Wakefield Museums and Castles

School workshops enquiry form

Use this form to enquire about booking a workshop with us.

Please note that submitting this form does not automatically mean your workshop is booked. We will be in touch with you to arrange your booking. 

You can find lists of our available workshops for the 2025-26 academic year in our school programmes:

If you want to enquire about additional workshops, refresh this page once you have submitted your first form. You'll then be able to fill out another form. You can also get in touch with us at museumslearning@wakefield.gov.uk

This form is for enquiring about our school workshop programmes. Alternatively, you can request a self-led visit to one of our sites.

School workshops enquiry form

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We ask for this information so that we can contact you about your enquiry. All data is stored securely and we will not use it for any other purposes or share it with anybody else.
Your details
Your visit
Which key stage are you enquiring for? * Please submit one form per key stage. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us at museumslearning@wakefield.gov.uk
Choose your desired Early Years Foundation Stage workshop *
Choose your desired Key Stage 1 workshop(s) * You can select multiple workshops if applicable. Please note: 'Create a castle story', 'Time to prepare the castle' and 'Castles and Battles' are workshops designed for an on-site visit to Pontefract Castle.
Choose your desired Key Stage 2 workshop(s) * You can select multiple options. Please note: 'Ancient Greek pottery' is a workshop designed to be delivered in school only.
Choose your desired Key Stage 3 workshop(s) * You can select multiple options. Please note: 'Ask an expert' is designed as an in-school workshop. 'Pontefract Castle and the Pilgrimage of Grace', 'The English Civil Wars', 'Skeleton secrets', and 'Shakespeare's Richard II' are designed for an on-site workshop at Pontefract Castle.
Choose your desired Key Stage 4 workshop(s) * You can select multiple options. Please note: 'Shakespeare's Richard II: fact or fiction?' is designed for an on-site workshop at Pontefract Castle
Choose your desired SEND workshop(s) * You can select multiple options
Which fairytale would you like to choose for Dragon Tales? *
Which venue would you prefer for 'How did we live in the past?' * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Toys of the past'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Rhubarb in our region'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Magna Carta: our local links'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Sweet success'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Charles Waterton: the power of words'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Are you interested in the full-day Arts Award Discover in a Day option for 'Charles Waterton: The power of words'? *
Which venue would you prefer for 'Introducing Elizabeth Moxon'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Introducing Alice Gostick'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Introducing Nellie Spindler'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Ancient Egyptian artefacts'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Fascinating fossils'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Shakespeare and the Battle of Wakefield'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Stepping into the Stone Age'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'The Romans in Castleford'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Vikings'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Using objects to inspire: reports, poetry or short stories'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Voting for change: Pontefract's secret ballot'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'The Romans in Castleford'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Medieval medicine'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Shakespeare and the Battle of Wakefield'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for 'Wakefield: an evolving city'? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
Which venue would you prefer for your SEND workshop? * You can select multiple options if you have no preference.
You've selected Pontefract Castle as one of your venue preferences. Will you need access to our indoor learning space for self-led learning and / or lunch during your visit? *
You've selected Wakefield Museum as one of your venue preferences. Will you need access to our indoor learning space for self-led learning and / or lunch during your visit? * Please note there is an additional £10 cost for booking a lunch space at Wakefield Museum.
The maximum number of students that can be accommodated in a single workshop is 35. Please tell us the number of students in the class(es) you are enquiring for.

Please note: we can deliver a maximum of three outreach workshops in one day, and a maximum of two on-site workshops in one day. (Dungeon Tours can be added on to an on-site workshop at Pontefract Castle)

Please select the term you would like to enquire for * Terms are the 2025-26 academic year. If you are enquiring for beyond this academic year please select 'other'.
Do you have a specific date(s) in mind for the workshop(s)?
Please use this space to provide any further information you feel is relevant to your enquiry. If you have not selected date preferences above, please indicate your preferred times here. If you would like to submit another enquiry form after this one, please refresh the page once you have successfully submitted this one.

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