Home education days

Home Education Days

Our home education days are designed for children from 3 to 16 years old who are being home educated. With a different focus on each day, your ticket includes access to a range of educational activities led by our experience Conservation Education team, as well as full access to the Zoo for the day.

The next home education day will be in the Autumn Term 2025

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Additional general information

• ZSL Members, Patrons and Fellows are entitled to discounted child tickets. All members will need to show a valid membership card on the day to be allowed entrance to the Zoo. Anyone who does not hold a valid membership on the day of the event will be required to pay for a full priced admission ticket to be allowed entry to the Zoo.
• To ensure good supervision, one adult is admitted free with the first child ticket purchased to supervise up to five paying children (adult to child ratio 1:5). Any adults above this ratio are required to pay the additional adult price. Essential carers will be admitted free of charge, however the team may ask you to provide reasonable evidence such as PIP or DLA documents.
• The sessions are divided into age groups to give parents a guide to the level of language and detail we will be covering but if you feel a station in a different age bracket is more appropriate please book the one that would be more appropriate for your child. 
• Younger / older siblings are welcome to observe sessions that they are not booked in for and must have a ticket, but for the benefit of all participants we request that they do not disrupt the activities, or they may be asked to leave. 
• Parents must remain with their children at all times during sessions.  
• Booking is required for every home educators day you wish to attend and tickets must be shown to gain entry to the sessions. 
• Payment must be made at the time of booking.
• Full terms and conditions here. 
• ZSL reserves the right cancel sessions if fewer than 5 people are booked into a single session. ZSL will notify all participants with no less than 3 days’ notice. 

Do you wish to visit on a day other than one of our event days?

Members of the home educator community are also welcome to visit the zoo on other term time week days for the same price as our schools groups.  

Education visit prices 

To book your tickets please call our team on 0344 225 1826. They will be able to book you in and take payment over the phone for your tickets.  Education Terms and conditions apply for these tickets.