76 - The percentage of school trips that are UK day visits
Source: QA Research
“I spent some of the time washing dishes in the river. It lifted my vision of what beauty was.” - John Prescott, former deputy prime minister, recalls a school trip to the Lakes, 50 years later.
13 - The percentage of school trips that are UK residential Source: QA research
“Walks in the Dales or adventure breaks at Outward Bound schools made generations happy. This is just getting out of control.” - Margaret Morrissey of the NCPTA on the rise of exotic school trips, June 2007.
11 - The percentage of school trips that are abroad
Source: QA research.