Educational Visits

When planning school trips in Hampshire, add Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth to your list of places to visit.

The Spinnaker Tower not only offers a unique experience for your students, it also has a whole host of cross curricular links and is an exceptionally inspiring educational tool. 

So many different disciplines went into the creation of, and go into the day to day running of the Spinnaker Tower that there are numerous ways it can be used to exemplify learning – in specific areas such as design and technology and geography or more broadly to promote literacy.

Our learning resources include pre, during and post visit activities for Key Stages 1 to 3 in subjects such as Geography, English, Science, Food Technology and Art, and an Education Resource Pack for Key Stages 4/5.

Download our FREE Key Stage 1-3 learning resources and a summary of our Key Stage 4/5 resource here.  

Benefits for educational group bookings:

  • DISCOUNTED admission rates on pre-booked groups of 15 or more
  • FREE adult is admitted with every 10 children/students
  • ALL groups receive priority 'fast-track' entry
  • FREE downloadable educational resources
  • Key Stage 4/5 Education Resource Pack 
  • FREE familiarisation visit for education group visit organisers (Please note - this must be pre-booked, contact our Group Bookings Team.) 
  • Downloadable risk assessments
  • DISCOUNTED pre-bookable services 

Joint Spinnaker Tower and Action Stations Business Studies Workshops

The Spinnaker Tower and Action Stations (based in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard), two of the newest attractions in Portsmouth are now pleased to offer informative Business Studies Workshops. 

The workshops, aimed at Key Stage 4/5 students will focus on the challenges of customer service and operating a modern visitor attraction.  For dates, booking procedure and more information see our information sheet.