Poster Design Competition
Suitable for secondary schools. Supports the Art National Curriculum
Overview
Programme
Education phase
Categories of activity
Types of activity
Runtime
Flexible, for use by Art clubs or in form time, or as a KS3 8-week Art unit with full lesson plans provided
How it helps
- Helps students consider different ways to influence people’s travel behaviours
- Develop pupils’ communication, design thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
- Teaches students about transport history, visual communication, and poster design processes
- Offers insight into cultural and design careers through real-world examples
- Great project for a Travel for Life or art club, or form time
About the activity
London Transport Museum is launching an exciting new poster design competition, which give young people the chance to work on a real brief. This year the brief is from Transport for London and the winners work will be exhibited in a TfL station!
The Challenge:
Design a poster to be displayed on the transport network, that will catch people’s attention and inspire them to travel more sustainably and considerately.
Themes:
There are three themes to choose from:
• Choose active travel
• Travel to places of interest
• Be a considerate passenger
Supporting resources :
This is perfect for a an art club or form time project, or even a half term activity. Download the supporting pack here for details of how to enter
*There is also a set of resources available for KS3 educators who wish to extend this to a longer project at any time, visit Poster competition for schools | London Transport Museum
Dates:
Entries can be submitted from 30 September – 9am 17th November 2025
How to evidence your activity :
Upload an example of a poster created as part of the project
Activity steps
Step 1
Download the resources pack
Step 2
Decide who you will run the project with – an art club, form time, Years 7, 8 or 9, or your Travel for Life Ambassadors.
Step 3
Create the poster
Step 4
Enter the competition
Step 5
Display the posters around school and share with parents