The School Playground Company

Enhance outdoor learning with our selection of outdoor classrooms, offering shade, shelter, and extra learning space on your playground or school field. We provide custom-built timber outdoor shelters for primary schools, allowing students to enjoy outdoor education with fully tailored options for structure, size, design, and equipment.

Find the ideal outdoor classroom with our range of school gazebos and timber shelters. Our flexible solutions include 4m gazebos perfect for primary schools, as well as larger 6m gazebo classrooms designed to accommodate bigger groups.

Add something distinctive to your playground with fully customisable professional outdoor shelters and playground canopies. Our modular range is made to measure, built for durability, and designed to suit any space and budget, allowing you to create the perfect shelter step by step.

We offer a wide selection of standard-sized sail shades for school and nursery playgrounds. Made from premium marine-grade fabric and supported by either galvanised steel or laminated timber posts, our sail shades provide an effective and durable solution for creating shade and sun protection in outdoor play areas.

A new addition to our outdoor classroom range, our square school reading huts provide the perfect sheltered space for early years quiet activities. Ideal for small group learning and play, these wooden cabins feature built-in bench seating, a choice of panel designs, and a waterproof canopy roof to keep children safe and dry. Fully customisable, you can select the size, panelling, roof style, and flooring to create a reading hut tailored to your school’s needs.

Add a creative touch to your outdoor learning space with a Hobbit House or Shepherd Hut. These fully insulated outdoor rooms are designed for smaller groups, offering a comfortable and unique shelter option.

Engaging outdoor play spaces make it easy for every child in your school to achieve the recommended 60 minutes of daily activity. The School Playground Company offers a wide selection of climbing units, activity trails, and balancing equipment suitable for EYFS through to Key Stages 1 and 2.

At The School Playground Company, our most popular outdoor playground equipment range is the timber adventure trail, often referred to as a trim trail. For over 30 years, schools have chosen obstacle courses and trim trails to enhance their outdoor spaces. Designed with a continuous flow of engaging equipment, trim trails encourage children to stay active and enjoy physical play.

Turn your school playground into an energetic play area with a climbing tower from our innovative Agility Sticks range. Designed especially for primary school children, these sustainable timber structures encourage physical development while improving balance and coordination.

Our Forest Trail climbing units offer exciting active play opportunities by combining elements from our Trim Trails range into large, integrated climbing frames. Unlike traditional trim trails, which are typically laid out in a linear format, Forest Trail frames bring similar equipment together in a compact design, making them ideal for schools with limited space.

These trail frame climbing units encourage active learning and can be configured with both high- and low-level equipment to suit your specific needs. Designed to develop balance, coordination, confidence, and upper and lower body strength, they support children’s physical development in a fun and engaging way. Built from high-quality play-grade timber, powder-coated steel, and steel-reinforced ropes, our Forest Trail frames provide a durable, safe, and secure environment for children to challenge themselves and enjoy active play.

At The School Playground Company, we understand that children learn most effectively through hands-on experiences, which is why imaginative and creative play equipment is so important. It gives children the freedom to explore, learn independently or collaboratively, and take the lead in their own play.

The open-ended nature of messy play with water walls, mud kitchens, or sand pits is naturally engaging for children. Creating a safe, adaptable environment with inclusive equipment for various ages and abilities is essential, ensuring every child can enjoy and benefit from this type of play.

A natural play area gives children access to far more experiences than a standard playground. Our nature play range combines hands-on learning, outdoor education, gardening, and exploring hidden ecosystems, providing engaging activities for kids of all ages.

Outdoor play encourages children to connect with nature, enjoy fresh air, and discover new ways to learn and have fun. Enhance this experience even further with the right mix of structured play equipment.

Sensory and musical play can have a powerful impact on young, developing minds. When combined with the natural elements of outdoor spaces, music becomes even more enriching. Outdoor musical play equipment is both innovative and sensory-stimulating, making it an ideal addition to school playgrounds.

Our products are designed to encourage children to experiment and improvise, focusing on exploration of melodic and rhythmic sounds rather than perfection. Music allows children to express themselves freely, and like any skill, improvisation improves with practice.

A musical playground blends the benefits of instrument play with the outdoor environment, supporting both physical and emotional development. It encourages collaboration among peers while offering children a mental and creative boost that comes from engaging with music from a young age.

Our playground play panels for schools and nurseries are made from durable, long-lasting HDPE and can be easily mounted to walls, posts, or your own structures. They enhance playgrounds by adding fun, sensory stimulation, social interaction, and opportunities for imaginative and role play.

We offer a wide selection of standard panels for supply and installation, and we can also create custom designs to suit your space and budget. Outdoor play panels bring extra learning and entertainment to playgrounds, can be wall or post-mounted without requiring safety surfacing, and are ideal for fitting into tricky or awkward areas.

Unless specified otherwise, panels are available in sizes 595 x 800mm or 800 x 1200mm.

Encourage your students to stay active! The School Playground Company designs, supplies, and installs active areas with sports and fitness equipment for schools across the Midlands.

Creating a dedicated sports and fitness space in your playground promotes healthy activity while supporting the development of gross motor skills, which are vital for overall movement and coordination.

Our outdoor kids’ gym equipment is growing in popularity across many primary schools. With the need to encourage children to enjoy outdoor exercise, this equipment provides an excellent way to support physical development.

Designed with both fun and functionality in mind, our primary school fitness equipment promotes activity for KS1 and KS2 children, making it an ideal investment for your Sports Premium Funding.

Our Outdoor Gym Equipment Packages are carefully designed by our expert team to meet the specific needs and budget of your primary school.

With the importance of encouraging children to be active, outdoor fitness equipment is an ideal solution to provide primary school students with valuable opportunities for physical development.

Keep your students active! The School Playground Company designs, supplies, and installs Active Areas for schools across the Midlands, and also provides a comprehensive range of playground repair services.

Creating a dedicated sports and fitness area promotes healthy activity and supports the development of essential gross motor skills. Meanwhile, our repairs team helps schools maintain and improve playgrounds, ensuring safe, engaging spaces that children enjoy and benefit from in many ways.

Our support doesn’t stop at installation. With customised playground inspection and maintenance packages, we help keep your playground safe, functional, and welcoming for years. Designed for schools, multi-academy trusts, nurseries, and other educational settings, our services include detailed inspections, essential upkeep, and clear, actionable reports—giving you confidence and helping plan your playground budget effectively.

Adding the right new surface to your school playground can elevate your project. Our range of vibrant playground surfacing is not only visually striking but also enhances safety by absorbing impact.

Synthetic surfaces are perfect for solving muddy play areas, and all our options are tested to BS:EN1177 for safety. We can refresh your existing playground surface with bright colours and even incorporate your school logo into the design!

Wetpour playground surfacing is a top choice in our range of safety flooring. Commonly known as rubberised tarmac, it is mixed on site using EPDM granules and a high-strength binder. Once applied, the surface cures to create a durable, impact-absorbing play area.

Commonly known as Resin Bound Rubber Mulch Playground Surfacing—or under various trade names—this safety surface is popular in primary schools and academies. It’s an ideal choice if you want a natural appearance without the typical maintenance challenges.

Made from recycled car tyres shredded into bark-like pieces, the rubber mulch is then coated using a specialist colouring process. We suggest using our natural colour blends, as the coating may gradually wear over time depending on foot traffic.

High-quality artificial grass is rapidly gaining popularity as a playground surface for primary schools, academies, and nurseries. Our specially designed playground grass looks like real grass while providing all the advantages of a durable synthetic surface.

Our expert installers can fit the artificial grass in almost any shape, and we offer a variety of pile heights to suit different playground environments and needs.

We offer a full range of Thermoplastic Playground Markings to schools and nurseries across the Midlands, providing both educational and physical benefits.

From the initial consultation and survey, we create a customised playground plan with itemised pricing for your consideration. Our goal is to make designing your playground markings straightforward and transparent, with our expert team available to answer any questions.

All graphics are designed in-house, and our team brings your playground vision to life. As specialists in thermoplastic graphics, we ensure the designs fit both your space and your budget.