Outward Bound Centre first to be awarded quality badge
An outdoor-learning centre is the first in its field in the UK to be awarded a quality certification for teaching young people outside of the classroom.
The Outward Bound Trust's Loch Eil centre in the Scottish Highlands has just been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge for Adventurous Activities, an accreditation that recognises the centre’s proficiency in delivering education in a risk-controlled outdoor environment. The award is part of the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) Out and About package, which aims to make it easier for teachers and others working with young people to identify suitable and consistently high quality LOtC (Learning Outside of the Classroom) providers.
Nick Barrett, the chief executive of The Outward Bound Trust, said: "The Trust has always, and will continue, to strive to deliver the highest quality of education for young people in the UK."
"To be the first centre in the UK to receive the Quality Badge in its category is exceptional, and testament to the hard work that the team at Loch Eil, and the rest of the Trust, puts in each and every day."
The Trust's remaining three young people centres in the Lake District and in Snowdonia are currently in the process of completing their badge, which involves completing regular self assessments to establish competency in a number of key skills.
