For young people struggling to thrive in mainstream education.
Our partnership programmes work with your school to deliver nationally recognised qualifications and awards for your young people.
Using strategic goal setting, guided by personal education plans, together we will challenge perceptions of what can be achieved and enable students to shine.
Our staff are experienced in adventurous activity and understand the importance of relationship building and reciprocal trust when working with the young people in our client group.
The ethos of Skylark Adventures is that through interaction and adventure in the great outdoors young people will
Have increased resilience
Develop greater self-esteem
Adopt healthier lifestyle choices
Discover strategies to cope with adversity
Learn to work and get along with others
Improve their educational outcomes
All of which lay firm foundations for life.
But don't just take it from us
OFSTED’s Outdoor Education Report said:
- Outdoor education gives depth to the curriculum
- It makes important contributions to students physical, personal and social education
- It allows them to develop their physical skills in new and challenging situations
- Outdoor education enables students to exercise important social skills such as teamwork and leadership
- Students’ attitudes and behaviour during outdoor and adventurous activities and outdoor education activities are good and often exemplary, with mature responses to challenging situations
Newport Academy USA said:
- Research shows that spending time outside reduces anxiety and depressive thoughts.
- Scientists at Stanford University found that memory and cognitive function are improved by outdoor activity.
- Physical exercise improves mental health in adolescents.
- Unplugged time in nature helps regulate mood disturbance and nervous system arousal caused by too much time in front of screens.
Studies show that nature activities reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children.
We are a member of The Institute of Outdoor Learning.
Risk Assessment
Skylark Adventures has an Adventure Activities Licence (AAL) which is a legal requirement for outdoor education. This licence refers to the following activities climbing, caving, trekking and watersports. This licence also refers to gorge scrambling, abseiling, hill walking, mining, kayaking and canoeing.
We are committed to the health and wellbeing of all our clients and staff – this is ensured through vigorous training and assessment and independent validation.
