The National Archives Education Service’s bursary scheme (North East) helps secondary school-aged students from across the North East of England to take part in exciting onsite archives workshops at a North East Museums venue.
Learners will have the opportunity to get ‘hands-on’ with history in a session at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, facilitated by the National Archives Education team.
By exploring historical documents from the National Archives and Tyne and Wear Archives, students can experience the excitement of seeing a real piece of history. With expert guidance from our history educators, they will use original documents to investigate the past, developing their skills in evidential understanding.
Support with travel/ teacher cover
Eligible UK schools who are successful in applying to our bursary scheme will be given, up to £500, to go towards the cost of the educational visit(s). This can include travel or other costs such as teacher cover. The workshops themselves are all free of charge.
Applications are open to state schools in the North East of England who meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Schools with a higher-than-average percentage of students eligible for free school meals*.
- Schools that have not previously taken part in an on-site education session delivered by the National Archives.
*This is based on being above the national average as shared by the UK government.
Applications for the bursary scheme (North East) for our summer term 2026 workshops open at 9.00 am on Monday 26th January 2026. They will be offered on a first-come-first served basis and will remain open until funding runs out. You can apply by completing this form.
We advise that you have an idea of which workshop/s you’d like to book beforehand. You can browse our onsite workshops here: The National Archives and North East Museums Partnership – The National Archives
You can apply for up to £500 per academic year to support the cost of one or more visits to workshops at the Discovery Museum.
If you have any questions regarding the bursary, please email: educationbookingsne@nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives and North East Museums Partnership is supported by The National Archives Trust and is made possible through the generosity of Joanna & Graham Barker, the Barbour Foundation, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, the Bisset Trust, the Schroder Charity Trust and the Hadrian Trust.