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Trinity Head of Access Hannah Rolley gestures during a visit with school students.

Outreach Visits

With Schools

  1. Outreach
  2. Our Outreach Programmes
  3. School Visits

School Visits

to Trinity College

On Tuesdays during the Oxford terms in 2026-27, we run enrichment visit days for primary and secondary state school groups from our three linked regions of Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes and the North East of England to come and experience university life and Trinity College. 

We welcome requests from teachers and individual students for a visit of any year group at any time of year though generally, we prioritise visits from state schools for Years 11 and 12 in Autumn Term, Years 10 and 12 in Spring Term and Years 9 and below in Summer Term. 

While we appreciate that it may be difficult for schools from our linked region in the North East of England or individual students to travel down to take part in our enrichment visits, we would absolutely welcome you if you are able to organise such a trip. Please get in touch if this interests you; we will try to accommodate your school group/ you in college overnight free of charge if we have availability.

Here is the latest booking request form that has all the latest visit dates from November 2026 to February 2027.

To keep up to date with all our opportunities for schools and when our visit day bookings are open, please ask to join our mail list. 

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A group of primary school students walk in a line across Durham Quad on a visit to Trinity College.
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Example School Visit Day

at Trinity College

Visit days for state schools are designed to give your students a taste of undergraduate life at the University of Oxford and the College and can be adapted for all year groups. There is no charge for these days.

Here is a sample timetable of the day:

10:15 Welcome by Access Office
10:30 General Higher Education / University of Oxford admissions Talk
11:30 Meet current undergraduate students for a Q&A
11:45 Lunch with undergraduate students
12:30 College tour
13:00 'Thinking and Learning at University' Oxplore Workshop or
           Taught session at a museum or at the Bodleian Library
14:00 End of the day

The Access team are very happy to adapt and or extend college visit days to meet the needs of any particular group of pupils and students, so please get in touch to discuss in more detail. If distance or other significant barriers prevent bringing groups of pupils to the College, please email us to discuss what support we may be able to offer overcome these.
To book a visit day and look at all dates available between November 2026 and February 2027, please complete this booking request form.

Outbound Visits

North East and Oxfordshire/Milton Keynes Schools

We work with both pupils and teachers in state schools in the Northeast as well as in Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes throughout the year and can offer a variety of free programmes tailored to particular year groups or interests. 

  • Schools in the North East of England If you would like to arrange for a visit to your school (either in-person or remotely) from Richard Petty (Senior Access Officer)
  • Schools in Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes If you would like to request a visit from our Access Officer for your students in school, please email access.officer@trinity.ox.ac.uk

Please note we are currently pausing our visits to schools in Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes whilst we recruit a new Access Officer (outbound visits).

Contact Richard directly about North-East Visits
Contact Innocent if you have any specific requests about Oxfordshire/Milton Key…
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Talks for Students

taking place in school

We offer a wide variety of outreach talks for teachers and students in state schools and colleges in both our link areas - see full list of talk options below. These sessions generall one-hour long,  are quite flexible and can be adjusted depending on the needs of your students.

Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes Schools

To book a talk from the Access Officer in your school please contact the access.officer@trinity.ox.ac.uk

Please note we are currently pausing our visits to schools in Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes whilst we recruit a new Access Officer (outbound visits).

North East Schools

We also work very closely with our partners in the Oxford for North East Consortium – Christ Church, Lincoln, and St Anne’s Colleges – with joint delivery across the wider North East region, and collaboration on projects in parts of the region. Our partners at St Anne’s College have a particular focus on the six local authorities in the north of the region – Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland – and can be contacted at outreach@st-annes.ox.ac.uk or richard.petty@trinity.ox.ac.uk

What is University?

Supporting primary state school aged pupils to understand what university education is, why and how they might get there.

Suitable for all pupils.

Exploring University

The purpose, myth-busting the cost and what it might be like to study there.  

Suitable for all pupils.

Exploring University

The purpose, myth-busting the cost and a brief introduction to the University of Oxford. 

Suitable for all pupils.

An Introduction to Oxford

The people, the courses & the super curriculum.

Suitable for all pupils and those beginning to show potential to apply to a top university. 

Exploring A Level Options

University Courses and the Russell Group.

Suitable for all pupils

Oxford & the Application Process

Suitable for those expressing an interest and/or having potential to apply to Oxford and/or Cambridge. 

Personal Statement Workshop

Suitable for all pupils and/or those applying to Oxford and/or Cambridge.

Interviews and Admissions Test Guidance Workshop

Suitable for those who have submitted an application to Oxbridge. (Offered online in November for applicants)

These sessions are inspired by Oxford’s online outreach platform, Oxplore, and aim to develop the kinds of skills associated with academic and other future success. These skills include critical thinking & analysis, explaining & reasoning, active listening & reflection, persuading, arguing and concluding. Further development of these skills can advantage all pupils in their future, whatever direction this may take.  

Suitable for all pupils.

Alongside our year-long Online Teacher Support Programme, we can provide one-off sessions for teachers in state schools at any time of the year. In these sessions, we aim to provide up to date information and guidance relating to the Oxford application process and the purpose of each stage, for example the admissions tests and interviews. We offer guidance to teachers and other professionals about how they can best support their pupils in all higher education applications, as well as those who may have the potential to apply to Oxford.

We particularly welcome invitations from schools and teachers who have little experience of the University of Oxford or low pupil progression to the Russell Group or higher education in general. These sessions can be planned around the demands of the school day and as such could take place after the teaching day, during staff meetings or on training days. They can be held in-person or remotely.

Here’s an example of what a teacher session might include:

  • The Oxford application process.
  • The UCAS teacher reference – the essentials.
  • How to offer students guidance and feedback on the personal statement.
  • Relevant super-curricular activity, the EPQ & work experience.
  • The admissions tests and interview.
  • General Q&A for all teachers

Please email Hannah Rolley Head of Access to arrange one of these sessions hannah.rolley@trinity.ox.ac.uk

 

Further

Resources

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Students from North-East England visiting Trinity College as part of the Oxford North East Residential

North East Events

We run a range of stand-alone events throughout the year for students in the North East, both as a college and in partnership with others; read more about them here.
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A group of school students stand at the Broad Street Gate inside Trinity College.

Events for Oxfordshire & Milton Keynes

We run a number of stand alone events throughout the year that Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes state school students can get involved in.
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Online and Virtual Outreach

Our outreach team run a wide variety of online engagement activities for teachers, prospective applicants and parents/carers.