper Sixth gifted athletes who have been selected
Approximate cost: £60-£150 depending on whether an overnight stay is required
Travel company: TBC
GSA U14 Netball Tournament at Condover Hall – September 2026
Dates: September 2026
Launch date: March 2026
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: U14 only
Approximate cost: £250
Travel company: Edwin Doran
Rough itinerary: Friday lunchtime leave, back Sunday night. Netball tournaments in the day, activities at Condover Hall in the evening. Netball masterclass talk.
Iceland Geography trip – October 2026
Dates: Five days and four nights, October 2026
Launch date: May 2025
Visit Leader: Miss Williamson, Head of Geography and Deputy Head of Sixth Form
For years: Upper 3 upwards
Approximate cost: £1550
Travel company: Rayburn Tours
Rough itinerary: Flying from London-Reykjavik. Visiting the Blue Lagoon, Gulfoss Waterfall, Solheimjokull, Thingvellir, Icelandic Lava Show, Glacier Walk on Solheimjokull and basalt columns at Vik and Dyrolhaey. Taking the Bridge between Continents.
Ski trip – February 2027
Dates: 14th to 20th February 2027
Launch date: January 2026
Visit Leader: Dr Henderson, Head of Mathematics
For years: Lower 4 to Upper 6
Approximate cost: TBC
Travel company: Ski Astons
Rough itinerary: We’re going skiing! 45 pupils, accompanied by five members of staff and five ski tutors, will hit the slopes in February 2027. The trip is open to all standards of skier and we encourage girls who have never skied before to come; it is great fun to learn to ski with a group of your friends. Equally, more competent skiers will be challenged in the top group by our dedicated team of ski tutors. See you on the slopes!
South Africa Sports Tour PE Trip – July 2027
Dates: July 2027
Launch date: December 2025
Visit Leader: Miss Cousins, Teacher of PE
For years: Lower 5 to Lower 6
Approximate cost: £3000
Travel company: Edwin Doran, to be confirmed
Rough itinerary: Enjoying sports matches and tourist trips over two weeks in South Africa!
Trips 2027/28
Girls Go Gold PE trip – September 2027
Dates: September 2027
Launch date: May 2027
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: Lower 5 to Upper Sixth gifted athletes who have been selected
Approximate cost: £60-£150 depending on whether an overnight stay is required
Travel company: TBC
GSA U14 Netball Tournament at Condover Hall – September 2027
Dates: September 2027
Launch date: March 2027
Visit Leader: Mrs Lewis-Weeks, Director of Sport
For years: U14 only
Approximate cost: £250
Travel company: Edwin Doran
Rough itinerary: Friday lunchtime leave, back Sunday night. Netball tournaments in the day, activities at Condover Hall in the evening. Netball masterclass talk.
Rome Classics Trip – October 2027
Dates: October half term 2027
Launch date: Initial interest winter term 2026. Final sign up by 01/01/2027
Visit Leader: Dr Keen, Head of Classics
Approximate cost: £1300
Travel company: Nimrod
Rough itinerary: Day 1: Arrive at Vatican City (Hotel)
Day 2: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Capitoline Museum. Back to hotel. Dinner. (Walking evening tour: Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon)
Day 3: North East of Rome: Hadrian’s Villa, Villa D’Este – renaissance gardens with fountains -loved by Hitchcock (Tivoli) Dinner
Day 4: Coach trip to Sperlonga.
Day 5: Ostia and return home.
For a Classicist, Rome is an unparalleled destination, brimming with ancient history, culture, and art that directly ties to the foundational principles of Western civilisation.
Rome continues to unearth new discoveries, often in the heart of the city itself. Classicists can tour active archaeological digs and explore the Villa Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa), the Villa d’Este, or Ostia Antica, an ancient port city that offers a rare glimpse into Roman urban life. These sites provide real-world context to Roman cities, their social structures, daily life, and technology.
