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Evidence what your school trips change

Students answer the same short questions before a trip, just after it and weeks later. The school gets a report on what changed for the group, ready for governors, parents and inspectors, with nobody running a survey.

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The Enrichment Framework asks for outcomes

The Department for Education published the Enrichment Framework for schools and colleges in England on 15 June 2026. It sets eight benchmarks. Benchmark 7 asks for an outcomes-focused enrichment offer, where intended pupil outcomes are identified and tracked over time, and indicator 7.2 asks for “effective systems (appropriate to their educational setting) for collecting and monitoring outcome-related data”. The enrichment benchmarks, GOV.UK (checked 20 October 2026)

From 7 September 2026, Ofsted's school inspection toolkit looks for enrichment that is “purposeful and varied, having regard to the enrichment framework (where applicable)”. School inspection toolkit, Ofsted (checked 20 October 2026)

Trips and residentials sit in the framework's categories, from museum and gallery visits to time outdoors. Enrichmark collects and monitors what students report about them, trip by trip and across the year.

What the report shows

  1. Before

    Ten days before the trip

    The baseline.

  2. Just after

    Three days after return

    What changed, and how the trip was run.

  3. Weeks after

    Two to four weeks later

    What lasted.

Students answer 21 questions, the same at every point, across four outcomes: Learning, Agency, Belonging and Perspective.

Every change shows its margin and the number of students behind it. Students who have not travelled yet can answer as a comparison group. Figures are reported only for groups of ten students or more.

What staff do

Add the trip: its dates, the operator and the class list, pasted from a spreadsheet. Consent, the survey links, the reminders and the closing dates then run on schedule, and the report fills in as each set of questions closes. Staff read it.

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