Our Environment
“When my children come home with muddy shoes I think it’s great. It means they’ve been having a fun day at school!”
Children need space, whether it’s in the classroom, at lunchtime or during break times. Winterfold pupils are free to roam in extensive grounds which include adventure playgrounds, a ball games area, an area for table tennis, areas for peace and quiet, gardens to enjoy and adventure playgrounds to climb in.
Winterfold School is centred around a spacious Georgian manor house set in some 40 acres of beautiful grounds, surrounded by traditional English countryside of gently rolling farmland and pasture. Beyond, there is a particularly fine view of Worcestershire across a landscape of small valleys, hills, copses and farmhouses to the Malvern Hills in the distance. This is the setting for our playing fields, pitches, woods and gardens and the perfect location for all our activities.
We also have a Forest School and outdoor learning area. There are rugby, football and cricket pitches plus an astroturf pitch and netball and tennis courts. We have a multi-activity sports hall which can accommodate cricket nets, indoor hockey and football. Pre-prep children have an outside learning area plus their own dedicated play area with sand and water.
Our grounds are safe and child friendly, beautifully maintained and much loved by everyone in our community. From our youngest children in Kindergarten 1 to our prefects in Year 8, all our pupils enjoy the space and freedom afforded by our unique environment.
Outdoor Learning Facilities
Our pupils have full access to our rural site and benefit from a number of dedicated outdoor learning areas.
Forest School
Our Forest School is an outstanding facility for our young pupils to explore the outdoors and enhance their learning and development. We look forward to taking groups of children to explore the Forest School area with pond, orchard, bird hide, shelter and fire pit. We aim to motivate, inspire and give the children a positive outdoor experience.
Peacock Lodge
The newly opened Peacock Lodge provides our younger children with a safe, dry place for investigating the natural environment and a technology suite to build on essential IT and investigative skills.
Sports Facilities
Our extensive school grounds provide plenty of space for budding sportsmen and women to hone their skills. Grass pitches span the length of the winding school driveway and stretch out to rolling farm land beyond.
A cricket pavilion and pitch take pride of place on the top fields.
The addition of a full size, all weather and floodlit AstroTurf pitch and a floodlit multi-use games area with two tennis/netball courts in 2018 has meant that netball, tennis and hockey are all well catered for onsite. During the summer term a 400m athletics track is marked out on the sports pitches. A multi-activity sports hall can accommodate cricket nets, indoor hockey and football.
Classroom Facilities
Pupils from Kindergarten 1 to Year 8 have access to modern well equipped classrooms. Pre-Prep Classrooms are located around a quaint courtyard. As pupils move up into the Prep School, they start to visit subject specialist members of staff and specialist classrooms.
The Fletcher Building houses 8 classrooms including Science labs, Art and CDT rooms and is home to out MFL department.
Performing Arts Facilities
The creative arts play a large role in life at Winterfold. The Performing Arts Centre (PAC) provides pupils with a dedicated rehearsal space. The crowning jewel is our brand new, state of the art Penryn Hall, a 280 seat theatre and performance space.
