The Clore Duffield Foundation has launched a new grant for schools to support student trips and experiences.
Visit to meet staff and students from Pondhu Primary School and Brannel School, Cornwall © CELT.
We are:
- working with schools from specific priority local authorities in England (Blackpool and Cornwall in year one) in order to maximise the impact of its investment in these geographic areas
- giving schools the funds and capacity to deliver a quality programme of school trips that children would otherwise not be able to access
- supporting a wide-range of curriculum and enrichment experiences for every student in each participating school
- enabling schools to transform their current school-trip offer
- building confidence and good-practice networks in the longer-term.
In its first pilot year, the Foundation is investing up to £1million in total in the programme. We are funding 12 schools across Blackpool and Cornwall, and one of our existing schools partners in Portsmouth. Funding will initially be provided to schools for one school year.
We are delighted to be funding the following schools in the pilot year to deliver trips across the 2025/26 academic year:
Cornwall
Cape Cornwall School
Pensans Community Primary School
St Michael’s CofE Primary School
Pondhu Primary School
Brannel School
Camelford Primary School
St Stephen’s Community Primary School
Blackpool
Highfield Leadership Academy
Mereside Primary Academy
Devonshire Primary School
St John’s Primary School
Portsmouth
Ark Charter Academy
Further information about the funding
What types of trips does the funding cover?
Schools could consider trips to major regional and national museums, galleries, theatres, heritage sites; to see or participate in live music, dance and drama productions or workshops; to try new activities such as kayaking, hiking, climbing; to visit cities and built heritage or industry and more rural places of interest or beauty, including the seaside and national parks.
Funding for 100% of trips is available
Schools will receive 100% funding for their programme, and will be able to access advice, sign-posting and brokerage support from the Clore Duffield Schools Programme Manager.
- Primary schools will commit to six off-site trips a year per student for every student, funding of over £6,000 per class per year is available
- Secondary schools will commit to three off-site visits a year per student for every student, funding of over £3,000 per class per year is available.
Eligible schools (2025-26 Grant Programme)
To be eligible for the programme schools must:
- be a government-funded school – your school must not be a fee-paying school
- have over 25% or more free school-meal eligible students
- be based in one of our eligible local authority areas of Blackpool Council and Cornwall Council
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Apply
Applications have closed for the academic year 2025-26, however, we will be releasing details of how to apply for funding for 2026-27 in Autumn 2025.
For more information contact the Schools Programme Manager.