Challenge

Downe Primary School is a community school in the London Borough of Bromley with 80 pupils aged 4-11 years.

Within the school grounds is a grassy area with play equipment that needed to be demarcated in order to distinguish it from the rest of the playground and allow different age groups to play simultaneously yet independently.

Fencing was needed to provide extra boundary demarcation in addition to the existing outer perimeter to keep the youngest children from wandering out of a safe enclosure toward the surrounding countryside and nearby road.

Solution

Jacksons supplied 19.1m of 1.2m-high Anti Trap Bow Top fencing, and a 1.2m-high x 1.5m-wide single-leaf gate, both finished with a blue RAL 5010 polyester powder coating to match school colours.

The school chose to install Anti Trap Bow Top fencing for the safety features incorporated into the design, such as hoops that are spaced at a wider distance to prevent children getting their arms, limbs or heads stuck, creating a fence that is highly suitable for parks and playgrounds.

Jacksons' Anti Trap Bow Top fencing is RoSPA-approved, conforming to play fence standards in BS EN 1176. The fence is formed of galvanised steel railing panels that can be stepped or raked upon manufacturing to accommodate sloping ground, with a welded tubular pale-through-rail construction and vandal-proof connectors.

Outcome

The 1.2m-high fencing allows teachers to keep a watchful eye over the children during break times, without the possibility of interfering or becoming a distraction, but equally with good visibility and easy access to the playground should any need arise.

The height of the fencing also stops children from climbing out, while preventing them from feeling trapped which, in quaint rural locations, also allows them to appreciate the environment; an important factor in a child’s development and awareness.