WELCOME to the Educational Visits page
As a Registered Educational Charity, The Kent and East Sussex Railway is a stimulating and worthwhile venue for an educational visit.
Our projects are supported by and have been developed in conjunction with South-East Grid for Learning and Kent County Council.
Many children have never had the opportunity to travel by train, and one of the purposes of such a visit would be to enable children to know at first-hand the unique historical experience of travelling on a steam train.
Linking closely with the requirements of the History National Curriculum, we offer the following:
The cost of these packages is £6.50 per child £12.80 per adult. We offer free places to one adult for every 6 children accompanying your school party.
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The K&ESR offers rail journey packages for schools, at special rates for school parties.
We encourage teachers to use such visits as a part of their delivery of Geography and History at key stages 1 and 2 . History (Year 3) Unit 6: Investigating our local area Section 5: What changes have taken place in the area? There are also natural links to the Victorian Era, hence History at years 3,4,5 or 6 is also supported by such visits. Unit 12 No. 3, "How did the arrival and expansion of the railways affect our area?" , No. 4 "What evidence of Victorian times remains in our area" and No. 5 how did life change in our locality in Victorian times?
The learning outcomes include using fieldwork techniques, as well as using the primary and secondary sources at stations and in the Colonel Stephens Museum.
The cost of these is as follows:
Single train journey (Tenterden to Bodiam)
£4.15 per child (1 free adult per 6 children)
Additional adults £7.00
Return train journey (Tenterden/Bodiam/Tenterden)
£5.15 per child (1 free adult per 6 children)
Additional adults £10.00
These group rates for school parties are offered only to schools booking in advance, so that we can guarantee the number of seats required on a specific train.
Bookings can be taken over the phone between 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday, and between 9.00am and 2.00pm at weekends.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further help or information.
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