It was great to be given a guided tour of our inspiring Outdoor Education Provision by Loui in Year 8 last week and see first-hand the impact of the work that has been done by students across all year groups who access the courses on offer in that key area of our curriculum.

The ‘Ed Shed’ now boasts some hand-crafted, fully-functioning, work benches, equipped with all the latest tools and has been transformed through hard work and clever design. I was impressed with the very tidy work space now provided.

What was even more inspiring was to see how well a whole variety of different vegetables including huge pumpkins, butternut squash and courgettes have grown over the summer period.

The learning that takes place in Outdoor Dd compliments learning across a whole range of different faculties including science, maths, design and technology and personal, social and health education.

Students who access the offer are quite rightly very proud of what they have all achieved.