Terms and Conditions

Please note that your booking is not confirmed until payment is received. Once your booking is confirmed, you should receive an invoice from us with the details for payment. Please follow the instructions on your invoice carefully and contact us ASAP if you have any questions about it. Payment is usually due 28 days before your booking commencement date.

In the event that you need to cancel the booking, we reserve the right to charge cancellation fees as follows: Full fees will be refunded for cancellations made more than 28 days before your booking start date. In the event of a cancellation made less than 28 days before your booking start date, 50% of the fee will be non-refundable.

If your cancellation is made 14 days or less before your booking start date, 100% of the fee will be non-refundable.

You’re welcome to postpone your booking rather than cancel. However, please note that any postponement of a workshop made within 28 days’ of the booking start date will incur cancellation fees as above.

There may be circumstances in which we need to cancel the INSET day. In such circumstances, we will provide you with a full refund of the amount of the fee that you have paid to us and we will make every effort to provide you with such refund within 30 days of the date of cancellation.

To notify us of any change to your booking, including cancellation, please email: teachers.courses@rsc.org.uk and learning.boxoffice@rsc.org.uk

Professional Outcomes of an RSC INSET Day 

An INSET day with the RSC gives teachers impactful, creative, evidence-informed, career-long professional development. Teachers attending an INSET day led by experienced RSC practitioners will achieve professional outcomes in key areas of development and learning: developing deep knowledge as well as critical and pedagogical understanding.

Our INSET days support teachers to develop the knowledge, confidence and skills to achieve…

• Deep knowledge of:
  • at least one Shakespeare play.
  • strategies and approaches transferable to any complex text.
  • the most effective pedagogical approaches to teaching Shakespeare.
  • how and why children and young people develop and learn through using RSC pedagogy.
• Critical understanding of:
  • RSC rehearsal room approaches.
  • how to design, implement and evaluate a range of learning activities.
  • current research and evidence into RSC pedagogy, including our Time to Act project.
  • how to provide developmentally appropriate academic and pastoral support relating to learning about Shakespeare’s plays.
• Pedagogical understanding to:
  • plan and deliver highly effective lessons and lesson sequences on Shakespeare’s plays.
  • maintain a productive and creative learning environment through working as a company of theatre artists.
  • ensure that all children learn and make progress equitably.
  • critically evaluate and reflect on teaching practice.