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STEM Workshops in Stratford-upon-Avon
Hands-on STEM workshops delivered directly to your school. Postcode-based pricing · Relevant specialist equipment provided · UK-wide enquiries welcome.
STEM Workshops Across the Stratford-upon-Avon Travel Catchment
Hyett Education delivers hands-on STEM workshops to schools in Stratford-upon-Avon and across Warwickshire. Each selected workshop identifies product-specific curriculum links, and the specialist equipment specified for the quoted format is provided. The school provides the agreed space and retains its normal on-site duties.
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Published day rates for the Stratford-upon-Avon catchment run from £597 to £697 per day, excluding VAT. The figure that applies to your school depends on the workshop and on the geographic band selected from the school postcode.
The Stratford-upon-Avon catchment falls into a single geographic price band, and different workshops carry different day rates within it. Both ends of that range are published rates for a real workshop in a band this area covers, so it is a guide rather than a quote. Enter the school postcode for the day rate that applies to your school and the quoted format. Rates across the wider UK catalogue start from £597 per day excluding VAT, which is a floor rather than a quoted price.
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STEM Workshops Available Across the Stratford-upon-Avon Travel Catchment
Each workshop identifies relevant curriculum links, and the specialist equipment for the quoted format is provided. Every Hyett Education instructor holds an enhanced DBS certificate and is registered on the DBS Update Service. We can provide DBS certificate details to schools on request before a booking.
Early Engineers Express
A play-based EYFS and KS1 engineering workshop using LEGO Duplo trains. Children design, build, and test train tracks, bridges, and stations through hands-on construction challenges.
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Beginner STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding
Inclusive robotics and coding workshop for KS1 and KS2 using LEGO Spike Essentials and LEGO WeDo 2.0. Children code with icon blocks or word blocks, and no reading ability is required.
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Intermediate STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding
Intermediate robotics workshop for KS2 to KS3. Block-based programming with LEGO Spike Prime and EV3, advanced robot builds, sensors, and challenge mats.
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Advanced STEMbotics: Python Robotics
Advanced text-based Python robotics for KS3 to KS5 using LEGO Spike Prime. Real-world engineering applications with up to 30 students per session.
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Drone Coding Workshop
Code flight paths and explore aerospace engineering through hands-on drone programming. Up to 30 students per session, with safety eyewear provided for everyone.
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AI Workshop for Schools (KS2-KS4): Train Robots with Machine Learning
Hands-on AI and machine learning for pupils aged 8 to 16, with image-recognition models controlling LEGO robots.
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3D Design & CAD Printing Workshop
CAD design and 3D printing workshops combining digital creativity with physical manufacturing.
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Cybersecurity & Cryptography Workshop
Cryptography, codebreaking, and online safety through engaging, hands-on challenges.
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Electricity & Circuits Workshop
Hands-on experiments for Years 2 to 6. Simple series circuits support statutory Year 4 and Year 6 science; Year 2 conductivity is an enrichment application. The in-depth format includes eBook creation.
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Stop-Motion Animation Workshop for Schools
Create LEGO stop-motion animations using professional techniques. Perfect for KS1 and KS2 creative computing.
View WorkshopSTEM in Stratford-upon-Avon: Why It Matters for Your Students
What is Stratford-upon-Avon’s STEM heritage?
Stratford-upon-Avon's engineering history runs alongside its literary one. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, authorised in 1793 and begun under engineer Josiah Clowes, took 23 years to complete; it climbs through the Lapworth flight of eighteen locks and crosses the Edstone Aqueduct, a 146-metre cast-iron trough that is England's longest cast-iron aqueduct, before reaching Stratford in June 1816. A decade later, in 1826, the Stratford and Moreton Tramway opened: a horse-drawn wagonway, surveyed by William James and engineered by John Urpeth Rastrick, that carried Black Country coal south and limestone and farm produce north, before its northern section fell into disuse and was dismantled in 1918.
Which STEM role models are linked to Stratford-upon-Avon?
Three scientists and inventors were born in Stratford-upon-Avon across three centuries. Robert Salmon, born in the town in 1763, became resident architect and mechanic to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn and designed a string of farm machines, including a self-raking reaping machine in 1806 and the first patented haymaking machine in 1814. William Henry Flower, born there in 1831, studied medicine and surgery before becoming a leading authority on mammals; from 1884 he directed the British Museum's natural history departments in South Kensington, de-cluttering the galleries and giving each specimen an easy-to-read label. Colin Blakemore, born in 1944, became a neuroscientist, showed how the brain's visual regions adapt in a critical window after birth, and served as Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council from 2003 to 2007.
What STEM industries are in Stratford-upon-Avon?
Pashley Cycles, founded in 1926 and describing itself as the longest-established British bicycle manufacturer, hand-builds bicycles and tricycles at its Stratford-upon-Avon factory. In 2023 the machine-tool maker GROB moved its UK operation from Birmingham to a 14,000-square-foot unit on Timothy's Bridge Road, with a showroom for customers, after winning a 200 million euro contract with a major manufacturer, and planned up to 20 new jobs. Stratford-upon-Avon College runs engineering apprenticeships up to Level 4, covering CAD, automation and manufacturing engineering.
What STEM career opportunities are available for young people in Stratford-upon-Avon?
Stratford-upon-Avon College offers engineering apprenticeships up to the Level 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician standard, which combines day-release college study with an HNC in Engineering or Manufacturing Operations and covers CAD, automation and lean manufacturing. Employers reinforce those routes locally: Pashley Cycles' team of experienced craftsmen hand-builds its frames in Stratford, while GROB's Timothy's Bridge Road site, where the company moved from Birmingham in 2023, brings precision machine-tool engineering to the town. Degree routes continue at the University of Warwick and Coventry University.
Why is STEM education important in Stratford-upon-Avon?
Stratford-upon-Avon is known for its playwright, but the town has produced scientists and inventors since the 18th century, from Robert Salmon's farm machinery to Colin Blakemore's work on the brain. That heritage sits alongside an 1816 canal and aqueduct, a bicycle factory building frames by hand, and a machine-tool company that moved its UK base to the town. A hands-on workshop day, building robots, flying drones or training an AI model, links that heritage to pupils' own futures. For headteachers, it is a chance to show pupils that Stratford's next scientist could be in their classroom.
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