LOtC Mark Scheme

Free CLOtC Membership, LOtC Mark or Mentoring for schools when booking with Diverse School Travel

At Diverse School Travel, we are passionate about supporting meaningful educational experiences beyond the classroom walls. That is why we're really excited to announce that we have partnered with the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom to offer FREE CLOtC Membership, LOtC Mark or LOTC Mentoring to schools who book a qualifying trip with us! 

Who are the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom?

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) is a UK-wide charity dedicated to championing the benefits of learning beyond the classroom.
It supports educators, schools, and organisations who are dedicated to ensuring more young people have opportunities to life-changing learning experiences beyond the traditional classroom, whether these happen indoors or outdoors, close to home or far away.

The LOtC badge scheme, which is recognised by the Department for Education, is a quality assurance scheme that assesses both the quality of risk management and educational provision of LOtC providers. Diverse School Travel is proud to be a long-standing LOtC badge holder.

For educational settings, LOtC membership provides instant access to support and CPD to help them take more of their daily teaching and learning beyond the classroom.

The LOtC Mark scheme and learning pathways are proven to help educational settings embed and develop high-quality learning outside the classroom (LOtC) across their policy and practice, and equip their staff with the tools and confidence then need to extend learning and increase student engagement, achievement, and wellbeing.

Our Partnership

We know how much educational settings value and trust the LOtC badge and want to support you to continue embedding learning beyond the classroom into whole school policy and practice, which the LOtC mark scheme aims to do.

The qualifying details of the offer are;

• Schools booking a trip at min. £199pp (based on a min. group size of 20 students) will be eligible for free CLOtC membership offer.
• Schools booking a trip at min. £299pp (based on a min. group size of 30 students) will be eligible for free CLOtC membership offer or Mark Direct pathway offer.
• Schools booking a trip at min. £399pp (based on a min. group size of 30 students) will be eligible for free CLOtC membership offer or Mark Direct pathway offer or Mentoring pathway offer.

For more information on the CLOtC, visit https://www.lotc.org.uk/educators/developing-your-lotc/learning-beyond/

Offer Terms and Conditions

• Free CLOtC Membership is for one year only and is for schools and educational settings who currently do not have CLOtC Membership.
• LOtC Mark and Mentoring includes CLOtC Membership and it available to schools who are not already working on these pathways.
• Schools that sign up for the LOtC Mark or Mentoring have up to three years on this pathway: one year to work through the support pathway and complete a progress tracker, and another two should they wish to be assessed and awarded for the LOtC Mark.
• This a one-time offer per school: once a school has initially received free CLOtC Membership, LOtC Mark or Mentoring, Diverse School Travel will not continue to pay for their membership renewal or LOtC Mark/Mentoring reassessment fee should the school wish to continue.
• Schools will need to notify Diverse School Travel when booking if they’d like one of these options above. Following which, will be contacted by CLOtC to access membership, LOtC Mark or Mentoring.
• Your data: Relevant information (including contact name, email, telephone, and school name and address) that you give to Diverse School Travel on booking will be shared with the Council For Learning Outside the Classroom for the purpose of administering your membership/LOtC Mark/Mentoring application and sharing relevant LOtC news and updates. If you opt in to receive School Travel Organiser Magazine, CLOtC will share your personal data with Yandell Publishing to administer your subscription.
• Read the CLOtC privacy policy at www.lotc.org.uk/privacy-policy.
• Read the Diverse School Travel full privacy policy at www.diverseschooltravel.co.uk/privacy-policy.