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Schools

Explore the Tower of London with our range of learning offers

What we offer

  • Subsidised entry for schools Monday - Friday during UK term time
  • Interactive sessions for all key stages and SEND 
  • Activity trails tailored by key stage and aligned to the National Curriculum

Plan and book a school visit

All the planning, practical and booking information you need for your school trip to the Tower of London.

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School students visiting the Tower of London for a school session.

School sessions and activity trails

Interactive and enquiry-based sessions are available for all key stages and SEND students.

Tailored activity trails are available for key stages 1 to 4 and international schools to structure and support an exploration of the Tower.

Students from William Edwards Primary School taking part in a learning session during a visit to Kensington Palace.

Learning resources

Browse a range of resources to support you and your students across the curriculum.

Teachers listen to a costumed historic interpreter as part of a site familiarisation during a continuing professional development day at the Tower of London.

CPD and Training

Build your knowledge, skills and confidence with our tailored professional development sessions for educators.

CPD session at the Tower of London.

Teacher network

We collaborate with teachers to design our schools programme. Sign up and take part in our many opportunities. 

An actress performs to a school audience during Fire! outreach performance show produced by Historic Royal Palaces.

Outreach performance

Allow us to step into your school and bring the life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh alive in our interactive show that supports the study of History, Drama and English. 

Preview image of timeline learning resource revolving around The Tower of London

Tower of London Learning Resources

Check out our new learning resources to support teaching for Key Stage 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Tower of London Timeline Prisoners Biographies and Key Facts Significant People Biographies and Key Facts
Coronation Benches at The Tower of London.

Tower of London Schools Coronation Competition

In January 2023, we invited schools across the UK to take part in an exciting competition to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.

Safety and Security

As with many public venues Historic Royal Palaces uses a range of security measures to help minimise the possibility of terrorist, or other criminal activity taking place, and these measures also include procedures to deal with incidents should they actually happen. 

Download our Security Statement
Children over looking the Tower wall.

Safeguarding

We want children, young people and vulnerable adults to have meaningful, enjoyable and safe experiences when they engage with our palaces and stories.

Photography and Filming

Historic Royal Palaces is a safeguarding aware organisation and takes its responsibility to protect children and vulnerable people seriously. We may sometimes ask therefore that visitors refrain from filming or photographing other visitors.

If you have any concerns about a member of the public taking photos of your school or education group, please speak to a member of staff.

Visitors are welcome to take photographs within most areas of the Tower. Photographic equipment such as tripods and selfie sticks should not be used inside the buildings. For security reasons, photography is not allowed in the following areas:

  • The Jewel House
Sandford Award Logo in white and blue

Winner - The Sandford Award for Heritage Education 2024

The Tower of London offers pupils and teachers the opportunity to stand where some of England’s best-known history happened. School sessions are designed to stir the emotions and delivery by skilled presenters will ensure that is the case. The administration behind a learning programme that welcomed 95,000 school pupils last year is exemplary, as is the commitment by the Schools and Communities team to ensure that The Tower of London is accessible to as many people as possible.

Sandford award assessor