Education

Read this case study and discover how Canopies UK’s Cantabria outdoor canopy solution helped generate more much-needed dining and study space at Winstanley College in Wigan.

Schools are increasingly becoming switched on to the benefits outdoor canopies can bring, not just to their students, but their staff too. So, why are outdoor canopies such a good investment for schools? We’ve listed the top five reasons right here!

At Canopies UK, we’ve been hard at work carrying out our latest installations at a wide range of education facilities across the UK. We’ve been helping primary schools, secondary schools and colleges to maximise their outdoor space with our innovative canopy systems – see the results below. Canopies in Yorkshire Carlton Bolling College Undercliffe Lane […]

With the new academic year comes the consideration of school funding for various essentials, from materials and meals to teaching costs and training, building work to maintenance and more. Recent cuts in school funding have been well documented and so it pays to know where to go for financial assistance. Read on to find out […]

Canopies UK have recently completed projects on schools which all required outdoor shelter to solve their needs. Our education canopies provide a range of benefits for both curriculum and recreation, while adhering to Ofsted guidance regarding the advantages of the outdoors to the learning environment. Read more on how we helped these three schools in […]

  Schools focus: Outdoor canopies and the growing appetite for extra dining space Is your dining room at full capacity every lunch time? Do your pupils struggle to find somewhere to sit because there’s not enough space? Perhaps they’re even spilling out of the canteen and into other parts of the school? It’s a challenge […]

A school in Bolton has won a £10,000 canopy from Darwen firm Canopies UK, after beating off competition from over 200 others in an initiative called Operation Playground. Red Lane Primary School, in the Breightmet area of Bolton, have won the prize after students at the school worked together to devise their own playground game. […]

At Canopies UK, we want to encourage children to get back outdoors and playing in the street, in the local park or in the garden. With over half of mums preferring to keep their kids indoors, it’s safe to say that we’re a health and safety nation. We have looked in to the facts and […]