Education Programme

Links to the National Curriculum

Bletchley Park’s heritage helps to inspire pupils to study various subjects within its motivational non-traditional learning environment. The Park was the hub of a vast worldwide communications network during WWII. As the site of the world’s first modern computer, Colossus, and where Enigma and other ciphers were cracked, together with its links with Alan Turing, father of the computer and founder of the field of artificial intelligence, Bletchley Park is a terrific destination for Mathematics, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Computer Science and Design & Technology students.

And of course Bletchley Park is the ideal place to come to learn about GCHQ's contribution to WWII and Bletchley's place in World History in general. Exhibits and collections are also available that cover aspects of life in general for people during the War.

Aims

	To ensure that the heroic work of the men and women who served at Bletchley Park during WWII is remembered, together with an understanding of what they achieved, how they did it, and why it was so important to the War effort.
	To encourage life-long appreciation and enthusiasm for the disciplines that underpinned the codebreakers’ work: Mathematics, Science & Technology.
	To inspire young people to choose career paths that enable them to use Maths, Science & Technology and to safeguard the UK’s leading roles in those fields.

Programme Elements

	Pre-booked Visits to the exhibits & collections, tailored for primary and secondary schoolchildren and adults (students in Further Education, teachers, lecturers etc.);
	Outreach including visits to schools local to Bletchley Park and talks to children and parents, adults at public venues;
	Events for schools, including lectures, careers days & competitive activities;
	Resources for use by school teachers to help them plan lessons