Shakespeare Week

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2

Region(s): All of UK

Shakespeare Week is a week-long celebration of Shakespeare’s life and work for primary schools. Shakespeare Week 2026 will run from 23rd-29th March.

The Shakespeare Week website provides access to a wide range of events, activities and cross-curricular resources to help teachers bring Shakespeare to life during Shakespeare Week, or at any time in the year. These include:

A programme of live online events all through Shakespeare week.
Shakespeare-themed resources covering all aspects of the primary curriculum.
Cross-curricular Book Club resources that link to a selection of children’s Shakespeare titles.
An interactive online exhibition exploring the ways that some of Shakespeare’s iconic female characters have been portrayed over the years.
An annual competition.
Short CPD videos for teachers.
A directory of partner organisations that offer in-school workshops and events.

Cost: Access to all the online resources is free with registration. Events and workshops with partner organisations may incur a fee.

About the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is an independent charity that looks after the five historic Shakespeare family homes and the world’s largest Shakespeare-related library and museum. The Shakespeare Trust also runs award-winning educational programmes, of which Shakespeare Week is one. Since its launch in 2014, over 9 million children have taken part in Shakespeare Week.

Further resources:

Celebrate Shakespeare Week with award-wining author Maz Evans as she talks about her latest book The Last Bard and introduces pupils to some of Shakespeare’s best-loved characters with her trademark humour and heart. This free online author event hosted by the National Literacy Trust is on 26th March and is suitable for pupils aged 7-11.
Explore the range of resources available to support teachers and pupils from the Royal Shakespeare Company, including recordings of previous Live Lessons.
Explore the collection of Shakespeare Week teaching resources available from BBC Teach.
The Primary Shakespeare Company offers free online, cross-curricular programmes of learning for six of Shakespeare’s plays – The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar and Hamlet (new for 2025).
Shakespeare’s Globe provides a host of resources to support the teaching of Shakespeare in secondary schools. Find videos and activities to introduce Shakespeare to primary-aged students in the Playground.