LATEST NEWS
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Unexpected availability in 2012
An excellent Spring w/e: 16th - 18th March 2012 has arisen unexpectedly. This is an ideal time
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New Faces for the New Year
Over the last half year there has been quite a flux in the Cranedale tutors. We
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Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
Residential Opportunity
Broaden your horizons;
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Puffin Coast Could Bring A Nest Egg As Tourists Splash Out
The Puffin is one of the world's most charismatic and favourite birds.
And
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Groundworks bonanza!
The excavation of wet feeding features for wading birds and structures to control ditch water levels
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The Yorkshire Museum of Farming
What will you discover?Come and see how the Museum is changing. With interactive
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Pickering residents urged to back flood campaign
FLOOD victims in Pickering and Sinnington are being urged by campaigner Howard Keal to take part
WELCOME TO THE CRANEDALE CENTRE -
SPECIALISTS IN FIELD STUDIES
The Cranedale Centre is a residential fieldstudies centre providing high quality, academic, fieldcourses for British and overseas students.
The Centre, established in 1983, has hosted fieldcourses for thousands of students since its inception and offers a comprehensive selection of courses in geography, ecology, geology, environmental studies and outdoor education for students of all ages. Academic fieldwork courses, following exam board specifications, are individually tailored for A2/AS/GCSE students and an exciting selection of environmental studies topics are also available for tailoring courses to KS2 requirements.
For more course information, please visit the Courses page.
For available course dates click here.
Cranedale Centre is an established leader in UK fieldwork offering its customers very high quality fieldcourses and facilities. Flexibility, superb organisation and attention to customer requirements are qualities which set the Cranedale Centre apart from others ‘in the field’ offering only fixed duration courses with standardised study programmes.
As part of our policy of continually monitoring and reviewing our performance we ask our customers to evaluate their courses. This is how visiting teachers rated the Centre in 2010.
| Tuition | 96.6% said very good or excellent |
| Course organisation | 97.5% said very good or excellent |
| Quality of food | 97.2% said very good or excellent |
| Fieldwork Safety | 99.2% said very good or excellent |
| Educational Benefit | 99.1% said very good or excellent |
| Value for money | 92.7% said very good or excellent |
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Staff had excellent knowledge and good rapport with the students.
Gemma Pollard.
Bourne Grammar School -
“This is an excellent place, beautifully kept and expertly run in everyway. Excellent tutors and lovely accommodation. Thankyou for everything.”
Ann Higgins.
Nottingham Girls High School. -
“Students enjoyed their fieldtrip experience again this year, the facilities, food, accommodation and the helpful nature of the tutors. Our 2 members of staff who had not been to Cranedale before were shocked and pleasantly surprised by what you offer and the attention to detail. Thankyou once again for making the visit an educational and beneficial experience”
Liz Ross.
Garforth Community College -
“All staff very caring, the effort to learn children’s names is impressive and much appreciated. Another superb year spent with you”
Sarah Beach.
St Alban’s High School for Girls. -
All centre staff are very friendly and helpful. Thank you to the kitchen staff who with a fuss free approach catered for our gluten free student. Each tutor was enthusiastic, engaged with the students and made huge efforts to learn names - the students enjoyed the work.
Francis Knowler and Nikki Batch.
McAuley High School -
Excellent as always - thanks again.
Chris Washington.
Ilkley Grammar School
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