School Visits

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Bookings will open in February 2025 so please submit enquiry forms after this date*.

*any enquiries received before this time may not be actioned.

A trip to Cattle Country Farm Park is the perfect educational day out or end of term treat for your primary school

If you would like to bring a whole Primary school, year group or class to Cattle Country for the day, please send an enquiry to our team using the form below. If you’re bringing a group of children with special educational needs, we pride ourselves on being able to tailor your trip so that every child has an enjoyable and fulfilling day with us. Please note our school trips are for pre-school aged children through to Year 6 only.

Dates: TBC

Time: 10am - 2.30pm

Your visit includes: Use of all of our play equipment*, our Educational Animal Walk & Talk which includes animal feeding and an itinerary for your day.

If you do not require the Educational Animal Walk & Talk your group will still be able to visit our animal barn and farm trail to meet the animal and feed some of our sheep and goats. You will be given a time slot in which you can do this during your visit.

*you will be allocated a time for your group to use each indoor play barn meaning that it will only be your group in that area at the allocated time.

What’s open: Our Gift Shop and our Cowshed Kiosk will be open and serving hot drinks, cold drinks and ice creams. You can make use of our undercover picnic area and Marquee at lunchtime. View a full list of attractions at Cattle Country.

What’s closed: Due to the number of supervising adults present, our Splash Pool, Boating Lake and Climbing Net are not open to schools. Our main café GRAZE will also be closed.

Price: All Teaching Staff & Essential Carers go free, we’ve also included a suggested number of free adult helpers (to assist your teaching staff and carers, and accompany the children during the day) in the prices below, depending on the size of your group. All prices are inclusive of VAT.

Up to 30 children & 5 additional adult helpers: £288

Up to 40 children & 5 additional adult helpers: £384

Up to 50 children & 5 additional adult helpers: £480

Up to 60 children & 6 additional adult helpers: £576

Up to 70 children & 7 additional adult helpers: £672

Up to 80 children & 8 additional adult helpers: £768

Up to 90 children & 9 additional adult helpers: £864

Up to 100 children & 10 additional adult helpers: £960

For bookings of over 100 children please contact our team.

Payment: Payment is due upon receipt of your invoice.

Schools FAQs

  • Your payment for the trip is due at the time of booking, upon receipt of your invoice

  • The price will include children, all teaching staff & essential carers and also a suggested number of adult helpers. Any additional adult helpers will be charged at £9.60 each.

    Your price also includes an educational animal talk by a member of our experienced animal care team, animal food for each child and use of our play equipment.

    All prices are inclusive of VAT.

  • The Cowshed

    The Slide Barn

    The Sand Barn

    The Animal Barn & Farm Trail

    Outdoor Play equipment like the Castle

    The Cowshed Kiosk

    The Gift Shop

  • Due to the number of supervising adults present, our Splash Pool, Boating Lake and Climbing Net are not open to schools.

    Some of the outdoor activities will be weather dependant.

    Our main cafe GRAZE will also be closed.

  • The arrival time is 10am.

    We encourage all of our group bookings to arrive on time as we often have more than one school visiting on any day.

    If you think you are going to be late please let us know so we can keep our team up to date.

  • Car park 1 is where your coach / minibus will park and you will enter and exit the park via the admissions entrance.

  • All adults and children should bring a packed lunch as our catering outlets will only be selling hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice creams.

    There are two water points in the park where you are able to refill water bottles throughout the day.

    All children must wear suitable footwear (ideally trainers) and clothing that covers their back, arms and legs if they wish to use the slides

    Please discourage children from bringing any extra items or valuables.

    The teachers leading the trip must have emergency contact details for each child and details of allergies. Any child receiving first aid who is not able to re-join the group quickly must be collected by an adult or be taken to A&E if necessary.

  • We will have a designated area for your group to keep bags / lunch boxes during the day. Your belongings are left at your own risk and we request that children do not bring any valuables or electronic devices on site

  • We will provide your group with a designated area to eat lunch and our school host will advise you of where this is upon arrival. If there is more than one group visiting on the day of your visit we will have a separate areas for each school.

  • Our visits are self-led but there will be a few time led elements during the day.

    You will be given a designated time for access to the Cowshed, the Slide Barn and your educational animal talk if you choose to have one. This ensures that your school has exclusive use of the various areas if there are other schools visiting on the same day.

    These times will be advised in advance so you can plan your day.

    Rest assured there will be staff members around the park throughout the day should you have any questions.

  • The talk will take place in our animal barn and lasts about 30 minutes. It is customised to suit the children’s age.

    During the talk the children will learn about the different types of animals we have here at Cattle Country including why we keep them, about the animals needs/husbandry and they’ll learn about the impact farming has on each and every one of our lives including the different types of farming that help put food on our tables.

    If you are learning about something specific in your curriculum we are happy adapt our speech to meet your needs with prior notice.

    Please be aware that we are a working farm and we believe in educating children about food and farming. If this does not suit your pupils or school ethos please let us know and the educational talk can be cancelled.

  • We do not offer animal handling during our school visits but after the educational animal talk the children will be given some animal feed and they can hand feed our goats and sheep.

    Your group will then exit via our farm trail where the children can meet some more of the animals they have just learnt about.

    Depending on what time of year you visit we may have lambs, goat kids or piglets!

  • The tractor trailer rides are no longer available for school visits.

  • You can download a copy of our risk assessment on the School Visits section of our website.

    If you require any additional information you can contact our team who would be happy to help.

    Unfortunately, we do not offer visits to site to carry out a risk assessment prior to your school visit as during the week as the park will be closed and our maintenance team will be actively working.