Take your students on an adventure when you visit the palace. Our free teacher guides are designed to help you plan and make the most of your visit. The guides provide all of the information needed to support students on a self-led school visit.
Remember to pick up your Student Trail Maps, included with the price of admission, from the Clore Learning Centre when you arrive on the day of your visit.
By following three different routes children can explore how food makes its way from the kitchen garden, through the kitchens and to the king’s plate!
Early Years Foundation Stage
Subject: Past and Present, Gross Motor Skills, Speaking
Topic: Tudors, Outdoors, Kitchens
Session Type: Self-led visit
Explore the key sights at the palace and to discover its secrets and stories.
Key stage 1
Subject: English, History, Geography
Topic: Tudors
Session Type: Self-led visit
The activity trail includes facts about Hampton Court Palace's history, as well as a variety of challenges to help children make the most of their visit.
Key stage 2
Subjects: English, History, Geography
Topic: Tudors
Session Type: Self-led visit
Was Henry VIII motivated primarily by the pursuit of pleasure or a thirst for power? Explore the palace independently analysing contemporary source material to form conclusions.
Key stage 3
Subject: History
Topic: Tudors
Session Type: Self-led visit
By following the multi-sensory trail clues, children will learn what it was like to be the Tudor king.
SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
Subject: History
Topic: Tudors
Session Type: Self-led visit
Students will use the activity trail to explore the key sights at the palace and to discover its secrets and stories. Available in English as a foreign language, French, and German.
EFL/ESOL
Subject: English, History
Topic: Tudors
Session Type: Route-based
Interactive and enquiry-based sessions are available for all key stages and SEND students.