The National Justice Museum’s outreach workshops, bring the law and justice system directly to schools across all Key Stages (KS1-KS3). These curriculum-linked, interactive pop-up court sessions use engaging formats like mock trials, where students take on roles such as judge, barrister, and jury. For younger students (KS1/KS2), topics might include the “Goldilocks” trial to teach consequences and the role of emergency services, while secondary students (KS3+) explore more serious contemporary and historical issues such as knife crime, cyberbullying, the Suffragettes, hate crimes and Human rights. The goal is to encourage active citizenship and provide a hands-on understanding of their rights and responsibilities.

MONTHS OPEN
Wednesday, Thursday,

DAYS OPEN
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

AGE GROUPs
5 to 7 years, 8 to 10 years, 11 to 13 years, 14 to 16 years, College, University
What we offer on a school outreach workshop experience?


Can’t come to us? We can come to you!
The National Justice Museum North offers educational outreach programmes from Key Stage 1 all the way through to Key Stage 3
Outreach Programmes:
KS1 & 2 Outreach – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
let our learning facilitator come to you with our Pop-Up Court which will transform your classroom into a courtroom. The two hour workshop introduces children to the law and the role of the courts in a fun and tactile session.
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/learning/outreach-story-goldilocks
KS2 Outreach – Victorian Crime & Punishment
Meet the Victorian prison warder who has travelled out of the Victorian prison to explain how crime was punished in Victorian times. As new recruits you will learn hands-on what it was like to be a Victorian prisoner, while you explore a cell and the items within it.
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/learning/outreach-story—victorian-crime-punishment
KS2 Outreach Courtroom Workshops
Let our expert facilitator come into your school and bring the law to life through engaging, hands-on activities, exploring a real-life court case about a Victorian child.
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/learning/ks2-outreach-courtroom-workshops
KS2 Outreach – Crime on the Home Front WW2
Meet our WW2 Police Officer who will be training you as a volunteer Special Constable, recruited to help deal with the wartime crime wave.
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/learning/outreach-story-crime-on-the-home-front-ww2
KS3+ Enrichment Day Courtroom Workshops
pop up court and bring the law to life through an engaging session exploring a real-life court case. This is perfect for whole year groups as part of an Enrichment activity. Contempary Topics covered include: Knife Crime, Cyber Harassment and County Lines.
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/learning/enrichment-day-courtroom-workshops
Group sizes


Max 35 students per session.
Outreach prices


Contact us for latest prices per class or year groups.
Days and times of workshop sessions


Day & time of sessions Wednesdays and Thursdays, morning or afternoon.
Regions covered


North West.
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