Free Ticket Scheme
2,000 free tickets made possible by Wellington College Education.
About
We are thrilled to confirm that our Free Ticket Scheme for the Festival of Education, generously funded by Wellington College, will operate again for 2026. This initiative, which began in 2022, is designed to make the Festival accessible to educators from state-funded schools and FE colleges.
Applications for Round 1 of the 2026 scheme are open until the end of September.
Free Tickets
Limited Availability
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Wellington College, have funded the release of 2,000 free tickets
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Open to state schools & FE colleges (UK only) that can’t ordinarily afford tickets to the Festival
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Max two tickets per organisation
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Round 1 deadline - end 30 Sept
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Terms and Conditions
- The free ticket scheme is only available to state-funded schools and colleges in the United Kingdom.
- Application open on 7 July 2025.
- Applications close at the end of 30 September.
- A total of 2,000 free tickets will be available.
- Tickets are for attendance on a single day of the Festival.
- To ensure that as many schools and colleges as possible can benefit from the free ticket scheme, organisations will be limited to two free tickets.
- If multiple applications are received from an organisation, only the most recent submission will be entered into the lottery.
- To ensure that different types of organisations benefit from the free ticket scheme, the Festival of Education will implement a quota system to award free tickets via a lottery:
- Early-years, primary, secondary, alternative provision, special schools, sixth-from, FE Colleges.
- Tickets will be distributed as follows:
- Early-years – 2.5%
- Alternative provision – 5%
- Special schools – 5%
- Primary – 40%
- Secondary/Sixth-Forms – 32.5%
- FE Colleges – 15%
- All applicants will be informed whether they have been awarded free tickets no later than the two weeks after the application round closes.
- Successful applicants will be issued a code that will enable them to book their free tickets via a booking portal. Tickets must be booked/claimed within 10 working days of issue.
- Unclaimed tickets at this date will be cancelled and awarded to another applicant.
- Tickets are not transferable to other schools or colleges or to any future Festivals.
- Free tickets must not be re-sold to individuals, schools, colleges or organisations.
- At the time of claiming free tickets details must be provided of the attendees. These can be updated ahead of the Festival.
