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Study Tours - Visit and Share Learning

At Goldsmith Primary Academy, we hold Study Tours every half term to open our doors to colleagues, partners, and the wider educational community. These events celebrate our journey as an Apple Distinguished School and provide a platform to demonstrate how teaching, learning, and technology work in harmony to unlock every child’s potential.

Each Study Tour highlights the innovative practice happening across our classrooms — from the inspiring child-led exploration of our Curiosity Approach in EYFS, to the powerful use of 1:1 iPads that transform learning, accessibility, and creativity across the curriculum. Visitors see first-hand how our pupils engage deeply, think critically, and take ownership of their learning in an environment that fosters curiosity, collaboration, and confidence.

These events also embody our Windsor Academy Trust value of civic leadership, as we share our expertise to support other schools on their own digital and pedagogical journeys. Through collaboration and transparency, we continue to refine our practice, celebrate our successes, and ensure that Goldsmith Primary Academy remains a beacon of innovation, inclusion, and excellence in education.

 

If you are interested in joining us for one of our upcoming events, please register your interest below. Please be aware that spaces are limited and registration does not guarantee a space. We will confirm your attendance via calendar invite. 

If you are interested in learning more about our story, please take a look at some of our teachers in action or read the Jigsaw24 blog all about Goldsmith!

Goldsmith Primary Academy welcomes school leaders and practitioners to take part in our Study Tours, designed to share effective practice, support professional learning and contribute to system-wide improvement.

Our study tours provide visitors with the opportunity to see high-quality practice in action, engage in professional dialogue and reflect on approaches that strengthen teaching, learning and inclusion.

What all study tours include:

All Goldsmith study tours are built around the cornerstones of our practice. Every visit will include structured input and opportunities to observe:

  • Teaching and learning — including lesson design, engagement strategies and metacognitive approaches

  • Instructional coaching using STEPLAB — exploring how coaching is embedded to develop staff practice and sustain improvement

  • Digital technology — demonstrating how technology is used purposefully to enhance learning, accessibility and staff workload

All tours will also include a visit to Early Years provision, allowing delegates to see practice in context across the school.

In addition, visitors will see how our wider work around civic leadership, personal development and sustainability underpins school life. These elements form part of our culture and ethos, though they are not delivered as discrete training inputs during the tours.

Goldsmith Primary Academy Study Tours 2026–2027

At Goldsmith Primary Academy, we believe in the power of collaboration, openness and system leadership. Our Study Tours provide an opportunity for school leaders, teachers and education professionals to experience our practice first-hand, engage in professional dialogue and take away ideas that can support improvement in their own settings.

Visitors will observe learning across the school, meet with leaders and staff, and explore the systems, culture and leadership that have underpinned Goldsmith's journey.

The Art of What's Possible

Our flagship Study Tour showcases Goldsmith Primary Academy as a whole. Delegates will explore the culture, systems and leadership that have enabled us to develop an ambitious, inclusive and high-performing school.

The tour includes opportunities to explore:

  • High-quality teaching and learning
  • Instructional coaching through STEPLAB
  • Digital technology
  • Curriculum design and implementation
  • Inclusion
  • Early Years
  • Leadership and governance
  • Personal development
  • The wider culture and ethos of the school

This tour is ideal for leaders who want to understand how these elements work together to create sustained school improvement and unlock both academic and personal potential.

Available dates

STEPLAB Hub Visits

Designed for schools developing their approach to Teaching, Learning and Coaching or simply relaunching and refining instructional coaching, this tour provides an in-depth exploration of how Goldsmith Primary Academy has embedded STEPLAB as the cornerstone of professional development.

Delegates will explore:

  • Our coaching philosophy
  • Coaching cycles and routines
  • Deliberate practice
  • Feedback and instructional coaching
  • Leadership of coaching
  • Measuring impact and sustaining improvement

Available dates

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