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Give your students unforgettable cultural learning experiences, deepen their understanding of the creative industries and support learning beyond the classroom. 

Exhibitions

Schools Screenings

Cinema

We organise free film screenings and events, exclusively for schools and home educators, across the year. These are programmed to link to topics, conversations and events relevant to children and young people, including International Women’s Day and Refugee Week, and are delivered in partnership with organisations including Into Film, BAFTA, and the Oska Bright Film Festival. 

Bring your learners to experience modern cinema, gain insight into the film industry and career pathways and enjoy a fun day out of the classroom. 

For details of our upcoming events, please visit: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/series/school-screenings 

Sign up to our schools newsletter for more details of future screenings as they are confirmed. 

What's On

Conservatory Visits

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Workshops and Self-led visits

Explore our living classroom! Book a free workshop (subject to availability), deliver your lesson content, or take a tour and respond to our creative prompts, when the Conservatory is open exclusively for school and college groups. 

Places are free but must be booked in advance. For the 24 /25 Academic Year, the visit dates are as below. Please sign up for our Newsletter to be notified when bookings open. 

Autumn term (bookings open 2nd September 2024) 

  • Monday 7th October 2024 
  • Monday 25th November 2024 
  • Monday 9th December 2024 

Spring term (bookings open 4th November 2024) 

  • Monday 13th January 2025 
  • Monday 3rd February 2025 
  • Monday 17th March 2025 

Summer term (bookings open 21st April 2025) 

  • Monday 2nd June 2025 
  • Monday 7th July 2025 

For more information about the workshops and to enquire about availability, please email [email protected]. 

Please note that we’re unable to provide bespoke Conservatory visits outside of these dates. 

‘It was great, [our students] loved it! They loved working in a space so different from the norm.‘
Teacher

Theatre Performances

Careers

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Barbican Backstage Experience

Barbican Backstage invites Key Stage 3+ students and their teachers behind the scenes to work practically with technical staff. These 2-hour visits give students an insight into the technical process of staging a performance, as well as the broad range of careers within the creative industries.

Please note that Barbican Backstage visits are only open to schools in Hackney, Islington, Camden and Tower Hamlets, with a Pupil Premium rate of 35% or higher.

Music
Find out what it takes to work behind the scenes in our Concert Hall. Join the waiting list for our popular free, practical, career-based visits for groups of up to 20 KS3+ students by emailing [email protected] 

‘[The team] were brilliant with our young people. Our students loved the hands-on practical tasks. The light show at the end was truly spectacular.‘
Teacher

School Visits Fund

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