The opportunity to extend teaching areas into the playground has also been widely promoted and supported by teaching professionals lately. With large class sizes and increasing rosters in schools adding to teaching areas can be a welcome assistance.

It is therefore often a good option to look at providing a covered teaching area, protected from rain and the worst of the elements, by installing a school canopy from GRP Canopies. We have installed hundreds of canopies in both old and new buildings and have the experience to ensure that every one of our structures is safe and fit for purpose. We use the latest in engineering and design software to take each installation individually and ensure that our canopy offers maximum protection whilst allowing full use of the covered area. The aluminium beams used in our canopies are capable of withstanding the additional loads imposed by snow, wind and that other fiercesome force of nature... school children.   more ...

Our quality assurance and attention to details ensures our canopies for schools are safe, durable and built to last. GRP Canopies have Local Authority Partnerships for Businesses accreditation (LABC partner) for ALL designs and materials used in your canopies for schools installations giving you proven confidence in our track record and independent testing of canopy designs and materials used in our school canopies.

At GRP Canopies we have a contracts division that deals specifically with canopies for schools. Often larger, heavier structures and requiring careful planning and competent installation our teams have fitted hundreds of canopies for schools the length of the UK.

Our team of highly experienced surveyors can provide a quote following a free no obligation survey. In addition to the location of the canopy they will also advise on required access and   more ...

Providing a covered play area at your school can offer the experience of being outdoors without necessarily getting wet. The need for providing additional space for expanding school rosters can be relieved by the provision of a canopy covering a section of playground or extending out from an existing teaching building.

As well as providing shelter from the weather for students the canopy can also offer protected external storage for toys and equipment.   more ...

GRP Canopies regularly install canopies for schools specifically designed to cover walkways. These canopies are particularly popular in nurseries and primary schools where they provide excellent protection from harsh weather.

Most of the walkway canopies fitted by GRP run along the side of an existing structure, with posts to provide extra support. This traditional style is the most popular however GRP can also provide cantilever canopies for the sheltering of walkways.   more ...

Covered Teaching Areas, also referred to as outdoor classrooms, are a big idea, being populariaed by authorities such as Ofsted, the Education Secretary and the House of Commons Committee on Education. Here at GRP we believe that every child should have the opportunity to learn outdoors at some point in their academic development, and as illustrated by those mentioned above, we are not alone in this belief.

Our school canopies offer an opportunity to use outside spaces even during rain and unfavourable conditions. Nursery canopies allow outside play areas to be made available and utilised despite the limitations of the British weather.   more ...