Explore Shakespeare

For schools


Teachers: we offer a wide range of educational and engaging sessions for your pupils, from key stage 2 to A level. Find a course to suit you on our Beyond the classroom page. Alternatively, download our current leaflets from the links listed below:

/geisha/assets/files/2011 - 12 SHAKESPEARE TRUST - KEY STAGE 2-web.pdf

/geisha/assets/files/2011-12 SHAKESPEARE TRUST - KEY STAGE 3 4-Web.pdf

/geisha/assets/files/2011-12 SHAKESPEARE TRUST- A-LEVEL LEAFLET-web.pdf

Looking for ideas, or just want to share your thoughts and chat with others? Then have a look at our teachers forum. You can find some work by Shakespeare in Education students that you might like to try in your classroom, or you can leave comments if you have used similar ideas yourselves. 

Pupils: check out Showcase Shakespeare our schools forum for you to share your work, thoughts and questions. Do you have an opinion on William Shakespeare in schools, post it and see what others think. Have you done a brilliant Shakespeare project? Share it and show the world. Been in a play? Tell everyone about your role and how you prepared. Having trouble with your homework? See if someone can help you. 

Everyone: see our latest challenge in the Showcase Shakespeare forum and submit your response... fun with your friends or an interesting classroom project, it's all down to how you tackle it. 

Visit www.palgrave.com/schools for a wealth of resources for teachers and students across a range of subject areas  including the Shakespeare Handbook series.

Looking for a plot summary of one of Shakespeare's plays? Try Spark Notes they are very detailed.

From our collections


  • We are pleased to offer you a range of educational sessions from Tudor history to detailed explorations of Shakespeare's texts. From key stage 2 to A level all sessions are lively and engaging and targeted to current curricular developments. 

  • Sonnet workshop

    Sonnet workshop

    Learn more about the sonnets through exploration and experimentation

  • Spotlight on Shakespeare

    Spotlight on Shakespeare

    Discursive Learning - Deep Understanding

  • 'Is all our company met?' A day in the life of a rehearsal room

    'Is all our company met?' A day in the life of a rehearsal room

    In partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company workshops developing a deep understanding of the plays in performance.

  • All about Shakespeare

    All about Shakespeare

    Informative and fun introduction to Shakespeare's life and times

  • Life on a Tudor Farm

    Life on a Tudor Farm

    Experience first hand life on a Tudor Farm

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Do you think that Shakespeare's Kate and Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew are in love with each other or is their relationship something more sinister?  

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Curating digital stories from Shakespeare's work, life and times Finding Shakespeare is the blog belonging to the collections team. 

  • The Angus McBean Project

    This post was written by Andrew Thomas, who has been volunteering at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust since 2011, and is currently undertaking a very important project with the photographic collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) that is…

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Embracing Shakespearian conversation in a digital age, Blogging Shakespeare is the blog created, hosted and (often) written by the learning team.