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Access Fund Application Form

for 2026/27

Form guidelines

Complete this form to request a booking for a funded school visit to Hampton Court Palace, Tower of London or Kensington Palace as part of the access fund. Before filling in this form:  

  • Read the additional guidelines available below

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

Eligibility 

To be eligible for the access fund your school must be a state funded primary, secondary or special school or unit. Applications from schools who have both of the following characteristics will be prioritised:   

  • at least 30% of students eligible for Pupil Premium; *  
  • at least 15% of students with special educational needs*  

*Special schools do not need to adhere to this criteria  

If eligible, HRP can fund up to 105 spaces per school. To find out how much travel funding your school may be eligible for, please see our funding map.

Access Fund application guidelines

Contact Details


Is your school part of an Academy Trust?

School Details

Travel Subsidy


Please view map to see which travel band your school is eligible for. View Access Fund Regions Map

Has your school received funding via the Access Fund for Schools before?
If we cannot allocate your school any funding, would you still like us to process your booking?

Terms and Conditions

Please ensure you have read our Access Fund for Schools Terms and Conditions (Opens in new tab). Please also ensure you have read our School visit Terms and Conditions For information on how we collect and manage your data see our customer promise and privacy policy.

By submitting this application form, you are making a request for a funded visit via the Access Fund for Schools.

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.