Outdoor classrooms
The best list of outdoor classrooms you'll find today
Outdoor classrooms can help create transformative learning environments for children and support government initiatives such as Learning Outside the Classroom, Curriculum for Excellence and Growing Schools. Outdoor classrooms come in a wide variety of designs that can be used for all kinds of teaching work. Many can also be used during breaks, creating spaces for children to rest and socialise in.
Outdoor classroom and school shelter
Branson Leisure manufactures and installs school shelters which are mainly used as outdoor classrooms, parent waiting areas and children's play areas: can be tailor-made to exact requirements; free-standing structures and under 2.8m tall, therefore no planning permission required; manufactured from a range of materials including hardwood, softwoodBranson Leisure- PRODUCT
Canopy shelters for outdoor classrooms
Zenith provides a range of practical, attractive canopies for outdoor classrooms which can be used all year round regardless of the weather. Canopy structures are a cost effective solution to provide outdoor covered space. Shelters for outdoor classroom applications include: airone Tipo 150; airone Max 175; airone Minimax 80 canopy shelterZenith Canopy Structures- PRODUCT
Outdoor classrooms, canopies, shelters and shade sails
Shelters can play an important role in any play space and can take the form of a built structure or can be as simple as a sail or piece of material tied to a tree. They can be used as outdoor classrooms, places to carry out events and activities during wet weather, or areas to get some shade from the sun during the summer. Shelters allow playTheories Landscapes- PRODUCT
Columbia Grange School outdoor classroom and pergola
The pergola and green-roofed cordwood classroom formed the centrepieces of a sensory garden that Handspring Design created for Columbia Grange School for children with special needs, inconjunction with the Landscape Architecture Team at Sunderland City Coucil. The project was very well received by the school and won the Best Landscape Design awardHandspring Design- PROJECT
Modular Learning Hub - weather resistant outdoor classroom
Modular Learning Hub is an outdoor classroom system designed for year-round use, suitable for learning, exercise and play. Made from galvanised mild steel and polycarbonate sheeting, it is customisable in size and finish: outdoor modular classroom system for flexible learning and activity spaces; clear, opal, or bronze 16mm multi-wallBroxap- PRODUCT
Darell Gazebo – large timber outdoor classroom
Large timber gazebo for use as a focal point in school playgrounds or outdoor areas. Standard size offers seating for around 30 children, making it ideal for use as an outdoor classroom, play area or shaded rest spot. Roof diameter: 6700mm. Height: 3800mm. Length: 6700mm. Width: 6700mm. Full timber structure in pressure-treated redwoodBroxap- PRODUCT
Outdoor classroom and memorial garden for school
Sovereign Play had previously installed a small bespoke canopy in a compact area at Ropley C of E Primary School 5-6 years previously. The school was so pleased with this that the office manager requested Sovereign's Area Sales Manager visit again in February 2023 with a two-stage project: to place a 24 x 4m pergola outside the main classroomsSovereign Play- PROJECT
Outdoor School Pods - timber outdoor classroom shelter for schools
Outdoor School Pods are timber shelters designed for outdoor learning, dining, or socialising. Made from timber, with a frame base for decking that can be stepped to suit sloped sites. Bays include timber benches and tables. Length can be customised in 1.8m increments: timber shelter with benches and tables for outdoor classrooms and socialisingBranson Leisure- PRODUCT
Play Planetarium - educational climbing frame - 49 users
Play Planetarium is a unique play and learning environment that can fit a whole school class at a time. The dome-shaped, multi-functional play equipment consists of eight sections with different climbing functions such as nets, ladders and climbing walls. Explore the night sky inside Play Planetarium, as the stellar patterns are repeatedRedlynch Leisure Installations- PRODUCT
Timber outdoor classroom / shelter - All Hallows School
Branson Leisure completed an outdoor classroom / shelter project for All Hallows School, Surrey. This versatile timber shelter is 14.4m-long and has 8 bays. It can be used for learning, outdoor eating or just for socialising. The construction included the frame base for the decking - which was stepped to accommodate an incline onBranson Leisure- PROJECT
Outdoor classrooms with seating and green roofs for school
Handspring Design created two 6 x 4m timber outdoor classrooms with sedum green roofs, seating and planters for the roof space and playground of a primary school in Wandsworth, London. The base frames of the Angled shelters are made from galvanised steel box section, with UK FSC Douglas fir timber for the rest of the structure. They have been designed toHandspring Design- PROJECT
Bespoke outdoor classroom with green roof for school
Handspring Design created a timber outdoor classroom with a green roof for a primary school in Whitley Bay. The frame was constructed in UK-grown Douglas Fir with six mortise and tenon jointed and pegged posts with braces onto a hexagonal ring beam. The roof is 12-sided around the perimeter and turns into a star when looking up, and featuresHandspring Design- PROJECT
Outdoor classroom with green roof - Dore Primary School
Handspring designed, manufactured and installed a 7x5m outdoor classroom for Dore Primary School in Sheffield. The main frame is made from freshly sawn UK FSC Douglas Fir using traditonal timber framing, with all joints draw dowelled with oak pegsHandspring Design- PROJECT
Classroom canopies with roller shutters transform EYFS provision
AMV Playgrounds designed and installed three separate bespoke classroom canopies with roller shutters, across two construction phases, to enhance the outdoor provision for the early years setting at Newton Bluecoat Primary School in Preston, LancashireAMV Playground Solutions- PROJECT
Canopy provides outdoor classroom and play space for school
Langley Design was tasked with ensuring the courtyard at Brookside Academy, a nursery and primary school in Somerset, could be used to its full potential as an outdoor classroom, as well as providing an area for children to unwind and play, even in unpredictable weather. The company was involved with the project from start to finish, initiallyLangley Design Street Furniture- PROJECT
Airone shelters cover school's outdoor seating and classroom area
Zenith Canopy Structures was contacted by The Ashcombe School in Dorking, a long-standing customer, with a requirement for shelters for a new outdoor covered seating area for students to use for eating, as a central meeting place, or as an outdoor classroom in the summer. Ian Manners of Zenith carried out a site survey and recommended two 7 x 7mZenith Canopy Structures- PROJECT
Timber Gazebo for Outdoor Shelter & Learning
Providing idyllic shade and shelter, a gazebo can create the perfect location for outdoor learning. Each outdoor classroom benefits from a felted roof and a choice of either a shiplap or balustrade panel surroundSovereign Play- PRODUCT
Stage and covered seating for primary school
The head teacher of Walkley School in Sheffield asked Handspring Design to design a stage and covered seating for her primary school. Drawing inspiration from the roof of the old Victorian school, and a slice of local Sheffield steel industrial heritage, Handspring came up with the stage and covered seating design, for which full planningHandspring Design- PROJECT
Willingdon gazebo
The Willingdon gazebo, a smaller version of the Caversham Gazebo, is ideal for smaller schools and nurseries, with the standard sizing offering seating for around 10-15 children. With its feather-edge roof it is an attractive structure that provides shelter and shade. A popular wooden shelter ideal for smaller groups, can be used as part of aBroxap- PRODUCT
Caversham gazebo
The Caversham Gazebo will offer a focal point for any outdoor area and is ideal for use as an outdoor classroom, play area or shaded rest spot. Caversham, a smaller version of the Darell gazebo, is ideal for schools and nurseries, with the standard sizing offering seating for around 20 children: age range: 2yrs+; minimum use zone: 28.9m2; bespokeBroxap- PRODUCT
Beaucroft Foundation School
Playground designs Beaucroft Foundation School in Wimborne, Dorset has recently enhanced its playground with a series of WoodBlocX raised planters and seats. Having been specified by Boon Brown’s Landscape Architecture team, we supplied eight different designs, including numerous bespoke structures ranging from large circular planters toWoodBlocX- PROJECT
Base camp - Madagascar Zone, Chester Zoo
Working in very close collaboration with BCA Landscape Architects from Liverpool, Handspring Design delivered two very involved projects at Chester Zoo for their new Madagascar themed play space. As well as physical play the design team has tried to develop more role playing and creative play into the scheme - resulting in the base camp buildingHandspring Design- PROJECT
Bespoke wooden raised planters for school's sensory garden
The inner courtyard garden at Winchelsea Primary School has been transformed into a sensory space for pupils with the centrepiece being a circular raised planter bordered by two curved planters to complement the range of interactive sensory features included within the overall design of the garden created by Senteq. Each planter, with a wideWoodBlocX- PROJECT
Addressing the Needs of a Growing School - All Saints
All Saints school in Leask has grown significantly over the last 20 years, with pupil numbers trebling. It was identified that the external environment needed to offer more opportunities and resources for outdoor learning, as well as a need for a free-flow play area for the Early Years pupilsSovereign Play- PROJECT