Manchester City Stadium Educational Tours

‘The educational experiences allow students of all levels to gain a fascinating insight into the high-performing world of Manchester City, linking key aspects of life at the Etihad Stadium to the National Curriculum and Exam Boards.

Led by teachers and trained guides, students explore the stadium and pay special attention to features relating to their chosen workshop.

As well as the regular stadium tour, an educational experience includes one of the following workshops:

• Day in the Life of a Footballer (PE/Sports Science)
• Urban Regeneration (Geography)
• Stadium as a Business (Business Studies)
• Modern Foreign Languages in Football (MFL)
• Match Report (English)
• Careers in Football (Careers)

Day in the Life of a Footballer

(designed for GCSE PE Pearson EdExcel, OCR Level 1/2 Sports Science & AQA A-Level PE – a differentiated version is available for primary schools)

Ever wondered how footballers prepare for the big game, and how they recover afterwards? Using information from our 1st team coaches and nutritionists, this workshops studies how elite athletes achieve peak performance and minimise the chance of injury.

Urban Regeneration

(designed for GCSE Geography – a differentiated version is available for primary schools studying local history)

Focusing on the principles of regeneration and using the Etihad Campus as a case study, this workshop investigates the story of East Manchester throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, highlighting the different phases of regeneration up to the current development of the new North Stand and the Entertainment District.

Stadium as a Business

(designed for GCSE Business EdExcel/OCR/AQA, Pearson BTEC Business Level 3 & AQA A-Level Business – a differentiated version is available for primary schools)

The business side of football has changed a great deal since Manchester City were formed in 1894! This workshop explores some of the commercial aspects of a modern football club such as matchday revenue streams, marketing, technology and sustainability.

Modern Foreign Languages in Football

(designed for high schools but a differentiated version is available for primary schools)

Immerse your students in MFL as we reveal to the students the myriad of benefits that being multilingual brings. After discussing the different languages spoken at Manchester City and the job opportunities that are available to bilingual people, we then broaden your students’ knowledge with an activity which teaches them football-related phrases in a foreign language. These phrases are then incorporated into our role-play activity, where students use our resources to perform their own foreign-language interviews in the very place where the footballers do it on matchday – make sure that you get these on film!

Match Report

(designed for primary school English but a differentiated version is available for high schools)

What is it like to be a sports journalist interviewing players after a game? This is what your students will explore as they learn about the different types of questions and effective interview techniques. After watching the highlights of a football match, the students will then visit the media area and use their new skills in the context of a post-match interview, taking turns to be the players and the journalists in front of the advertising boards!

Careers in Football

(designed for the Gatsby Benchmarks in schools and colleges)

What kind of jobs are available at a football club? This experience broadens students’ horizons by introducing them to a wide variety of roles at the club – some that they may have been aware of, and others that they might not otherwise had considered! By challenging stereotypes and raising aspirations, this encounter with a premier league employer helps to link curriculum learning to careers and provides advice on how to check for job opportunities at the club.

The Manchester City Educational Tours won the School Travel Awards ‘Best Sporting Venue’ in 2023 and the Stadium Tour won the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards ‘Best of the Best’ in 2024.

Our Education Team consists of two qualified teachers with over 40 years of classroom experience between us. Having been subject leaders ourselves and led many school trips of our own in the past, we fully understand how important it is to have a well-organised visit which meets objectives from the National Curriculum whilst raising aspirations. We continue to update and expand our workshop offering to ensure that your visit will be one that your students never forget!

Our immersive tour provides the students with an insight to what the players and VIPs experience on a matchday, with the latest technology bringing the areas to life in some unexpected ways!

• Timed schedule of visit
• Entry to the stadium
• Souvenir lanyard
• 45-minute Educational Workshop of your choice
• 75-minute Stadium Tour led by experienced guides
• Free coach parking (subject to availability)
• Area to eat lunch
• Risk Assessment and Public Liability Certificate

Our normal group size is approximately 20-30 students, yet we have no maximum or minimum numbers. We have experience of welcoming full year groups; if visiting parties contain more than 40 students, we will split them into smaller subgroups and carousel the visit activities.

Please be aware that we do have a minimum charge for our educational workshops which equates to the price of entry for 23 pupils. You are very welcome to visit with fewer students but the £300 minimum charge will apply.

Photography is welcomed and encouraged on our educational tours. Filming and/or broadcasting of staff delivering the workshop or tour is not permitted but you can take short videos of yourselves whilst performing activities during the workshop or whilst on the tour. We request that your filming does not include members of our staff unless permission has been given before you make the recording.

Risk Assessments & Public Liability Certificates are provided ahead of visits.

Karen Morris

Email: karen.morris@mancity.com

Education Groups (per student)

• Primary schools, Secondary schools, Colleges: £13
• University Students: £14.50 (for groups of 100+) £16 (for groups of 25-99) £18 (for groups 5-24)
• Ratios: for every five primary students, one adult comes free. For older groups, one free adult for every ten students.
• Extra adults: £17
• Other rates are available upon request for non-educational groups.

Our tours typically begin at 10:00am through to 16:00.

However, special arrangements can be made to start tours earlier from 09:30 to meet the needs of a group.

Educational Tours are only available during UK school term times.

Tours run daily from 10:00-16:00, and our bookings team are available Monday-Friday from 09:00-17:00

On-site facilities include:

• Baby changing
• Toilets
• Manchester City Club Store
• Lunch area
• Qualified first-aiders

Our educational workshop and stadium tours are accessible to wheelchair users. Please make our educational team aware of any wheelchair users in your group before your visit so that we can arrange a member of staff to assist with lift access between floors.

Our staff are experienced in supporting SEND students and staff on their visits to the stadium.

To discuss any special requirements, please contact our Education Officer Karen Morris at educationaltours@mancity.com.