Acorn is one of the best known specialists of school and youth group travel. Established way back in 1982, the Company’s original purpose was to enable those working with children to take them away from their normal environment and offer them something unique, life changing and educational. This is still the driving force behind everything we do.
Hundreds of thousands of children have travelled with Acorn and we continue to provide a service which is efficient, personal, and above all, focused on ensuring the experience for all our clients is positive and memorable.
We are best known for our outdoor adventure camps throughout Europe, but also organise many other Educational, Ski and Sports trips throughout Europe and Northern America, as well as more adventurous tours to many destinations Worldwide.
If you have a destination or specific type of trip in mind, let us know. We probably have a programme that offers exactly what you are looking for.
We set our standards at the highest level and never compromise and our unsurpassed Safety Management System has been developed in conjunction with RoSPA, following Health & Safety Executive guidelines.
Acorn has consistently been at the forefront of driving up safety awareness and standards in the school and group travel industry. We are assured members of the School Travel Forum, dedicated to promoting best practice and safety in school travel. All Full Members of the STF adhere to a rigorous Code of Practice and Safety Management Standards that are externally verified each year by leading Health and Safety consultants.
The STF Code of Practice provides assurances on safety provisions made by tour operators in connection with third-party accommodation, transport and visits. It is not, however intended to cover the safety of activity or accommodation aspects of adventure centres, for which an appropriate Code of Practice is operated by the British Activity Holiday Association (BAHA). Products operated by our company and which comply to standards operated by BAHA, as opposed to the STF Code, are clearly marked as such in our product descriptions.
All our procedures are in line with DfES guide 'Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits' (HASPEV) and our Health and Safety policy covers all aspects of safety on your trip.
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We are very proud that Acorn was one of the very first organisations in the country to be awarded the new Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge for its educational and skiing trips worldwide and adventure centres in the UK, recognising us as a provider of high-quality, safely managed educational experiences for young people.
Learning for life Our adventure camps extend learning beyond the classroom, helping young people of different ages and abilities develop new interests, new skills and a new confidence in themselves and what they can achieve. Education outside the classroom
'High quality education outside the classroom can stimulate and inspire; foster independence; aid personal and social development; and can often motivate reluctant learners. These experiences should be stimulating, safely managed and enjoyable, and contribute to meeting the needs of every child.'
Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto – Consultation Document
The importance of outdoor education is now being understood better than ever and recent government initiatives such as ‘Every Child Matters’ and the ‘Education outside the classroom’ manifesto are a testament to it.
The national curriculum & Key Stages 2-4
The nature of the outdoor experience, together with professionally instructed activity sessions, can satisfy several requirements of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2, 3 & 4:
· Personal, social and health education
· Citizenship
· Physical Education
· Extending opportunity
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We are committed to responsible data management and subscribe to the principles of data protection legislation in the United Kingdom. Visitors that purchase, promote or use our services will be asked to enter basic personal information. This information on our database is not available for sale and use by third parties, beyond the essential requirement for credit card validation during purchase. The information is used solely for our billing and payment purposes, and notifying customers and partners of future updates to our products or services. We do not receive or store any credit card information.
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Will Acorn disclose the information it collects to outside parties?
We only pass your booking information to suppliers as necessary to fulfil your programme. Acorn may offer travel products from reputable hotel, airline, insurance, finance and car hire suppliers but we have not placed limitations on these suppliers from using or disclosing your information without your permission. Therefore, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such suppliers whose products or services you purchase via us.
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