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Access means little if it reaches only the able-bodied, confident learner. A trust whose mission is to bring every young person into the museums has to mean every — including pupils with additional needs, disabilities, or anxieties that make an ordinary trip hard. This page sets out how we make visits and the student pass work for all learners, the accessibility of this website itself, and the honest limits where the buildings, rather than us, set the constraints. We would always rather adapt than exclude.
The place where teachers and families decide whether the trust is for them must itself be usable by everyone. The site is built to meet WCAG AA.
Text meets AA contrast, scales cleanly when you zoom, and the layout reflows to a single column on small screens and at large text sizes without losing anything.
Every link, button and form field is reachable by keyboard with a visible focus outline, and the navigation, forms and status messages carry the ARIA labelling a screen reader needs.
If your device asks for reduced motion the site honours it, there is no flashing content, and nothing moves without your action — a calmer page for anyone who needs one.
The single most useful thing we offer for inclusive learning is flexibility, and the willingness to plan around a group's specific needs rather than running one rigid format. Tell us, when you book, that a class includes pupils with particular needs — a wheelchair user, a child who finds crowds overwhelming, a group with hearing or visual impairments, learners who need a quieter, slower pace — and we plan the visit accordingly. That might mean a quieter time slot, a shorter or differently paced route, extra adult support, advance materials so a child knows exactly what to expect, or a guide who adjusts how they deliver. None of this costs extra; it is simply how an inclusive visit should work.
We are honest about one real limit: many of the partner museums are historic buildings, and their physical accessibility — step-free routes, lifts, accessible facilities — is the museum's own provision and varies considerably. We hold what we know about each museum's access and will tell you plainly before you book, so you can choose a museum that suits your group rather than discover a barrier on arrival. Where one museum cannot serve a particular need well, another often can, and we will steer you there. The partner list is on the partner museums page.
Yes, and we want them to. Tell us the needs when you book and we plan the visit around them — pace, timing, support, advance materials. Inclusion is part of the visit, not an add-on, and there is never any extra charge for adapting a visit to a learner's needs — that would be the opposite of what we stand for.
Ask us before you book. Many partner museums are historic buildings with varying access, and we hold what we know about each. We will tell you plainly which suits your group, so you never arrive to a barrier you could have planned around.
Of course. The student pass is open to every young learner, and we are glad to advise on which partner museums best suit a particular need so a pass-holder can make the most of it independently, including the quieter times and the more accessible buildings so an independent visit goes smoothly.
An inclusive visit starts with a conversation. Reach us before you book.
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