Jubilee Challenge

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Compass Learning Centre will be taking part in the Jubilee Challenge on Dartmoor each year over a weekend in May. In order to prepare for this, students and staff will be taking part in training walks around the local area to develop the skills needed to be able to take part in the challenge. The walks are used as training and assessment for the Jubilee Challenge walk and camp in Dartmoor, all walks are challenging in both distance and terrain to test the students ability and help them to improve over time. Walks will start from 8 miles in a day and increase to 13 over time.

 

The health benefits gained from completing these walks are fantastic. We will make use of the incredible Dorset countryside for the training walks including walking from Ringstead beach, The White Horse, Osmington Mills, Lulworth, Redcliff, Portland, Dorchester, Portasham and White Nothe. 

 

The Jubilee Challenge is set up to allow students with additional needs access similar opportunities to Ten Tors that may be unachievable for some. Please see further information on the link below.

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https://www.tentors.org.uk/

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It is an incredible weekend where the students work hard to work as a team to complete the challenge. Thankyou to all who contributed to our success. 

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                                                            Compass Jurassic Challenge May 2026 

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On the 7th & 8th May, students from Compass took part in the Compass Jurassic Challenge. This was instead of the Jubilee Challenge that students took part in on Dartmoor for the past few years.  

We wanted to have our own challenge that may appeal to more students, reducing the levels of anxiety with being so far away from home and family.  

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Day 1- 

We were dropped off in the school minibus at Durdle Door and walked back to Compass Learning Centre. 38, 000 steps and 18 miles later, we arrived back at school. This was an incredible walk with some of the best views of the Jurassic coast available. This was a tough walk but the students were incredible and supported each other through it. The evening was spent on Weymouth seafront where we had a ‘chippy tea’ and went to the legendary ‘bike night’ on the promenade. Then it was back to school for a little bit of downtime before camping out in tents.  

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Day 2- 

We were up nice and early at 0615, tents packed away, bacon sandwiches made (and eaten), before setting off on leg 2 of our challenge. Day 2 was a walk from Compass to Langton Herring via the Fleet and back to school for taxi time. 34,000 steps and 16 miles later, the challenge was complete. We were blessed with fantastic weather on both days. The last couple of miles were a real struggle as we tried to get back to school on time and the students showed incredible resilience to do so.  

The hope is that next year the numbers will increase and camping overnight could be an option for those that want to, rather than compulsory

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