St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School, Pontefract add Enclosed Outdoor Dining Area with Heat and Light

St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School had outgrown its dining room, which eventually could only seat half their pupils at a time. They looked at the options to increase dining space and realised that they couldn’t afford an extension building. That is when they contacted A&S Landscape and realised that an outdoor canopy, with side panels, power, heating and lighting could be a fantastic, cost-effective solution.

Project Specification

Product: Motiva Expanse™
Size: 20000mm x 7000mm
Steelwork:
- Pigeon Blue - RAL 5014
Roof:
- Clear

We were only too pleased to help and the project was agreed. We designed and installed a large Motiva Duo canopy from our range. With its curved roof it allowed space for blow heaters and lighting, to make sure that it could serve as a useful space all year round. We even added school logos to the glass side panels, a smart branding exercise which really adds the wow factor. Get a closer look at this enclosed dining shelter and watch our video filmed at St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School.

Visual we created for St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School

The children love using the new dining canopy. There are 16 picnic benches in the space which house many children without impacting on space in the original dining hall. If you need a sturdy bench for your dining shelter, download the datasheet for our Hercules Bench.

A&S Landscape has a wide range of products for you to review. All the different designs make sure that you will be able to find something to meet your needs. Download our Covered Dining Area Inspiration Brochure to see examples of the shelters we have installed at schools previously. Or review our gallery which has over 1500 images, it is a great place to get some inspiration for your project.

How schools can utilise shelters to combat their increasing pupil numbers to expand their facilities

The Department for Education has the task to create the 420,000 new school places that are required between 2016 and 2021 and there are a good deal of ways that this can be completed. New schools are being built, free schools are being funded and existent schools are obtaining capital funding to uphold, upgrade and enlarge facilities. With budgets being strained, one way that schools are using this capital funding is to make the most of their outside space. Whether to build additional classrooms or to add sheltered spaces which can have a great deal of different uses.

Some applications of outdoor sheltered areas include:

• Outside dining areas

• All-weather sports pitches

• Outdoor classroom

• Bicycle Storage

• Outdoor theatre

Want to learn more? Read the complete blog to learn how you can use canopies to improve upon your school’s facilities.

We’ve also worked on other projects in West Yorkshire

Secure Canopy with Sides Installed at Cullingworth Village Hall

In collaboration with the specialist building contractor our engineers built a straight polycarbonate roof canopy with roller shutters at Cullingworth Village Hall Cullingworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire. The contract included the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy measuring 9200mm X 4000mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish with electrically operated roller shutter door(s) to front and side elevations.

William Henry Smith School Add Fabric Tepee Canopy

Our engineers created a tensile fabric roof Tepee in William Henry Smith School Booth Royd Lane, Brighouse, West Yorkshire. The full contract involved the supply and fitting of one Maxima™ Tepee tensile waterproof fabric roof structure measuring 7000mm X 6000mm (42sqms).

Ferney Lee Primary School add Straight Roof Shelter

Working for our building contractor client we erected system 60 roofing in Ferney Lee Primary School Todmorden, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. The contract included the supply and installation of System 60 straight roof polycarbonate roofing including for all roofing bars and edge trims measuring 14400mm x 3400mm with Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.

Covered Walkway Canopies at Mount Pleasant Primary School

Working for a leading architect our engineers designed two straight polycarbonate roof canopies in Mount Pleasant Primary School Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The job involved two Motiva™ Linear bespoke canopies and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.

Straight Roof Canopy for England Lane Academy

Working alongside our building contractor client we built a straight polycarbonate roof canopy for England Lane Academy Knottingley, West Yorkshire. The contract included the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy measuring 15500mm X 3500mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.

Entrance Canopy Designed for Hunslet Moor Primary School

Working with our building contractor client A&S built an entrance canopy for Hunslet Moor Primary School Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The full contract involved one Motiva™ Entro curved roof canopy measuring 2100mm X 2000mm.

Fabric Shade Sails Installed at Shipley College

In collaboration with the specialist building contractor A&S constructed a straight polycarbonate roof canopy for Shipley Primary School Otley Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire. The full contract involved the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy with Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes which were coated in a matching Dura-coat™ colour finish and also electrically operated roller shutter doors to front elevation and glazed panels to side elevations.

Straight Roof Canopy Installed at Boston Spa School

Our engineers made a straight polycarbonate roof canopy for Boston Spa – Ws – West Oaks School Westwood Way, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. The full contract involved the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy measuring 12000mm X 4000mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes which were coated in a matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.