Schools booking request form

Banqueting house schools open day

Form guidelines

Complete this form to request a booking for a school visit to Banqueting House at the reduced education rate. Before filling in this form:

Please note that you will be booking for a self-led and includes admission to the Banqueting House. During your visit, students are welcome to engage with any activities or interpretation available as part of the Open Day experience.
Taught education sessions and lunch or cloakroom facilities are not available.

If you have questions and would like to enquire about a visit before submitting this request form, please contact the team at BanquetingHouseLearning@hrp.org.uk

Contact details

Name of school/agency

Group/school name Only applicable if booked via an agency

Provide Academy Trust name

Street name

Town/city

County

Country

Postcode Please enter your postcode in the following format KT8 9AU

Telephone

Visit organiser name Please provide title, forename, surname

Visit organiser email address

Finance contact name Please provide title, forename and surname (This must be a different contact from the main organiser).

Finance contact email address

Please provide your purchase order number if you have one

If you selected other, please specify

Group details

We have introduced a maximum group size of 150 students per visit, if you wish to bring more students, please split them across multiple dates. If this is not possible, please contact us to discuss further.

Number of pupils in group (Aged 15 and below)

Number of students in group (Aged 16+)

If a mixed group please state which year groups are included

How many, pupils/students require 1:1 SEND support?

Please outline details of SEND, access, or any other special requirements for your group e.g., wheelchair users, sensory impairment, pupils with ASD etc. This will help us to prepare accordingly and ensure we are able to provide you with the correct information

Total number of adults, including 1:1 support adults. You must have a minimum ratio of 1:4 for EYFS, 1:5 for KS1, 1:10 for KS2 - 4 and 1:15 for KS5 and above. SEND groups can determine their own ratios. Adults above the required ratios will be charged for. 1.1 support adults will be free of charge.

Request date of visit

After an extended closure for essential conservation work, we’re delighted to welcome back school groups.

School visits will be available on a limited number of Open Days that fall within UK term time. Outside of these dates, the Banqueting House is closed for school visits.

Estimated time of arrival We recommend allowing 45 minutes to 1 hour for your visit.

Additional comments

Please use this section to provide us with any further details about your group or booking request. For example, is your first choice date more important than your preferred session? are you bringing a large group and wish to request multiple sessions?

Provide any additional comments here

Terms and Conditions

Please ensure you have read our terms and conditions. For information on how we collect and manage your data see our customer promise and privacy policy.

I have read the terms and conditions and accept that the submission of this form constitutes a request for a booking to be made and that we will be liable for payment and that alterations/cancellations may incur fees.

I give permission to store and process my data.

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By submitting this booking form, you are making a request for a booking to be made for your group. The visit should only be considered confirmed when a booking confirmation email and invoice is sent to you. This can take up to 10 working days so please allow this time before contacting the team to check on progress. We work through requests in the date order they are received, and our response time will vary depending on how busy we are.

We may combine (non-personal) data about your school with information from the government's school census to understand more about the demographic profile of the schools visiting us. This helps us to develop our schools service to reach a wide range of schools.

Booking request form