Outdoor Education - Teesside High School

When the going gets tough, the tough start growing.

At Teesside High School, we believe the opportunity to engage in adventurous activity in the outdoors is fundamental to developing our young people in every way imaginable.

Improving quality of life through better health, fitness and movement is the most basic of expectation from this type of activity, but it is proven to run so much deeper. Building confidence and trust in peers through activities which promote physical and mental challenge in a range of environments, our Outdoor Education programme demands perseverance and determination, problem-solving and decision-making as well as independence and resilience.

Along with personal growth, outdoor and adventurous activities encourage a social awareness and responsibility for our environment. We believe in growing global citizens who are aware of the need for sustainability in the use of our natural resources. Spending time in stunning landscapes both in this country and further afield enriches this awareness, broadening horizons and influencing our young people way beyond the years they spend at THS.

Our pupils have the opportunity to take part in:

Weekly Forest School sessions

Robinwood Adventure Weekend (Prep School)

Forest School Holiday Camps

Outdoor Education co-curricular clubs: paddle boarding, water sports, bushcraft, ecology clubs and nature walks

Dukeshouse Wood Residential Weekend (Year 7)

Pastoral Team Building Days (Senior School)

Duke of Edinburgh Award, Bronze-Gold (Year 10-Sixth Form)

World Challenge expedition (Year 10-Sixth Form) – which in 2024 took in the sights and culture of Norway.

“Outdoor Education was one of my most favourite parts of my education at Teesside High School. I successfully completed all Duke of Edinburgh Awards, including Gold, and was able to learn and experience so much. Inspired by such opportunities, I went on to study Physical Education and Youth Sport at university, with a dissertation focus on the impact of Outdoor Education on young people.”

Former pupil