PGL Osmington Bay — Attraction in Great Britain

Spent 5 days at PGL Osmington Bay in June alongside roughly 60 Year 8 pupils and six other staff members from work for a last summer trip of the academic year. Starting off with the positives: The activities were well organised and great fun for the most part. Highlights for me were coasteering (indeed, one of my peers became pretty much obsessed with it and was talking it up for the remainder of the trip), paddle boarding, dragonboating, axe throwing, and ziplining. The kids had also done laser tag, but all the staff skipped it. There was a small communal room for us staff members, with two sofas and an armchair and the most rudimentary crockery, instant coffee, and tea. There was a TV, and there was Wi-Fi, though it was very slow and positionally temperamental. The kids on the most part enjoyed the activities, and they were tired enough by the end of the day that they were mostly well behaved at night-time (NB we are a boarding school so they are used to our routine, and we know what we're about). The group leaders were organised, kind, and empathetic.

Now onto the things that should be improved: The one factor that really frustrated me were the portion sizes of the food. On the first day, I kindly asked for one extra slice of pizza (two as opposed to just the one), but I was politely denied. I brushed it off, packed on some more stuff from the salad bar, and later asked the group leader about this. She said that adult staff should definitely be allowed seconds, it's not a policy that we can't have more than the kids...

...On another day, there were sandwiches on offer. The two choices available were cheese or ham. That is, you had a choice between a sandwich containing a single slice of cheese and two slices of bread, and a sandwich containing a single slice of ham and two slices of bread. As my turn came, I stepped up and asked for the ham sandwich. Having looked at the puny size of it, I've politely asked to have a puny cheese sandwich as well. The interaction went as follows:

"Could I please have a cheese sandwich as well?" "Are they both for you?" "Well, yes." "No, you can't." "For real?" "Yes." "Oh, fine, I'll just have the same as an eight-year old kid." is the only rebuttal I could think of, being mindful of the massive queue behind me, and off I went back to the sanctuary of the salad bar. Bear in mind most kids at the PGL site tend to be primary school pupils (aged 11 and below), who tend to average 34 kg in mass (as per Google's insight), compared to my 83 kg at the time. Considering the sheer amount of physical activity, walking, and bearing the 25 C + heat across those (wonderful!) five days, I must have been in a sizeable caloric deficit for the entire week.

The accommodation was clean and had decent storage space. All but one of us seven teachers had to share with one other member of staff, though I believe all of us had en-suite showers. However, there was only one window in our room, and it had those safety cables that meant it can only open roughly 5cm. Across the 5 days of the trip, with the 25 C + temperatures we had, it was uncomfortable at the best of time. No air conditioning, no fans, no ventilation. Honestly, I spent the nights with just boxers on, on top of all the covers, and I could barely sleep because of the overwhelming heat.

There was quite a lot of waiting around for coaches, for activity leaders, etc. We were routinely asked to line up roughly 20-30 minutes before we were actually meant to do anything or go anywhere. I can only suppose this is an artefact of logistics for primary school pupils, which I appreciate, but there could have been slightly more adaptation from our group leaders to give us more free time and have us waiting around less.

Overall, I do not regret the experience. It was a lovely last trip before my tutees and the Year 8s moved up, and on the whole I felt it had more positives than negatives, but, as outlined above, there are some things that are significantly...

I went here on a school trip and my rooms heating didn’t work and I caught a bad cold due to this some one chucked crisps through my window the food is disgusting I’ve seen more appetising food in a ww2 trench the beans tasted like dirt and the sausages were over cooked and I swear it took some time off my life the activities were alright but the workers were horrible well most of them during the night I looked at pictures of my family inside my freezing room with no heating and covered in crisp and what I only hope was mud stains on the covers and tried to remember a better time most people didn’t even eat the food one the last day I knew I had finally survived the hell that is this place

Hello all this is a part two on when 12 kids raided my room I do not blame the company 12 people’s show up out side they then try to breach the main door while me and my friend jake hold it shut they get through eventually sams stuff was on the floor so he got unlucky and it got chucked everywhere my stuff was on the top bunk and I pulled a man down from the ladder to protect my property then while on top of him a second man appears with a pillow trying to smother me I pull the pillow down and elbow him in the knee I then turn around and shove him then I had to defend the ladder and my stuff jake also managed to have his stuff mostly untouched I then shove a boy out the door not before there reinforcements show up 5-6 girls storm In Sam holds them off I then get out alive some how and go to visit my freind jack I wanted to show him my room when I come back I opened the door and 8 people run out shocked I look in and a small boy was rummaging through Sams stuff we have not found it all and I shove him out my room was covered in pretzels and crisps on the floor I came back on that bus looking like a ww2 vet I hadn’t slept the whole...

I am extremely disappointed with the recent residential trip attended in PGL Osmington by my children in year 6 . They came back with numerous significant complaints that reflect a severe lack of care and organization.

Firstly, both my children lost a noticeable amount of weight during the trip. They reported that much of the food provided was inedible, often too chewy, and not suitable for consumption. This is unacceptable, especially considering the physical demands of their daily activities.

Secondly, the bathroom facilities were deplorable. they mentioned that he often refrained from using the toilets due to their uncleanliness. Additionally, their beds were extremely uncomfortable and dirty, which further detracted from their overall experience.

Thirdly, there were multiple incidents of fights initiated by boys from other schools, some of whom were in Year Nine. This raises serious concerns about the supervision and safety protocols in place during the trip.

We paid a considerable amount per child with the expectation that they would be well cared for, but this trust was clearly misplaced. Aside from the activities, my children described their time as miserable and wished to return home by the second or third day.

I cannot stress enough how disappointed I am with the level of care provided during this trip. This experience has left me questioning the competence and commitment of PGL.

Overall, this trip was a significant letdown and not worth the cost. I would not recommend this experience to...