Learning outside the classroom
Outdoor adventures for schools & youth groups
Outdoor education gives students a different perspective on learning, which can help them achieve their full potential, and here at the Andrew Simpson Centres we make the outdoors even more fun.
Term-based clubs
Our centres run weekly half-day/3 hour watersports programmes to align with the school term. These weekly sessions can run during the school day, after school or during the summer holidays and children can gain their first RYA qualification at the end.
School trips & activity days
Our centres run weekly half-day/3 hour watersports programmes to align with the school term. These weekly sessions can run during the school day, after school or during the summer holidays and children can gain their first RYA qualification at the end.
Sailing, watersports & subsidised community clubs
Term-based clubs
Our Andrew Simpson Centre teams run 6-week watersports programmes to align with your school term. One session each week over 6 consecutive weeks can either be part of your school day or alternatively as part of your after school club.
Sailing
Enjoy all the fun and excitement that sailing has to offer during or after school, while testing the students’ teamwork and communication. They will learn to sail a variety of dinghies all under the supervision of our highly qualified team.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | 3h sessions |
| Price | From £25 per session* |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
*Subsidised options available dependant on ASC and needs of group/individual.
Paddlesports & multi-activity
Our paddlesports session during or after school offer a great introduction to the popular sports of SUP and kayaking. Straightforward and easy to pick up, students will build confidence on the water, work as a team and have fun.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | 3h sessions |
| Price | From £25 per session* |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
*Subsidised options available dependant on ASC and needs of group/individual.
Subsidised community clubs
Regular clubs which enable young people to feel part of their local watersports community and succeed and achieve their very best in an affordable and inclusive way. The Foundation can subsidise the costs of courses based on individual needs.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | 3h sessions |
| Price | Subsidised options available |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
*Subsidised options available dependant on ASC and needs of group/individual.
Courses designed around you
We work closely with our schools & groups to design courses that cater to the individual students’ needs, ages and experience. To find out more about how to sign up your students to try a range of watersports and discover how watersports can positively impact mental health, nutrition and fitness for all participants, please get in touch.
Sailing, watersports and adventure days designed to get kids active, outside and enjoying the water safely. Design around your school or group, all of our activity days are designed individually in collaboration with your group leader. The examples below offer an idea of the types of activities we offer.
Sailing
Enjoy all the fun and excitement that sailing has to offer while testing the students’ teamwork and communication. They will learn to sail a variety of dinghies all under the supervision of our highly qualified team.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | From 1/2 days up to a week |
| Price | From £25 per participant |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
Paddlesports
Our paddlesports activity days/sessions offer a great introduction to the popular sports of SUP and kayaking. Straightforward and easy to pick up, students will build confidence on the water, work as a team and have fun.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | From 1/2 days up to a week |
| Price | From £25 per participant |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
Subsidised community clubs
Bespoke sailing and watersports packages designed for your school with action packed days, ensuring students get the most out of their time on the water. Activities include SUP, kayaking, sailing and beach games.
| Where | All Andrew Simpson Centres |
| Who | Ages 8+ |
| Duration | From 1/2 days up to a week |
| Price | From £25 per participant |
| How | To book, please contact our team |
Outdoor adventure at the Andrew Simpson Watersports Centres
We offer fun, educational and enriching school programmes throughout the year at our UK based Andrew Simpson Centres. All venues are ideally located with fantastic facilities for hosting any size of class or group and our different sailing, multi-activity watersports and land-based packages are completely flexible and created to meet your needs. We provide a variety of RYA structured courses or fun taster sessions to ensure a fantastic time on the water, regardless of experience. Our research shows that fun activities on the water also help young people to gain and develop life-long skills they need to succeed, including: leadership, teamwork, resilience and initiative.
We can provide:
Half day sessions
Full-day sessions
A series of sessions over a set period of time leading to nationally recognised qualifications UK residential trips with full board options available locally through our accommodation partners. Bespoke packages focusing on a specific skill e.g. racing or foiling High performance coaching, e.g., 49ers, Lasers or Optimists Educational programmes incorporating subjects such as well-being, maths or physics.
Courses designed around you
We work closely with our schools & groups to design courses that cater to the individual students’ needs, ages and experience. To find out more about how to sign up your students to try a range of watersports and discover how watersports can positively impact mental health, nutrition and fitness for all participants, please get in touch.
Speak to our school & groups teamGood to know
We are a not for profit organisation, so everything surplus to the running costs of the watersports centres goes straight back into the Andrew Simpson Foundation to support us in our work to transform the lives of young people through sailing. Find out more about the Foundation.
Funding from the Andrew Simpson Foundation can be made available to help schools get involved. All schools should contact their local centre to find out how to apply. Find out more information on our subsidised community clubs.
Our staff are highly experienced and fully qualified in all the activities they deliver. We can provide details of staff DBS checks on request. We offer an impressive range of sailing dinghies and watersports equipment in excellent condition.
“We had an excellent visit with our year 7 students. Everything was brilliantly organised from the booking process to the actual course. The students learnt how to sail in safe waters with friendly and experienced instructors and really didn’t want to leave at the end of the week!”
Nikki Segura, Notley High School
Together we transform lives through sailing
Send an enquiry to our team about our schools & groups activities and courses
If you are a school or group interested in our activity days or courses, please leave some details below and we will get back to you for a friendly, informal chat. Some of our programmes can be partially or fully subsidised by the Andrew Simpson Foundation and all of our Centre instructors are specialised in working with SEN children.
