Nine Days Queen

Would you like to meet Lady Jane Grey?

Students spend some time with Lady Jane Grey (played by a professional actor) as she talks about her experiences during her life growing up in the Tudor Court before the struggle for succession in the Mid-Tudor Crisis and her death in 1554. Students are invited to chat with Jane during the session. How did she come to be Queen for only nine days and what did she think about the fight for the throne? 

Dates: 30 June – 4 July 2025
Suitability: Key stages 3-5

This can be held as an assembly for multiple concurrent classes as long as students with preprepared questions are seated near a microphone.   

We are pleased to announce we will also hold two sessions for home school students on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon – these sessions can be booked by individual or multiple students sharing one screen, joining other homeschoolers to chat with our Queen.

Book a session for homeschool students

This session supports schools studying the Mid-Tudor Crisis at KS3 – KS5 specifically: 

• KS3 National Curriculum: the development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 (the English Reformation and Counter Reformation (Henry VIII to Mary I)) 
• KS5 A Level: 
  • OCR History A  
    • Period Study: England 1547 – 1603: the Later Tudors 
    • Thematic Study: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors 1485—1603 
  • AQA History 1C The Tudors: England, 1485 – 1603.  
    • Part two: England: turmoil and triumph, 1547 – 1603. Instability and consolidation: ‘the Mid-Tudor Crisis’, 1547 – 1563. 
  • Edexcel A Level History: 
    • Paper 1, Option 1B: England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion 
    • Paper 3, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603. Aspects in breadth: controlling a fractious nation – changes in Tudor government, 1485–1603 

Available as: Online Workshop.  Find out more about the types of session we offer.