Regular Help

Leeds: Formal Learning school visits - Gladiators

We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly volunteers to join our amazing Formal Learning team.

This role is focused on working with school groups and supporting our Formal Learning team. You will be welcoming and escorting school groups to our incredible new exhibition, Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum. This is the first time this exhibition has been shown in the UK and is an immersive experience, separating fact from fiction and illustrating the fascinating world of gladiators, heroes of the ancient arenas across the Roman world.

As a Volunteer you will be helping with queue busting and ticket checking, assisting with school activities and undertaking valuable feedback from teachers as they leave. You’ll help with the smooth running of school groups into and out of the exhibition, offer information about the site and exhibition, along with helping pupils get the most from their visit.

This is a brilliant opportunity for those who are interested in history, public speaking and museum learning. Experience of working with children would be beneficial but is not essential.

• Supporting the enthusiastic welcome for school groups which aims to get pupils excited and engaged with the museum’s collection.
• Being friendly and approachable; making school groups feel welcomed and valued in the museum.
• Liaising with teachers and the formal learning team to escort school groups to and from the exhibition at the correct times.
• Queue busting and ensuring school groups enter at their allotted time slots.
• Preparing and handing out learning resources to KS2 (ages 7-11) groups and assisting all other school groups.

DATES: Monday 30 June – 22 July and Monday 1 September – 31 October 2025 (school term time)  

TRAINING: Tuesday 17 June  1pm – 4pm  - this training session is the only one that we are running, so please only accept the challenge if you are able to attend this session.

SHIFT TIMES: ALL DAY (8.30am - 3pm) 

LOCATION: Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds 

Training is mandatory for all new volunteers and volunteers must be 18 or older.

What's involved?

Welcoming visitors and queue busting - Delivering an energetic and enthusiastic welcome to school groups, escorting them to the exhibition and managing entry times, checking tickets and offering general wayfinding. 

School Trail - Organising, replenishing and handing out the school’s trail on clipboards to KS2 groups; collecting and resetting activities between groups. Volunteers will be helping school pupils engage with the trail and activities.

Evaluation - Evaluating our exhibition and what we offer to schools is really important to us. You will help support the Formal Learning team by gathering feedback from teachers.

Sign Posting - Helping to signpost school groups to other parts of the museum such as the toilets, galleries, shop and other activities and workshops in accordance with their visit timetables.

Why get involved?

• Help to facilitate our new and exciting Gladiators exhibition, never before seen in the UK.
• Help us provide an engaging and meaningful experience for our school audiences.  
• Meet the teams, make new friends and get to experience our work from a unique perspective.
• Learn new skills and knowledge that could be applied to a future career.

How to get involved?

Step 1) Accept the challenge.

Step 2) Attend the advertised induction day, meet the team, ask any questions and have a tour around the site.

Step 3) Have a great time with us and enjoy your volunteering experience!!

Step 4) Upload your completed hours on to Volunteer Makers and complete your challenge

If you haven't volunteered on site with us before we will ask you to bring along some photo ID - such as a passport - and the contact details of one reference

Volunteers must be 18 or older for this challenge