The Ridge Farm site features a food technology kitchen and classroom, which also serves as the social lunch area, and boasts an extensive Forest School area and sports field used for movement breaks and peer-focused playtimes. It has fantastic outdoor education facilities, including mountain bikes, a climbing wall and an archery range.

Bartley Farm offers access to a school farm that features both indoor and outdoor animal care, horticulture, and science areas, as well as a lovely private garden used as an outdoor teaching area and movement break space. Its indoor spaces offer a library and reading room, as well as specific areas for literacy interventions.

Our Learning Spaces

Each of our rooms is inspired by nature and storytelling places where learning, creativity, and wellbeing grow together. Like the trees and plants they are named after, our spaces each have their own character and purpose: some offer calm and reflection, others spark imagination, curiosity, or community.

Willow

“Where stories take root and voices grow.”
The Willow Room is our space for Years 4 and 5 – a place of imagination, expression and storytelling. Like the willow tree that bends but does not break, our words find strength and shape through creativity and resilience. Willow has its own ‘Book Nook’ area.
Inspired by William Shakespeare, whose stories and poetry remind us that language connects us all.

Rowan

“Guardians of words, keepers of wonder.”
The Rowan Room is our home area for Years 6 and 7 – a calm and cosy space for stories, reading, and imagination. Like the rowan tree that keeps the magic of the forest safe, it protects the power of words and helps our ideas flourish. Rowan offers a wide range of interesting and accessible books.
Inspired by Julia Donaldson, whose stories show that words have rhythm, rhyme, and endless adventure.

Hazel

“Where creativity and nourishment meet.”
The Hazel Room is our Food Technology kitchen — a hands-on space for cooking, experimenting, and learning about healthy food. The hazel tree symbolises wisdom and nourishment for mind and body.
Inspired by Beatrix Potter, whose love of nature and creativity brought stories — and good food — to life.

Beech

“A place to gather, share, and grow.”
The Beech Room is our combined Food Technology classroom and lunch area — a welcoming space to cook, eat, and connect. Like the beech tree’s broad canopy, it offers shelter and belonging for all.
Inspired by John Muir, who showed how nature unites communities through shared experience.

Aspen

“Gentle light, calm movement.”
The Aspen Room is our sensory space at the Bartley site – designed for calm reflection and regulation. Like the quivering leaves of the aspen, this room responds to even the softest breath of calm.
Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, who found serenity among the trees.

Birch

“New beginnings, quiet strength.”
The Birch Room is our second sensory space — a fresh, bright environment for restoration and balance. Birch trees symbolise renewal and hope after challenges.
Inspired by Rachel Carson, whose love for the living world reminds us to find calm and courage in nature.

Oak

“Rooted in strength and care.”
The Oak Room is a pastoral space — where young people are supported, listened to, and understood. Like the oak tree, it stands for strength, safety, and stability.
Inspired by William Wordsworth, who saw in the oak the beauty of steadfast growth.

Elder

“Where care and healing grow.”
The Elder Room is our OLC site pastoral space – a nurturing environment for reflection, restoration and wellbeing. Elder trees are symbols of protection and healing.
Inspired by Jane Goodall, whose compassion and gentle leadership remind us that empathy changes the world.

Bracken

“Strong foundations, reaching for growth.”
The Bracken Room is our Year 2 and 3 teaching space – where learning begins, skills grow, and curiosity takes root. Like the bracken fern that thrives across the forest floor, it represents resilience, adaptability and steady progress. Bracken has a great range of age-appropriate books in its ‘Book Nook’.
Inspired by Sir David Attenborough, whose lifelong passion for learning reminds us that every discovery begins with curiosity.

Fern

“Creativity unfolding, one leaf at a time.”
The Fern Room is our engagement, art and outdoor education space – a place to explore, create and express through colour, shape and imagination. Ferns symbolise growth through creativity, unfolding slowly and beautifully over time. The Fern room is enhanced by two additional 1:1 learning spaces (one located at the OLC site, the other at the Bartley Farm Site) which can accommodate another two students.
Inspired by Eric Carle, whose colourful art and stories — like The Very Hungry Caterpillar — remind us that creativity helps us see the world in wonderful ways.