A head teacher has denied claims that school trips to a popular Welsh farmhouse will be cancelled.

Kings Langley School pupils have been bundling into mini buses and heading to the Brecon Forest Farmhouse to learn in the outdoors for 40 years.

A Facebook group was created in 2014 to stop the year 8 trip from being cancelled but now users are concerned that the farmhouse is to be no longer used by the school at all and the administrator of the group, Charlotte Berry, 24, felt that the school was not rooting for the farmhouse.

A teacher from the school originally came across the house in 1966. After agreements made by Hertfordshire County Council and the Forestry Commission, the school agreed to pay the running costs and then purchased the freehold. The school does not own the farmhouse.

The seventeenth century building is looked after by the Kings Langley School Outdoor Education Trust, which is run by volunteers. The school does not own the farmhouse and it is used by members of the public, as well as the students and teachers.

Elizabeth Mizon, was a student at Kings Langley School and spoke about her time there on Facebook. She said: I went with Kings Langley School in Year 7 and Year 9, both for a week. Not all learning comes from a classroom.

"I took some memorable skills and life experience from my time at the farmhouse. I feel sad for the current students missing out."

Gary Lewis, head teacher of Kings Langley School, said: “The year 8 trip to the school has not been running for three years now but youngsters still use the farmhouse, the trip is just laid out differently, rather than it being just for the year 8s.

“As a school we have several kitemarks, one for healthy eating, mental health and now for Learning Outside of the Classroom (LOTC). That requires that we do a variety of activities and use the house in many different ways."