Home education groups at Royal Museums Greenwich

Sessions at the National Maritime Museum, the Queen’s House, Cutty Sark and Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre

Home education groups are welcome to book any facilitated learning session for schools. Onsite sessions are charged at the same rates as those advertised for schools, with a maximum number of 30 learners (excluding accompanying adults and siblings) per session. The minimum group size is 15 people.

Facilitated sessions are pitched at the level of the majority of learners in the group.

Due to the capacity of certain galleries and facilitation spaces, the maximum group size is 36 for National Maritime Museum sessions and 40 for Queen's House sessions (this is inclusive of learners, siblings, adults and carers). In the circumstance of a full cohort, learners, required supervising adults and any adults providing 1:1 support should be prioritised over additional parents.

Please ensure there are enough adults to cover our supervision ratios (adults acting in a 1:1 capacity are not counted as adults fulfilling the supervising ratio).

The general supervision ratios are listed below, but due to the eclectic nature of some Home education groups, the discretion of the Bookings and Learning teams will be used.

Self-guided visits to the Cutty Sark are available to home education groups at the reduced rate of £90 for a group of up to 30 people (including all accompanying adults and siblings) or £45 for a group of up to 15 people (including all accompanying adults and siblings).

Browse the onsite session pages below and when you are ready to book please complete the Booking Enquiry Form.

Sessions at the Royal Observatory Greenwich

Home education groups can book into one of our Discovery Day sessions. On a Discovery Day you can choose from: a planetarium show with an Ask the Astronomer session, a planetarium show only, a visit to the historic north site and use of the lunchroom. You can also visit our mini exhibition gallery in the planetarium foyer. The theme of the images changes every so often to tie into a seasonal astronomy focus.

Facilitated sessions are pitched at the level of the majority of learners in the group.

Family groups: If you wish to visit as a family group, we also offer Planetarium-only visits to one of our Schools' Planetarium shows. These shows take place at 10:30, 11:30, 12:45 and 13:45 during term time. 

See below for visit pricing, the minimum amount of learners is 15. For self-guided visits to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, home education groups can receive the discounted schools rate of £1 per head.

Alternatively, home education groups can book an online Ask the Astronomer session which can be delivered through Zoom or Teams.

Information on the content and pricing can be found in our school guides.

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