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Live updates on your group's tour location with NST's trip tracker Locate My Trip

Free Teacher Inspection Visits To assist with your school tour risk assessment

We Organise College & School Trips Worldwide

European Study Tours are a national leading educational tour operator trusted by teachers and lecturers to organise school trips and college tours since 1982, to destinations all around the world - we don’t just do Europe! At EST, we are passionate about broadening students’ horizons and our exciting range of school tours and immersive LIVE! conference events allow young people to not only discover more about their subjects, but also the wider world and their own potential.

Our school trips to France are always a popular choice due to its proximity to the UK and diversity of learning and cultural experiences available. Even closer to home, offering great value and a wide range of visits, are school trips to London . Take your students on a school trip to Spain and open their eyes to its colourful culture and mixture of stunning scenery and architectural gems. School trips to Italy offer art treasures and wonderous historical and geographical sites, whereas school trips to Germany manage to encapsulate all that is modern about Europe, whilst not forgetting its turbulent past. Finally, make your college or school trip extra special by taking your school trip to the United States of America ! Big and bold, New York, Washington, San Francisco or LA offer the trip of a lifetime with exciting visits, shows, jaw-dropping skyscrapers and canyons.

Wherever your choice of destination, our knowledgeable and experienced team has travelled the world seeking out the essentials for your next trip and are keen to pass on their recommendations on the best options for your group. When you think school trips or educational tours, think EST!

Our Knowledge and Experience

Over 40 years’ experience organising educational tours and travel experiences
Bespoke itineraries tailored to your exact requirements
Curriculum-linked visit programmes
Inspiring LIVE! student conferences and events
Free teacher inspection visits
24/7 help line offering support whilst you are away
On-the-ground reps in key destinations and on-site support at LIVE! events.
Comprehensive group travel insurance

We Make Trip Planning Easy

My Tour Manager; our market-leading on-line portal is a master class in tour organisation. Designed to save teachers time and keep trip administration on track.
Award winning EST Travel App, the secure companion when travelling with us. Mobile access to tour itinerary and all the documents needed whilst you're away.
Live Trip Tracking with Locate My Trip. Using GPS technology colleagues and parents can follow the trip providing extra security and reassurance.

We Take Responsibility

Assured members of the School Travel Forum.
Learning Outside the Classroom badge holders ensuring the highest possible safety standards.
Externally verified Safety Management System
Risk assessment guidance
ABTA members and ATOL licensed giving teachers financial protection and peace of mind.
Committed to sustainable and responsible educational travel. Working to offset carbon emissions, reduce deforestation and provide wildlife habitats.

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NST Travel Group – Specialist Provider of Educational Group Travel

NST offers a range of value-for-money school trips, with destinations that have all been chosen with primary school groups in mind. They organise all transport, accommodation and visits, tailor-making the whole itinerary to suit each customer’s needs. The range of engaging visits provides an ideal introduction to the world outside the classroom.

When it comes to organising a school trip, NST understands just how much time and energy it can take on top of everyday teaching duties.

From the moment you enquire with NST you’ll have full support from your own personal educational travel expert who will work with you to create the perfect itinerary or your chosen destination.

You’ll also have instant access to NST’s award-winning online organiser, making it easy to manage all your school trip paperwork, including templates for those all-important risk assessments.

When booking with NST you’ll also have the security of an established business that is financially protected with both ABTA and ATOL licences, protecting parents’ money.

NST is a fully assured member of The School Travel Forum and one of the first companies in the UK to attain the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge, giving you peace of mind that all elements of your trip have been carefully checked on your behalf – a view supported by the DfE’s recent recommendations on selecting a travel provider.

Safety is at the heart of every NST school trip and its vigilant approach to safety management will offer the reassurance that is so important to both you and parents.

Head to the website at nstgroup.co.uk to see the many ways that your school can benefit from booking your next residential with NST Travel Group.

NST has been awarded the Feefo Gold Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers.

NST is an LOtC-accredited provider – giving you peace of mind that all the elements of your trip have been carefully checked.
To give you the opportunity to try out your chosen accommodation you’ll qualify for a two-night complimentary stay for two people in your chosen destination.
NST has an exclusive château on the Opal Coast, Northern France, perfect for a first overseas residential. Sat within its own private grounds it is a safe and secure environment, and you’ll have a group coordinator organising fun activities.

“The support and the organisation of the trip was excellent. Everything had been thought through from excursions to accommodation for both pupils and staff.”

Michelle Fusi Sacred Heart School

nstgroup.co.uk 0845 293 7979 [email protected] @NSTSchoolTrips

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School Trips

Our specialist team has extensive knowledge of our destinations, and will work with you to get the very best out of your educational trip.

For students of all ages, school trips are a fantastic opportunity to head on an adventure and learn outside the classroom. If you’re struggling for high school trip ideas, we have a range of destinations suitable for all kinds of subjects available.

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Award winning School Tours from education travel experts

We make it our priority to create fantastic learning experiences tailored for students at all levels, including primary school trips, subject-led secondary school tours and great value sixth form tours combining A Level studies with developing independence.

We utilise our years of experience to create tailor-made itineraries for a whole host of Subjects

We can tailor make a superb itinerary to meet your Key Stage 2 learning objectives

Students will have fun with their peers, while keeping A Level learning front and centre.

Our expert History Guides bring learning alive through story telling and interactive experiences

Exclusive Sports festivals, tours and tickets to international events for school sports teams and clubs

Exclusive subject specific Disney seminars and workshop-based educational programmes

We take the hassle out of trip planning

You can book with confidence safe in the knowledge that you are working with a team of educational travel experts, who are proud to hold the Customer Service Excellence accreditation. This means that our service to you is externally verified to check that we actually do what we say we do.

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We’ll plan and organise an itinerary specific to your needs and provide all the planning resources you need

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Count down the days to your trip and get ready to make memories.

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Our educational trips are designed to enhance learning and link to the relevant curriculum. Find out about our selection of curriculum-linked trips.

Our Learning Outcomes Mind Map highlights where learning outside the classroom can prove an effective means of achieving educational aims...

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Belgium & France
International Relations 1870-1990, The Great War
Expert guide support
Study the causes of the First World War
End of the Third Reich
Memorials to the victims of National Socialism
Disneyland® Paris
Make memories that will last a lifetime
Develop skills, grow in confidence, and enjoy new competition
Disneyland® Paris, France
Hands-on workshops
Meet professionals
The science behind theme park design
London, United Kingdom
Performing Arts
Watch a West End Theatre show
Go backstage at the National Theatre
Euro Space Centre, Belgium
Shuttle Mission Simulation
Astronaut Training Simulators
Barcelona, Spain
Explore Barcelona’s city centre on a walking tour with a local guide
Practice your culinary skills and vocabulary with MasterChef Barcelona
Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom
Enrichment & Reward
Enjoy an Island Gems Fossil trip and find footprint casts left behind by dinosaurs
Take a boat ride and chair lift at the beautiful Alum Bay and the Needles

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English school trips & tours

From Shakespeare and Charles Dickens, to Harry Potter TM and even the Royal Courts of Justice, you certainly won’t be short on choice with our updated selection of literature and creative writing experiences.

English school trips to Stratford

Explore the historic world that shaped Shakespeare’s life and works and enjoy a range of English educational visits, including an RSC production and theatre workshop, on an NST English school tour.

Planning your first school trip?

If you're planning your first English school trip, our essential guide will take you through each step of the process...

Choosing your destination
Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
Promoting your tour in school
Confirming your booking
Tailor-make your tour
Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
Quick reference timeline
Pre-tour checklist

Additional support, resources & information

Tour planning service

With NST, you’ll get your own dedicated, knowledgeable Tour Co-ordinator who’ll work with you from start to finish. You’ll benefit from their unrivalled destination knowledge, and their experience gained from working with many other groups too. They’ll tailor-make your itinerary from scratch and take care of everything for you:

Pulling together an itinerary that runs smoothly
Planning the right balance of visits every day with realistic timings
Pre-arranging and pre-booking your visits, entrance tickets, passes and meals

You’ll receive your final itinerary a full 4-weeks before you travel too.

Free school trip promotion pack

We’ll support you and provide everything you need to advertise your school trip around school and to parents. Our free school trip promotion pack consists of:

Parents’ letter & permission slip template for you to complete A3 posters to promote your trip around school
PowerPoint presentation templates which you can tailor to your own needs
Online parents’ video which showcases the benefits of taking a school trip

Risk assessment support including preview visits

Risk assessment support including preview visit

Risk assessment plays a vitally important part in the planning and organisation on any school tour. Our risk assessment guide aims to help you understand more about your obligations and how you can more effectively manage group safety on your next educational visit and provide you with risk assessments for your trip.

Planning first school trip

Organising your first school trip can appear to be a daunting process.

If you're planning your first school trip, our guide will help to take you through each step of the planning process, answering frequently asked questions and providing tips and support along the way.

Our helpful guide covers the following:

Choosing your destination
Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
Promoting your tour in school
Confirming your booking
Tailor-make your tour
Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
Quick reference timeline
Pre-tour checklist

View our essential guide to a successful school trip here

Get live updates on your group's tour location

Locate My Trip uses GPS technology and is the easy, convenient way for your school to follow your location whilst on tour. Specifically designed to provide reassurance to both parents and teachers, NST will know where your group are 24/7. If your schedule needs to change, we’ll put plans in place to keep your tour on track.

With Locate My Trip your group can also share photos and videos with the school and parents, via a secure link, to keep them updated on your experience whilst you’re away.

Watch our short Locate My Trip video here

Your online school trip organiser - My Tour Manager

Save time and stay on track with your school trip admin with our online orgnaniser - designed to help busy teachers like you.

With My Tour Manager, you'll be able to download FREE resources and access trip paperwork online and in one place. Your personalised checklist details what you need to do and by when, plus you'll receive fortnightly reminders too.

What's more, you can take all your trip documents on the go whilst on your tour with our app, My Tour Manager-On-the-Go.

Find out more and watch out short My Tour Manager video here

Free classroom resources

We've created a range of free geography resources and educational posters to brighten up your classroom! Take a look at our downloadable posters here

Speak to one of our school travel experts

Our team of school travel experts have unrivalled destination knowledge and experience so they can help to bring your tour ideas to life and might even suggest options you hadn’t already thought of too!

So get in touch today and we'll help to create a bespoke, budget-friendly tour itinerary to meet your specific learning requirements.

Why choose NST...

Here's why hundreds of teachers choose NST each year...

Unrivalled knowledge

Your dedicated tour co-ordinator will use their unrivalled local knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.

Making it easier for you

With our online school trip organiser , travel app , free classroom posters to support in-school promotion.

FREE group leader inspection visits

We offer a free inspection visit to your chosen destination to support your risk assessment planning.

Value for money

We’re committed to bringing you the best possible value trips to help make every penny count.

More than 20 years’ experience

With over 20 years’ experience, with NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands .

Risk assessment guidance

Our risk assessment guidance will help you to manage group safety on your next educational trip.

Peace of mind

Your group’s location can be followed with our trip tracking device - Locate My Trip - plus you’ll have 24/7 support from us whilst you’re away.

Offsetting carbon emissions

For every trip taken, we'll plant a Maya nut tree in Peru to support reforestation, local communities & biodiversity. Plus, we'll offset an additional tonne of CO2 to guarantee carbon emission reductions.

Looking for protection on your next school trip?

Booking with a school travel company is the best way for you to protect parents’ money and give yourself peace of mind.

Financial protection from the moment you book

NST are fully bonded & licensed:

Commission for Aviation Regulation

Managing safety on school trips

For your protection, NST's independently audited Safety Management System covers:

24-hour emergency cover
Audited accommodation & transport
Excursions & school visit assessment
Group leader preview visits to assist with risk assessment planning

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We're LOtC Council’s Quality Badge assured

For groups travelling from Northern Ireland... the Department for Education advises schools to always look for the LOtC Quality Badge when choosing a school travel provider.

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