Political Education Services for Schools
Workshops
Our nine student workshops are all designed to engage, enthuse and educate students about politics, government and democracy with interactivity and enjoyment at their heart.
All workshops consist of role-playing simulations, in which students develop detailed subject knowledge about politics, political issues and political principles alongside the development of crucial academic and social skills.
All workshops are adaptable for individual school settings, including ages, abilities, cohort size, and prior politics-based knowledge. Workshops are available as a half-day (three hours) or full-day (five hours) sessions.
These workshops are perfect for enrichment opportunities, as well as bonding days, cross-curricular and drop-down days, or to develop and extend classroom provision.
Seminars
In order to support students and schools navigate current political issues, events, controversies and developments, our student seminars provide in-depth, impartial and detailed analysis, evaluation and perspectives on key questions and debates. They are updated regularly to reflect current politics.
Each seminar lasts up to three hours and provides students with the knowledge and skills to confidently and academically adress salient political questions in a safe space, supported with experienced and expert teaching.
We also offer our General Election case studies for students studying A Level Politics. These enable students to explore individual elections - UK and US - in detail, forging links to the rest of their specification and providing detailed support for their examinations.
All seminars involve an initial consultation to establish the needs of the cohort and ensure that the content and activites help schools to achieve their aims.
Conferences
Our conferences are a great opportunity for students to explore and engage in politics and political issues in an academic context. These are held throughout the year and around the United Kingdom.
Our conferences have a range of speakers and activities that are designed to deep-dive into a political theme, all whilst students get to meet fellow young people form other schools.
Conferences available for 2026 include our "Political Future" roadshow, "Beyond The Ballot: Ten Years of Brexit" and "Trump: Ten Years On".
Tickets can be purchased online, or schools can request an invoice to be sent to their Finance Office.
Bespoke conferences for individual events and settings can be created and organised upon request.
Oxbridge
Our Founder and Director, James, runs two Oxbridge workshops for current and future prospective Oxbridge candidates: "Oxbridge Aspirations?" and "Oxbridge Applications".
Based upon his nearly twenty years of supporting Oxbridge candidates in schools, these sessions are excellent opportunities for prospective candidates to find out more about Oxbrige and how the system of learning differs from other instuitutions; as well as for current applicats to optimise their personal statements, develop interview strategies and techniques, and master the subtle differences of application.
Both sessions are four hours long and are a mixture of detailed content and opportunities for student engagement and activities.
Please note that Oxbridge support is not just confined to Politics, but all subjects.
Due to the demand of these sessions and James' limited availability, it is worth booking these early if you are interested.
Teacher Training & CPD
We recognise that sustained, ongoing and meaningful political literacy takes place within schools when teachers are confident and able to engage with political debates, and understand democratic institutions. That is why we run several sessions for staff.
These are a great choice for INSET days and CPD sessions, as well as for when teachers and leaders need some extra support in navigating particular political issues in their school community.
As part of our CPD, we also provide consultancy services for school leaders who are looking to embed political literacy into their school curriculums and culture, or whom are crafting policies to nevigate the ever-changing political world around them.
In addition, we also work regularly with A Level Politics teachers to develop their own practice in delivering the specification to the highest standards. These termly sessions focus on teaching and learning, assessment and professional networking.
Resources
We have created, and regularly update, a range of resources to support political literacy in schools. Great for developing PSHE, Citizenship and Personal Development programmes, these schemes of work all include detailed lesson plans, PowerPoints and supporting learning materials.
Our A Level resources are also detailed content tools for AQA and Edexcel Politics which are updated annually to include the most recent examples from UK, US and Ideology politics.
Finally, every term-time Wednesday, we also send out a free resource to those on our distribution list. This is an information sheet on a current news story, enabling teachers, form tutors and students to crtitically engage with an aspect of politics on a weekly basis. These are great for tutor times, lessons, clubs and socieities, wall displays or just a general discussion. You can sign up for this here.