Free resources - Learning Away

Free resources

Our practical resources, written by teachers and practitioners, are designed to help you make your residential a brilliant one.

Lower-cost models
This suite of resources offers insight into the practicalities of running effective low-cost residentials, along with suggestions for overcoming barriers.
Special needs
Residentials present a unique set of challenges for special schools, but these need not be seen as barriers to taking young people on overnight trips. This suite of resources explores how the Learning Away special schools planned, delivered and evaluated brilliant residentials.
Early Years and Key Stage 1
How to respond to the issues faced with planning and delivering residential experiences for very young children.
Student leadership
Brilliant residentials offer unique opportunities for young people to develop and refine their leadership skills.
Co-construction
Learn how the co-construction of learning between students and teachers can help develop higher-quality residential experiences.
Planning tools
These will help you achieve the most from the powerful learning opportunities that brilliant residentials can provide.
Winter residentials
We believe the sooner a residential experience takes place in the school year, the greater the benefits. This suite of resources explains the benefits of going on a winter residential.
Evaluation toolkit
Designed to help those responsible for planning or leading residentials in schools evaluate the experience to understand the impact and what could be improved.
Curriculum integration
Discover how Learning Away schools plan curriculum focused residential experiences from KS1 to GCSE.
Families
Involving families in residentials is a unique way of addressing difficult issues and developing cohesion between siblings. The Learning Away schools that organised family residentials reported significant positive impacts on both children and parents/carers.