School Educational Visits
The British Horseracing Education and Standards Trust (BHEST) is a registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee. BHEST manages racing's Education Programme, a scheme developed to open horse racing to a new, young audience through the use of exciting and informative educational activities based on National Curriculum.
Since its inception in 2000 racing's Education Programme has grown from strength to strength, enjoying rapid expansion, enthusiastic participation by schools and racing alike, with excellent feedback from teachers, pupils and others in the education sector.
National Curriculum areas covered by activities based on the racing industry include maths, science, literacy, history, art, geography, french, business studies, design and technology, hospitality and catering and sports tourism.
The programme has established an infrastructure enabling it to reach over 8,000 schoolchildren each year covering an age range between 4 and 18 years old. It allows young people to become more aware of the industry both as a spectator sport and a potential career path as well as creating meaningful, stimulating and innovative ways of providing learning opportunities.
