Due to the success of the single week courses, Brathay Trust launched an extended four-week course in 1950. In response to the increased demand for programmes, Scott decided to finance many additions to the Brathay estate, including a boathouse, a theatre and extra dormitories. Brathay sought to distinguish itself from the outdoor oriented charity Outward Bound, by focusing on a much broader range of activities. These courses were created after consultation with northern British industrial firms, who supported the courses as a way to bring out latent talent with the facilitation of well-rounded development for the youth of Postwar Britain. The four-week course became the basis for Brathay activities until 1975. Beginning in 1955, Brathay partnered with the Oxfordshire Education Authority to offer extended courses to schoolchildren from Oxfordshire, which blended history and geography lessons with outdoor education.
