Primary schools

Visiting the Abbey with your primary class is guaranteed to be a memorable experience as you explore the building to discover over a thousand years of faith and history. Offering both highlights tours or something more specific our guides will bring your learning to life.

Special events for primary

Remembrance Live

Remember Remembrance differently this year, live from Westminster Abbey. Join us online to explore how stories of conflict, memory and meaning are woven into this important site of national remembrance.

Date: Tuesday 10th November at 10:30am and 1:30pm
Links: Remembrance, RE, History
Suitable for: KS2 and lower KS3
Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
Cost: Free (booking required)

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Illustration of the backs of people looking at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, as part of Remembrance Live schools event

Photograph of primary school students sitting in the quire as part of a guided tour at Westminster Abbey

Guided tours

Photograph of primary school students on a self led visit of Westminster Abbey

Self-led visits

Virtual classrooms

Photograph of children wearing high vis jackets looking at the coronation regalia exhibition within Westminster Abbey

Schools Membership Scheme

Give your pupils the opportunity to explore over 1,000 years of history, architecture and national life right in the heart of Westminster with a year of learning and discovery.

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Schools newsletter

Get half-termly updates aimed at teachers for school visits, virtual sessions and teaching resources.

You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened.

Gerlinde - Visitor Experience Manager