School and youth groups

Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre is an AALA approved and Ofsted registered facility, offering high quality outdoor education packages that can be used to enhance your curriculum or topic. 

Children and staff will share unique experiences leading to improved relationships and understanding. The team of instructors can deliver sessions which will meet your intended learning outcomes whilst developing resilience, self-confidence, risk management and many other key skills.    

The Dorset Council run facility is in the heart of the Jurassic Coast and offers everything from paddlesports and coasteering though to rock climbing, archery and indoor tunnelling.  

Talk to one of the team to compose a bespoke package for you out-of-school learning. We can offer everything from one-off day visits, though to regular progressive sessions or residential packages working with local accommodation providers.  

Land based activities

Choose from indoor options such as team games and traversing in the hall though to navigating the indoor tunnels by head torch. Taking one step outdoors, you can stay on site but get the feel of adventure and climb the Portland stone tower or test your fire lighting skills with a spot of Bushcraft. For those wanting to head out in our minibuses and explore, we offer rock hopping and sea cliff climbing in Portland too.

Water based activities

If the water is calling, why not opt for an activity on the sea and choose giant paddleboarding as a team, or tandem kayaking to test your coordination. Maybe you want to raise the excitement factor and test your balance on the stand-up paddleboards, or jump off Portland Bill with a sport of coasteering. 

Build your package

You choose your range of activities, and we'll build a programme around you. We suggest selecting one off-site activity per half day, or a maximum of two on-site activities per half day.  Bookings are taken per groups of either 6, 8 or 12 depending upon your activities chosen.  Our maximum capacity is a group of 60.

Example session times

Morning from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Afternoon from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
After school from 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Evening from 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Example activity days

Bronze package - groups of 12

The wet and dry hybrid! One group of 12 on site tower climbing and tunnelling, with a second group of 12 off site tandem sit on top kayaking. The groups then swap over at lunch time. 12 people per instructor, usual group sizes of 24 with two instructors per activity. 

Onsite bronze activities include: 

• indoor archery
• tower climbing
• indoor climbing and traverse
• team challenges

Offsite bronze activities include: 

• tandems sit-on-top kayaks
• mega stand up paddleboarding (Mega SUP)
• rock hop on Portland - Tout Quarry 
• shelter building and woodland crafts

Silver package - groups of 8

Kayaking in individual boats, followed by an afternoon of crag (sea cliff) climbing on Portland in groups of 8 with one instructor per group (maximum 16).

Activities include:

• solo kayaking
• stand up paddleboarding (SUP) 
• bushcraft - fire lighting and den building 
• mountain biking

Gold package - groups of 6

Abseiling on the sea cliffs, followed by an afternoon of coasteering at Portland Bill in groups of 8 and with two instructors (maximum 16), or take a day long journey and explore the Jurassic Coast by sea kayaks. 

Activities include:

• coasteering - Portland Bill
• rock climbing - Portland
• abseiling - Portland

Mix and match packages

You can also mix and match and do a morning of silver activities and an afternoon of gold activities, for example solo kayaking and crag climbing or spend the day on Portland with crag climbing and coasteering. 

Price

From £214 per half day, per group (size dependent on activity package selected). 

Winter discount 20% off on-site activities November to March inclusive. 

Regular participation sessions

Being part of Dorset Councils outdoor education service. Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre (WOEC) tutors and coaches pride themselves on delivering high quality activities whilst drawing out smaller and sometimes even subliminal learning objectives throughout delivery. Through regular participation in the outdoors student have the opportunity to develop key life skills that they will continue to develop back in the classroom.  

• communication and teamwork
• confidence and creativity 
• determination and independence 

Before Your Visit

You should bring:

• swimming costume or shorts
• shoes you don't mind getting wet and a spare pair 
• full change of close
• towel
• packed lunch if you are here all day
• water bottle to refill 
• waterproof and windproof layers
• suncream, sunhat, any medication

Wet suits, buoyancy aids, helmets, harnesses etc are all provided.

You should wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little dirty and shoes that protect your feet. No open-toed sandals or flip flops.

Contact us to enquire or book