Key Stage 4 education at Norwich Castle

View our current schools programme on the main learning at Norwich Castle page.

As an alternative to a museum visit, we're offering paid-for virtual programmes based on some of our most popular events.

For more information, enquiries and bookings email our Norwich Bookings Coordinator at norwichcastle.bookings@norfolk.gov.uk, or call 01603 493636.

Events

Visit us for immersive museum-based events in which you'll meet different characters and take part in a range of activities.

10am - 2pm and £5 per pupil (unless otherwise stated). Minimum fees apply. Due to the Castle Keep redevelopment project, we currently have a maximum of 60 students per day.

Please see the current schools programme for up-to-date information on individual events.

Medicine

Suitable for all exam boards except OCR B SHP.

Discover how medicine has changed from Medieval times to the present day by meeting costumed characters, handling objects, and analysing sources from Medieval, Renaissance, Industrial, and Modern periods.

• More information about Medicine

Resources

• KS4 History of Medicine - Virtual pharmacy trail (PDF) [255KB]
• Edexcel Medicine - The First World War British Sector handling and display objects (PDF) [159KB]
  • Handling objects (PDF) [1MB]
  • Mural of Western Front Casualties (PDF) [5MB]
  • No Man's Land, Walking Wounded and Regimental First Aid Post (PDF) [1MB]
  • Stretcher Cases (PDF) [103KB]
  • Advanced Dressing Station (PDF) [1MB]
  • Main Dressing Station (PDF) [1MB]
  • Casualty Clearing Station (PDF) [1MB]
  • General Hospital and Hospital Ships (PDF) [164KB]
• Letters from the British Sector of the Western Front (PDF) [212KB]
  • Cecil Upcher's Trench Sketches (PDF) [4MB]

Crime and Punishment

10am to 12 noon, £3.50 per pupil. Suitable for all GCSE exam boards.

Take a tour of the museum's Georgian former prison buildings and find out about punishment objects.

Please note: this is an adapted version of the event while the dungeons, Shirehall courtroom and prisoners' tunnel are closed to visitors.

• More information about Crime and Punishment 

Resources

• Medieval cell and graffiti (PDF) [231KB]
• Bible from 18th Century showing baptisms in the prison chapel (PDF) [76KB]
• Staff in uniform, 1876 (PDF) [435KB]
• Courtroom (PDF) [192KB]
• James Blomfield Rush's death head (PDF) [11MB]
• Grave markings (PDF) [482KB]

Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

Meet Saxon and Norman characters and compare and contrast their cultures. Re-enact the Battle of Hastings and the Saxon rebellions, and take a virtual tour of the Castle to discover why it was built, how it functioned and how important it was to the Normans. Also available for KS5.

Please note: During the Castle Keep redevelopment project, this event will still run but won't visit the Castle Keep or the Anglo-Saxon and Viking gallery. 

• More information about Anglo-Saxon and Norman England 

Historic Environment - suitable for OCR B (SHP)

Choose Norwich Castle as an historical site. Download the guidance below to see how all criteria points can be fulfilled, along with links to over 60 additional historical sources, to assist in studying the site. Please note: During the Castle Keep redevelopment project, the Keep tour will be replaced with a video tour of the Keep. 

• View the OCR B (SHP) Criteria page
• More information about Historic Environment

GCSE Art Study Support Materials

Packs designed to support progress through GCSE Art and Design coursework. Please note: During the Castle Keep redevelopment project, some artefacts mentioned in these materials may not be on public display.

• Natural Forms (PDF) [1MB]
• Personal Identity (PDF) [1MB]