£400 for year 6 residential

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Two nights at a sports centre, two hours away

£400 just seems a lot to ask of families. Am I completely out of the loop or is this normal

Often schools can subsidised those who can't pay. Not sure about those who won't.

TBH I think what we paid £350 was reasonable value when you consider, transport, food, accommodation, and 20 activities, including things like a hike, kayaking, ropes courses, climbing, raft building.
And the whole experience of getting away without parents having a level of independence before secondary

Ours is 4 nights and a 3 hour coach journey there and back. It's £400.

£450 for 2 nights in London with a show and a 5hr coach ride each way. That included eating at 2 chain restaurants for dinner each night

Everything is more expensive but in part it pays for those who get financial assistance and the staff.

I would query the cost and see if it can be reduced.

£200 a night is ridiculous im sorry but no that's really not right in my opinion

Schools don’t make a profit and staff don’t get paid overtime. It is a lot for two nights though. They should provide a breakdown of costs. Secondary school trips are expensive too ( often abroad) but they are often oversubscribed so there are plenty that can afford it.

I thought £400 sounded OK until you said only 2 nights. Seems a bit steep.

My year 6 is going to Holland for 5 nights £480. My year 5 is going skiing in Italy for 6 nights £885. The 2 night residentials they do in year 4 are around the £150 mark. We’re North East England.

I think that is way to much for 2 nights. DD did a residential over the summer at an activity center for her Gold DofE it was 5 nights, lots of outdoor activities and only cost £550. Including all food.

If you had said 4 nights then it would have been OK and what I'd expect really but not for 2. I'd be asking the school why the price is so high.

Ours is £240 fir 4 nights. Its about an hour avd half drive away, at an outdoor pursuits type place.

Gosh that's a lot for 2 nights but yes everything is so expensive now. It's such a shame as it's probably the reason they don't go away Mon- Fri anymore

Sounds like a lot! I wouldn’t pay £200 a night for me to go away anywhere.

Our Year 6 residential this year was to France (5 nights, Monday-Saturday) including 2 overnight ferries and while it was partly subsidised by an educational grant, cost to parents was just £250 plus €20 spending money.

Ours was about £200 for 2 nights on a coastal centre

That’s a crazy price. Our yr6 residential was £120 last year for 2nights away.

My dd is year 6, they go to an activity centre 45 mins away, not had a letter about it yet. She did the same trip with the Urdd last year and it was £175 for 2 nights I think. £450 is a lot.

Y6 is 4 nights at £500. Y4 is 2 nights for £300 at our school

Ours cost that, but was four nights.

It’s a lot for two nights. DD13 is going abroad with school next year to a European capital city and the price including flights is only £250 more for 4 nights. It also includes excursions and half board too.
I think the price you’ve been given might have been inflated to include the cost of teachers and any students who can’t afford to pay I would ask for a breakdown of the costs.

Ive put way too much

However my y7 trip last year was like £220 and that was 40 min away -- 2 nights camping! Using school buses as transport
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comparitively i think our y6 one wasnt too bad £280 2 nights in bunk houses but 1hr plus away and school dont have their own buses

Ours is free, 2 nights on the east coast all food included. The school receives a lot of funding due to being in a deprived area.

Ours was £180 for two nights at an outdoor pursuits centre - ropes course, canoeing, raft building etc

It does seem like a lot - my year 5 DD is going later in the year, 2 nights outdoor activity centre type place about an hour's drive away, £200

DD1's Y6 trip was just under £400 but it was 4 nights on IOW, included coach and ferry. And they had a day out at the Needles. So I didn't think that was too bad. That was last year.

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Also depends on time of year. Post-SATS is usually massively more expensive than Jan or Feb (obviously not ideal months for outdoor activities).