Cabins for Schools provide Bespoke Outdoor Classrooms built on site. We don't believe in a one-size-fits-all solution. Your setting is unique, as are the needs of your staff and students. This is why we offer our lined and insulated Outdoor Classrooms in virtually any size and they can be configured to suit you. What's more, we offer a completely free design service and a free site survey, making it easy to visualise your new school room before committing.
If your school needs to increase its learning capacity, additional outdoor classrooms are a cost-effective solution. Our outdoor classrooms are often used as a space for ELSA support, Music Lessons, Physical Education, Social & Emotional Learning, Staff meeting rooms, and Outdoor learning.
Benefits The Benefits of Outdoor Classrooms
Create Extra Space
Space is at a premium for many educational institutions. Outdoor classrooms maximise the potential of school grounds, creating more opportunities for effective, spacious, and engaging learning experiences.
Timely & Cost-Effective
Outdoor Classrooms provide additional learning space without the need for expensive and time-consuming renovations to your main school building.
Multifunctional
Outdoor classrooms are highly versatile spaces that can be adapted for a wide range of activities and subjects. They support diverse learning experiences, from science experiments and art projects to reading sessions and physical education.
Connection to Nature
Asfordby Hill Primary School's Outdoor Classroom Case Study
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Frequently Asked Questions Outdoor Classrooms
What is an outdoor classroom?
An Outdoor Classroom is an additional building detached from the main school build. This means you have the freedom to choose where it’s placed on your school grounds. At Cabins for Schools, we have a range of Outdoor Classrooms and log cabins to suit the needs of your school. Outdoor Classrooms are gaining popularity as an effective and cost-efficient way to supplement the learning space available at schools. They’re also becoming more common due to the unique learning environments they provide. Schools find these spaces to be perfect for libraries, nature learning, and SEND.
How do you set up an outdoor eco classroom?
Setting up an outdoor classroom couldn’t be easier with Cabins for Schools. From design to installation, our team of experts have your school covered.
We are proud to offer a design and build system for facilities for use in education. When you order your new school room, we will arrange a convenient delivery and installation schedule. We tailor our affordable quotes to your needs. The cost of delivery and fitting depends on the size of your building, where you live, transportation distance, and how many people will be required to set up your school building.
What makes a great Outdoor Eco Classroom?
This depends on how your school intends to use your outdoor eco classroom or log cabin. We can design and fit great classrooms to suit the needs of your school. Whether you want a spacious cabin which accommodates a class of 30 or a smaller cabin perfect for smaller group work, our experts will work with you to create a fantastic educational space. Some schools create cosy reading nooks with beanbags and blankets, while other schools create music rooms and kit them out with drumkits and keyboards. You can check out some further popular uses here
Here are some general tips for creating a great outdoor eco classroom:
– Comfortable seating and work surfaces for students and teachers
– Weather-resistant, durable materials to withstand outdoor conditions
– Shade structures or canopy to protect from sun and rain
– Storage solutions for educational materials and supplies
– Accessibility features to ensure all students can participate
– Nature-inspired elements, such as plants, gardens, or water features, to enhance the learning environment
– Interactive elements, like whiteboards or chalkboards, for group activities
What are the benefits of learning in an outdoor classroom?
There are so many! Firstly, when students get outside, it’s known to enhance their critical social and emotional learning skills, such as empathy. Also, it has been shown to enhance self-control, having care for others, and independent, self-directed learning. Moreover, time spent in nature helps to develop problem-solving abilities, focus, attention span, and executive function skills. It can bring abstract theories to life and emphasises learning by doing. Importantly, nature-led learning has been shown to result in higher academic achievement, as well as contributing to improved social skills.
Children are more active outdoors. Outdoor play reduces sedentary time, improving health outcomes. Step outside and get fresh air! Not just for the health benefit, but fresh air is great for attention levels too. Additionally, outdoor learning supports mental, physical, nutritional, and emotional health across all age groups and educational needs. Furthermore, nature-based outdoor environments can reduce stress and increase relaxation.
Green school grounds provide a connection to nature for children in urban communities where this may be less accessible. They lead to better social-emotional outcomes and enhance long-term health.
Do you need planning permission for an outdoor classroom?
Planning permission requirements for outdoor eco classrooms vary depending on the size, location, and specific regulations in your area. It’s essential to consult your local planning authority to determine whether planning permission is needed for your project. In some cases, outdoor classrooms may fall under permitted development rights, which do not require planning permission.
Testimonials Hear from our customers
'The Eco School room is quality beyond belief, we were struck at how beautiful it was on the outside and then we went inside and it went to a whole new level! Can't thank Cabins for Schools enough, absolutely amazing to work with, very professional and amenable to our needs and the needs of our children, would highly recommend.'
'We can’t praise enough the whole team at Cabins for Schools. From the planning and designing of our cabin that is bespoke for our school requirements, to the efficient, polite and experienced teams of fitters (completed in less than a week), to the aftercare and attention to detail. Highly recommended.'
'I cannot praise Cabins for Schools enough. They offered a personalised design service suited to our school needs, amazing value for money and installed the cabin in just a matter of days working around us and without any fuss.
It has already had such a huge impact on our school and the children accessing the cabin. We can’t thank you enough!'
'We had a fantastic experience with Cabins for Schools and would highly recommend!'
'Anne-Marie was fantastic at showing us all the available styles of cabins which could suit our school and the needs of our pupils. We had secured a Local Government grant to enable us to create more room for outdoor learning and the whole experience with Cabins for Schools has been problem free, which is rare in this day & age. The communication levels have been great from signing our forms, through to installation. The children adore their new cabin which we have called The Hut. We often have reading time in there and it's lovely that all the children can sit around the edge of the cabin on the built-in benches.'
'We have recently had our beautiful cabin installed at Primrose Hospice in Bromsgrove. We are absolutely delighted with the service we have received as well as the end product.'
'What an incredible build! We wanted this cabin specifically to help our children celebrate reading, and this helps to create that snug, warm, fairy-tale, idyllic environment where our children can get cosy with a book and weave in and out of different worlds as they please. Cabins for Schools were an absolute pleasure and delight to work with, and we can't recommend them enough! Very professional and polite, a great project for us all!'
'Excellent service and support from start to finish. Anne- Marie was very helpful with excellent customer care and patience as we went through the process of getting planning permission (!) and the cabin builders were skilled, professional and impressively weatherproof building our cabin in soggy conditions! The cabin itself is awesome, very impressed. Thank you to the whole team, this cabin will be loved and enjoyed for many years to come. 🛖❤️'
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