What is RSPCA education?
Our education team creates engaging, science-based learning experiences designed to spark curiosity and critical thinking about the needs of animals. Through these resources, young people explore compassion, responsibility, and criticial thinking - recognising the deep connection between animals, people, and our environment.
Activities for ages 5-11
We’ve co-created these lessons and activities with teachers, parents, children and science teams. So our education content is a fun and valuable way for children to learn and it will have a real benefit to animals too.
Our approach to education
We take a broad approach to education that encourages and inspires children to make animals healthier and happier but also addresses vulnerable and at risk groups. Here’s a bit more about our approach.
Inspire and engage
We work with anyone who wants to learn about making animals healthier and happier.
Early help and support
We support and guide anyone with concerns around children's behaviour towards animals.
Intervene and resolve
We offer targeted intervention for people who have committed animal cruelty.
Increasing aNimal welfare education
National Engagement linked to National data
For our National Education Programmes, we now record postcodes within each county we are working in and match these up to RSPCA reporting data. This approach followed a successful project with our SG Education Hub, which in 2025 found 52% of sessions delivered in the first 6 months were located in the highest reporting areas for cruelty, neglect and abandonment (NCC data).
What does this mean?
By recording our activity data in this way, we are able to better report our potential impact, match up to RSPCA reporting records, and even focus on tailor-made activities where issues can be identified. It is another way we are able to channel our resources, respond to key issues, and record and map what we are doing and why.
