Jack the Ripper School Tours

An experience your students will never forget

Our Jack the Ripper school tours are specifically designed to balance incredible story-telling and in-depth analysis, creating an educational experience that keeps students engaged and interested throughout. It will be a history school trip to London like no other – one where both the lessons and the experience will be unforgettable.

By tailoring our service to the modern curriculum, our school tours are perfect for A-Level or GCSE students, helping pupils learn about the Victorian era, 19th-Century police investigation techniques, and turn-of-the-century policing compared to modern-day operations. Discover more about our Jack the Ripper school tours below and explore how you and your students can benefit from our unique Jack the Ripper experience.

Why Our Jack the Ripper School Tour?

Tour Content

As one of the most respected Jack the Ripper guided tour providers in London, we continually strive to offer the best tours for schools in the city. The content of our Jack the Ripper guided tour is unique, using our exclusive Ripper-Vision hand-held projector system to showcase the original police sketches and photos from the era, all whilst exploring the actual locations where the incidents occurred.

Ripper-Vision has been regularly praised in feedback from previous students. They say it keeps them engaged and interested throughout the experience, yet it’s not all we have to offer. Using police reports, eyewitness testimonies and modern psychological profiling taken straight from the FBI criminal investigations, we can, at last, present the definitive story of the Autumn of Terror. This allows us to shed light on who the killer may have been and where he most likely lived, too.

By combining imagery from the period with captivating tour guides and real police reports, we have created an informative Jack the Ripper school tour that holds students’ attention, provoking thought and analysis. It really is one of the best school trips in London.

Professional Expert Tour Guides

Our team consists of real historians, authors and experts on Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders, most of whom were involved in organising the long-running series of annual Jack the Ripper conferences.

With some of the leading experts from across the globe, our Jack the Ripper school tours are guaranteed to deliver up-to-date, expert information, perfect for students studying the time period or the truth behind the legend.

In addition to our tour guides’ conference experience and expert status, our team have also given advice on many historical documentaries, books, TV shows and films, including the famous Ripper Street and London Calling. We have appeared on Sky News, CBS, The History Channel, Secrets of Scotland Yard, and much more. Who better to teach your students about the Victorian era and Jack the Ripper than the crime experts themselves?

Educational Value

From the time of the murders to the present day, the Jack the Ripper case has been plagued by sensationalism, misinformation, rumour and speculation. And even the official evidence can be, by modern expectations, shockingly bare. There are good reasons why it’s one of history’s most infamous unsolved criminal cases, after all!

But our Jack the Ripper tour for schools doesn’t deal in sensationalism or fiction – except as a lesson in critical thinking and how false information can become accepted as history! We aim to deliver the historical facts, without shying away from gruesome details, and lay out the evidence for and against theories as they come up.

This makes our Jack the Ripper school tour one of the most educational on offer throughout London, offering more than a history lesson or a dramatic thrill – an insight into the difference between truth and speculation.

The case of Jack the Ripper has clear value in teaching history and criminology. But it can be the framework to explore all sorts of other subjects. Matters of sociology, politics and human geography are critical to understanding the London of 1888, the response to the murders and why they went unsolved. It can be the starting point for a look at forensic science and other techniques. Comparing the East End of the 1880s to how it appears today is a stark lesson in urban planning and renewal in itself. The Ripper case was the first ‘media murder’, and the press coverage of the case played a huge part in its progression – an excellent case study for media students. And that’s just the start.

Jack the Ripper School Resources

With over 25 years of experience, state-of-the-art crime scene visual aids and connections throughout the ‘Ripperologist’ network, we consider ourselves experts on one of the most notorious British serial killers.

With this in mind, we have compiled a full Jack the Ripper casebook featuring a range of school resources and in-depth information on every aspect of the Jack the Ripper investigation, from the victims to the suspects themselves.

Jack the Ripper GCSE Resources

For GCSE students, we recommend utilising the casebook to learn about London in 1888. The Whitechapel Murders happened at the peak of the Victorian era, and London was experiencing rapid changes, the repercussions of which we are still feeling today.

Alternatively, if Jack the Ripper is being studied directly, then exploring the faces behind the police investigation is guaranteed to offer newfound knowledge on the subject without delving into the gruesome details. This information is perfect for supporting lessons, assisting in homework completion, as well as for revision, and we further explore the topic on our Jack the Ripper school tours.

Jack the Ripper A-Level Resources

Depending on the A-Level subjects being studied, our casebook has a range of different resources and vast amounts of information that will help.

For criminology or psychology students, our criminal profiling section reveals the science and strategies behind the multiple Jack the Ripper profiles constructed over the past 130 years. English students may prefer to look into the Jack the Ripper letters to investigate the Victorian language, whilst history students can use the extensive detail we go into regarding the Jack the Ripper suspects and victims.

Whatever the subject, if you are looking into Jack the Ripper and the Victorian era, our casebook has something to offer.

Jack the Ripper Coursework Ideas

Without being an expert on Jack the Ripper, it can be challenging for teachers and students to select a coursework question worth investigating. To help, we have put together a few options worth considering below:

Question: How did the police force fail during the Whitechapel Murders, and how did this affect the hysteria?

Resources: The Whitechapel Murders, The Police Investigation, and The Suspects.

Question: What traits of Victorian London made discovering Jack the Ripper’s true identity so challenging?

Resources: The Police Investigation, The Suspects, and London in 1888.

Question: Which Whitechapel murder victims were most likely to have been killed by Jack the Ripper and why?

Resources: The Police Investigation, and The Victims.

Question: Which letters are likely to have been written by Jack the Ripper himself if any?

Resource: The Letters.

Question: What common traits did all the Jack the Ripper victims share, and how did this help the police understand which victims were killed by the same individual?

Resources: The Police Investigation, and The Victims.

Question: What was it that brought the series of murders to an end?

Resources: How Did Jack the Ripper Die?

Of course, these questions are just the tip of the iceberg; be sure to explore the Casebook for yourself to inspire further ideas. Using this, paired with a Jack the Ripper guided tour, can significantly benefit all forms of coursework, simply because it offers students and teachers the opportunity to ask an expert in person whilst exploring the locations and settings first-hand.

Book a Jack the Ripper tour for schools today and develop your students’ knowledge of one of the most infamous serial killers in the UK.