MAJOR TRIPS
2025 - 2027
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Ski Trip: March/April 2026 and December 2026 ( dates to be confirmed)
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We shall update parents with more accurate information as soon as we are in a position to do so. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as exchange rates and group sizes.
Location The Alps, France
Dates
Trip Leader
Year Groups
26th March - 2nd April 2026 December 2026 (dates to be confirmed)
Liz Hutchings
6, 7 and 8
Outline of Trip - Aims and Itinerary
This trip, which will take place in March 2026, will be open to pupils in Years 6, 7 and 8 (places will be limited to 40). The trip is open to all levels of skiing and each pupil will receive 25 hours of tuition over the course of five days. In addition to the skiing, there will be an evening programme that will include bowling and a chance to enjoy some traditional French crêpes.
The cost of the trip will include a 5-day ski pass, ski instruction, ski hire (including skis, boots, poles and helmets) and ski instructors that will be dedicated to our group.
Please note that, due to Easter falling very early in 2027, it is likely that the 2026-2027 Ski Trip will take place in December 2026. This will be confirmed in due course.
Accommodation
Other Details
Hotel Les Carrettes, Valmeinier. We shall travel by coach and Le Shuttle.
Additional Costs Pocket money - 100 euros maximum.
Contact for Further Information
lhutchings@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched August 2025 - (March/April 2026 trip) - May 2026 - (December 2026 trip)
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Château du Broutel Year 6 French Trip: June 2025 and 2026
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We shall update parents with more accurate information as soon as we are in a position to do so. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as exchange rates and group sizes.
Location La Somme, France
Dates
Trip Leader
Summer Term 2026 and 2027 (5 days)
Charlotte De Wilde-Gray
Year Group Year 6
Approx. Cost
£700
Ideal Student Numbers All Year 6 pupils (38)
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
During the course of the trip, the children will be involved in a range of cultural and linguistic activities. They will goto a market and complete a French Treasure hunt activity. Pupils will also have the chance to discover the Somme battlefields and to visit the Albert Museum for a full day of History. We will even tap into the pupils’ interest in biology with a visit to a snail farm.
Le Château du Broutel has many exciting sporting activities in store for our Year 6!
Accommodation
Other Details
Château du Broutel: an 18th century French castle. Full board. We shall travel by coach and Le Shuttle.
Additional Costs Pocket money - amount to be advised in due course.
Contact for Further Information
cdwgray@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched November 2025
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Year 8 Bushcraft Trip: June 2026
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We will update parents with more accurate information as soon as we can. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as group sizes.
Location Penshurst Place Estate, Kent.
Dates 22nd - 24th June 2026
Trip Leader Ed Stevenson
Year Group Year 8
Approx. Cost £250
Ideal Student Numbers 75 (all of Year 8)
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
The Bushcraft Company is based at Penshurst Place, a historic site in Kent, described as ‘a magical myriad of lakes, rivers and woodland’. The trip, which will run from Monday 22nd to Wednesday 24th June 2026, will provide our Leavers with a wonderful opportunity to tackle a variety of exciting, fun and challenging outdoor activities, all designed to enhance social and personal development, and to build teamwork skills and self-confidence. These fun activities will also include campcraft skills, fire making, shelter building, map reading and basic first-aid
The staff at the centre will draw up, and run, the daytime and evening activities. They will be assisted by the Junior King’s staff.
We hope that the whole year group will be able to join what promises to be a special and memorable trip.
Accommodation
Other Details
Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent. Camping. We shall travel by coach and minibus.
Additional Costs N/A
Contact for Further Information estevenson@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched November 2025
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Sports Tour: October 2026
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We will update parents with more accurate information as soon as we are in a position to do so. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as exchange rates and group sizes.
Location Europe
Dates
Trip Leaders
16th 21st October 2026 (to be confirmed)
Amanda Scott-Kilvert Owen Cobbe
Year Groups Years 7 and 8: By invitation
Approx.
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
The touring party will be comprised of two girls’ hockey teams and two boys’ football/hockey teams. It will follow a similar format to the sports tours that we have organised previously.
Whilst we are on tour, we will play fixtures in Holland, take in some culture, and hope to enjoy a visit to a leisure pool. There will also be opportunities to indulge in some ‘retail therapy’. The trip will also include time at a theme park, giving the tourists a fantastic finish to, what will undoubtedly be, a highly memorable trip.
All of these plans are provisional and subject to confirmation in due course.
Accommodation
Other Details To be confirmed. We shall travel by coach and Le Shuttle.
Additional Costs Pocket money - amount to be advised in due course.
Contacts for Further Information
ajsk@junior-kings.co.uk (Girls’ Hockey and general enquires) ocobbe@junior-kings.co.uk (Boys’ Football)/Hockey)
Trip Launched November 2025
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 2027
Year 7 and 8 Classics/Arts/Humanities Trip to Sorrento: March 2027
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We will update parents with more accurate information as soon as we are in a position to do so. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as exchange rates and group sizes.
Location Sorrento, Italy
Dates March/April 2027 (Biennial)
Jeanette Sylvester
Trip Leaders
Year Groups
Emilie Vleminckx
7 and 8
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
This co-curricular trip, open to pupils in Years 7 and 8, will celebrate a variety of subjects: Art, Classics, Latin and Humanities.
We shall visit a number of sites: Pompeii (a large preserved Ancient Roman city); Vesuvius (which, in 1995, was declared a National Park, and where visitors are welcomed to walk on the incredible crater and take in the views across the Bay of Naples); Capri (having enjoyed a boat trip to this beautiful island, pupils will visit Villa Jovis and Certosa di San Giacomo); Herculaneum (an amazing Roman town preserved in mud); Villa Poppaea (a preserved villa from the eruption of Vesuvius); the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
In addition to the amazing trips listed above, pupils will also have the opportunity to make pizzas and sample the gelato!
Accommodation
Other Details
Additional Costs
Hotel accommodation. Half board.
We shall travel by coach and plane. All trips, insurance and transfers are covered.
Pocket money - 150 euros maximum. Pocket money will be used to purchase lunches and souvenirs.
Contact for Further Information jsylvester@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched September 2026
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Chamber Choir Tour: Summer Term 2027
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We will update parents with more accurate information as soon as we can. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as group sizes.
Location Cambridge
Dates Summer Term 2027
Tim Frost
Trip Leaders
Lizzy Swinford
Year Groups Years 6, 7 and 8
Approx.
Ideal Student Numbers 35
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
All members of the Chamber Choir will be invited to spend a weekend in Cambridge during the Summer Term. Over the course of the weekend, we shall sing concerts in one of the Cambridge University colleges, and in other local venues, including a cathedral.
This trip will offer pupils a wonderful opportunity to sing in some amazing venues, and to explore the culture of a beautiful and vibrant English city.
Accommodation
Other Details Hotel accommodation. We shall travel by minibus.
Additional Costs Pocket money - amount to be advised in due course.
Contacts for Further Information
tfrost@junior-kings.co.uk
lswinford@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched To be confirmed.
MAJOR TRIPS 2025 - 2027
Years 7 & 8 Valencia Trip: October 2027
Please note that the following information includes outline detail only at this stage. We will update parents with more accurate information as soon as we are in a position to do so. Prices shown are provisional and may vary due to factors such as exchange rates and group sizes.
Location Valencia , Spain
Dates 5 days in the Autumn Term 2027 (Biennial)
Trip Leaders
Outline of Trip – Aims and Itinerary
Pupils will be immersed in the beautiful city of Valencia, where they will take in their cultural and historical surroundings. This trip will offer pupils an excellent opportunity to practise their linguistic skills in real life situations with native speakers.
This trip will include a range of activities, from sightseeing to Spanish lessons and, of course, cooking and eating paella!
Accommodation
Other Details Hotel – flights to Valencia airport from London. Coach transportation
Additional Costs Pocket money - amount to be advised in due course.
Contact for Further Information cdwgray@junior-kings.co.uk
Trip Launched September 2026
Mrs Charlotte De Wilde-Gray