How UK summer camps work
Every partner camp follows the same basic shape - a choice of campuses, a choice of programmes, and a summer you build around your child.
Read this firstOnce you know the shape, every camp on this site reads the same way, and comparing two of them takes minutes.
A campus in summer - the wide opening picture.
Built the same way, wherever you go
Five building blocks, repeated at every camp. Knowing them is all you need to compare two camps properly.
- 01Several UK campuses to choose between
- 02Programmes set by age group
- 03A summer calendar published each year
- 04Multi-activities you can add on
- 05Overnight excursions already included
Supervised throughout, at every camp and on every trip.
The four decisions you will make
Whichever camp you choose, the same four questions come up. Take them one at a time.
Campuses
A camp is not one site. Most run across several boarding schools or university campuses at once, and each has its own dates, its own accommodation and its own activity list. The campus you pick changes what the week looks like.
Programmes and age groups
Age is always the first filter. It decides which programmes are open to your child - English, STEM, leadership and the rest - and they choose one from what is left. Nothing outside their age tier is offered.
The summer calendar
Each camp publishes its own weekly calendar every summer, with a shortest and a longest stay. Dates move from one year to the next, so the calendar on a camp's page is the one that counts.
Trips and overnights
A week combines lessons and activities on campus with at least one full-day excursion. On some camps a trip includes a night away from the home campus, and that is priced in rather than added later.
What the days actually hold
The same five things, in a different order at every camp.
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Mornings in class
The core programme, in small groups, with the afternoon kept clear.
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Afternoons on the field
Sport, studio work or whatever the campus is set up for.
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A day out, every week
At least one full-day excursion, already in the price.
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Evenings on campus
Organised every night, and supervised by the same staff.
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Somewhere to sleep
Boarding houses or halls, with staff on the same corridor.
Build your own plan
Once the programme and the campus are settled, the rest is yours. Every camp offers a menu of multi-activities that sit on top of the core programme. Tap a few and see how a week fills up.
0 Nothing added yet - the core programme on its own.
Not every activity runs at every campus, and some carry a weekly fee. The planner shows what is available and what it costs before you confirm anything.
Your booking journey, step by step
Every camp on this site follows the same six steps. Do it once and you know what to expect from any of them.
Choose a camp
Read through the partner camps and pick the one that fits what your child wants out of the summer. Each has its own character, its own campuses and its own calendar.
Choose an age tier and a programme
Set the age tier first, because it decides what is on offer. The programmes left are the ones written for that age, and your child picks one of them.
Choose a campus
Compare where each campus is, what its dates are and what it has on site, then pick the one that suits you. The programme you chose narrows this list.
Choose how long
Pick a number of weeks inside that camp's shortest and longest stay. The calendar shows which weeks that campus is actually running.
Add multi-activities
Add whatever is available at the campus you chose. Any weekly fee is added as you go, so the figure you are looking at is the figure that stands.
Review the plan
The whole itinerary and the price, broken down, on one screen. Nothing is booked until you have read it and said so.
Now build the summer itself
The six steps above, as one screen that does the arithmetic while you change your mind.
- Campus, programme and age tier in one place
- Only the weeks that campus is actually running
- Add-ons priced as you add them
- The whole plan on one screen before you enquire
Open the camp planner No account, and nothing booked until you say so.