He has been heavily involved in the School's fieldtrips to Flanders, Berlin and Krakow and has led trips to Berlin and Normandy. The trips to the D-Day landing sites resulted in the School developing close links with the 99th Newcastle-under-Lyme Branch of the NVA. He became an associate member of the Branch in 2001 and attended their visits to Normandy in 2002 and 2004. Students from the School have successfully entered the senior category of the SONT competition, held in conjunction with the Young Historian Network, on six occasions