Go & See

Offering a range of opportunities for pupils and their teachers to experience theatre, film, visual arts, museums and heritage in London

Booking for the 2026/27 Primary Arts Go & See Winter season opens 8am on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

Go & See programme gives pupils and staff the opportunity to experience the arts within venues across London, through trips that include theatre, film, visual art, music, museums and heritage. Go & See aims to support pupils' personal enjoyment, wellbeing and enrichment through the arts. It also aims to support teachers to connect these experiences to classroom learning through light-touch CPD and resources.

Go & See has two seasons: Winter 2026 and Summer 2027.

Go & See (Winter) - What's on offer?

  • The Postal Museum: The Jolly Postman show day

    Bookings for Go & See summer season are now closed.

    The Jolly Postman show day is suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1 and SEND.

    About the show

    A jolly day of first class fun at The Postal Museum. Step inside a much-loved story in an interactive show to help The Jolly Postman deliver the post for fairy tale characters.

    Journey underground on the Mail Rail Ride, get dressed for the job and move the mail in Sorted! The Postal Play Space and explore The Jolly Postman – 40th anniversary exhibition.

    Dates:

    • Monday 29 June, 10:30am
    • Monday 29 June, 2pm
    • Monday 6 July, 10:30am
    • Monday 6 July, 2pm
    • Monday 13 July, 10:30am
    • Monday 13 July, 2pm

    The show includes a lunch break.

    Venue Information: The Postal Museum is located at 15-20 Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DA (map).

    Venue Access information:

    • Step free access: Yes
    • Hearing loop: No
    • Accessible toilets: Yes
    • Accessible parking: Yes
    • Minibus drop off point: Yes
    • Maximum no wheelchair: Flexible

    The Postal Museum

    The Postal Museum tells the story of postal communication and its impact on a global society. We deliver first class learning experiences that connect to our collections and ensure stories around communication are relevant, inspiring and inclusive.

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Access & Inclusion

An access budget is available to support participant engagement in Go & See. For example, we may be able to support with transport, additional staff or other costs. We will provide a Visual Story for each participating venue. Access information for venues is included in the offer descriptions.

Eligibility

Primary Arts is open to all state primary schools and some special schools in London. It is designed to include children in all primary year groups from Reception to Year 6 in mainstream and special schools, and most Go & See offers should also be suitable for older pupils in SEND settings if they are learning using primary curriculum content.

Your school must be in a London borough to be eligible for the programme.

If your school or a member of your staff is participating in another area of the Primary Arts programme, you can still make a booking request for this strand of the programme.

We will prioritise schools that have not taken part in Go & See. If you participated in Go & See between 2023 and 2026, you might not be allocated a place this year, but we warmly encourage you to still make a booking request.

How to Make a Booking Request

For the Winter season, schools can apply for tickets for a year group (or smaller group of pupils) to a choice of four different theatre productions, one museum, and a film screening. These events all take place during December 2026, booking opens Wednesday 9 September 2026.

For the Summer season, schools will be able to apply for tickets to theatre, visual art, music, film, museum and heritage opportunities. The Summer season will open for bookings in February 2027, with full details available in January 2027. Events will take place in June and July 2027.

  • How to make a Go & See Booking Request

    Please read the descriptions carefully on the pages that follow and consider your school's needs and areas of interest. For theatre productions, please identify your first and second choice of offer. You can apply for more than one artform (i.e. if you apply for theatre, you may also apply for film) if you wish.

    Please ensure the offer you are interested in is appropriate for the year group you would like to participate.

    Check your travel before you book: Please carefully consider the location of your chosen venue, the distance from your school and the feasibility of travelling to and from it. All offers will begin promptly at the given start time so your group must be able to arrive in good time.

    It is your school's responsibility to arrange transport – free travel on public transport for schools can be booked through the TfL School Party Travel Scheme and must be booked at least 14 days in advance.

    Go & See bookings that are cancelled due to travel plans are likely to incur a cancellation charge.

    Check your numbers before you book: booking more tickets than you need reduces ticket availability for other schools. If you make a significant reduction to your ticket allocation with late notice, you may be charged a cancellation fee. Make sure you include accompanying adults in your numbers.

    When you are ready, please log in to the Primary Arts booking platform, select Go & See, and complete the booking request form. The form asks for practical information and should take around 10 to 15 minutes to complete. If you would like support to complete the booking form, please email schools@anewdirection.org.uk and we will be happy to help.

    Booking requests for the Winter 2026 season should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 2 October 2026.

    You will be contacted by Wednesday 14 October 2026 to confirm whether we are able to offer you tickets. If offered tickets, you will then have one week to accept your allocation and complete our School Agreement for your booking to be confirmed.

    Please note that while Go & See is free of charge to schools, we may charge a fee of up to £300 per class for cancellations or significant reductions in ticket numbers with less than three weeks' notice (excluding school holidays). For more information about our cancellation policy, please see our cancellations page.

    If you have any questions about Go & See, please email schools@anewdirection.org.uk using 'Primary Arts Go & See' in the subject line.

Go & See - What's on offer?

The Postal Museum: The Jolly Postman show day

The Jolly Postman show day is suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEND