SEND programme
Tailored sessions for students with special education needs and disabilities (SEND)
Primary and Secondary schools
School visits 2024-25
The National Gallery's new Centre for Creative Learning will be opening early in 2025. It will give us larger and more dynamic spaces for making and talking about art, celebrating children and young people’s creativity and encouraging imagination. The centre will have additional facilities and we are currently working with teachers and students to ensure that the space is more accessible and inclusive.
We will be unable to host onsite school visits in the autumn and early part of the spring terms but will continue to run online sessions. We are happy to adapt these sessions for learners with additional needs. We are also able to offer a number of outreach visits to schools.
If you would like to discuss a visit and our SEND provision for 2024-25, please contact schoolbookings@nationalgallery.org.uk.
Explore it!
For students with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) and severe learning difficulties (SLD) and their staff
These sessions are multi-sensory, incorporating drama and custom-designed resources and props to enhance the students’ experience.
Following a visit to your school from one of our Gallery Educators, we will provide a tailor-made Gallery session to match your students’ needs.
During their visit to the National Gallery, students will explore a single painting through their senses, and investigate how it was made in a practical workshop.
Disabled parking is available for your visit.
Capacity: 12 max
Schedule: Times and schedule to be agreed prior to visit.
Dates:
Returning autumn 2024
Sense it!
For students with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and their staff
Experience the sounds and spaces, smells, colours and light at the National Gallery. During your visit, take time to explore a single painting through the senses, and investigate how it was made in a practical workshop.
Following a visit to your school from one of our Gallery Educators, we will provide a tailor-made Gallery session to match your students’ needs.
You will have exclusive use of the Pigott Education Centre and suitably equipped private spaces (including disabled parking).
Capacity: 9 max
Schedule: Times and schedule to be agreed prior to visit.
Dates:
Returning autumn 2024
