working with send schools

Every child has the right to learn through play, whatever their ability.

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We provide a friendly and personal service to create something unique for you.

Tell us your needs and we'll work with you to make sure they are catered to, so you can focus on where your time is needed most.

Girl and boy enjoy dbdplay installed play area at St. Rose's school

Design and Installation you can trust

Every SEND project is a one-off, designed together with our team to meet your needs. But no matter what, you always get the same great experience.

We handle each project with care and clear communication. All our products come with a guarantee. Plus, our installation teams are friendly, discreet, and DBS checked.

dbdplay employee using impact driver to install play equipment

St. Rose's School

Stroud

We turned an unused patched of grass into a sensory paradise for the students with physical disabilities, as well as sensory, learning and communication challenges.

Details:

Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Installation Time: 5 Days
Key Features: Low-level sensory panels, musical instruments & wheelchair roundabout

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Boy enjoys coloured sensory panels in playground installed by dbdplay at st. rose's school

Calthorpe Academy

Birmingham

A complete overhaul of their existing senior school playground, making the space more friendly, engaging and safe for the pupils.

Details:

Location: Birmingham
Installation Time: 10 Days
Key Features: MUGA (multi-use games area), Trim Trail and Sensory Canopy

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Multi-use games area installed at Calthorpe School by dbdplay

Newtown Community Primary School

Wiltshire

Re-design and revitalisation of green space into a quiet garden suitable for free play.

Details:

Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Installation Time: 5 Days
Key Features: Play huts, Just Like Grass surfacing and bespoke timber archway

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Newtown Garden installation by dbdplay including wooden arch

the 5 characteristics of playful experiences

Kids today face a rapidly changing world.

Learning lifelong learning skills will be essential for them to adapt and be ready for what life throws at them.

All of our play spaces are designed to support the best learning through play experience.

joyful

Pure pleasure and enjoyment gained from an activity!

meaningful

Connecting fact and ideas to familiar experiences.

actively engaging

Learning is hands-on and minds-on.

iterative

Trying out, changing and trying again.

socially interactive

Understanding and communicating with others.

“Learners stayed out here all playtime - which they do not usually do. They have been playing competitions with me”

“They enjoy exploring it so much they don’t want playtime to finish”

“It’s so much better! The children are happy and have a nice area to sit with their friends and equipment to play on”

Calthorpe Academy

Birmingham

Thank you, your team were amazing and have done an excellent job.

Please can you pass on my 'thank you' to the team.

Again, dbdplay have been a pleasure to work with.

Frogwell Primary School

Chippenham

Just a quick line to say how pleased we all are with the new playground equipment.

It looks fantastic and the children are absolutely thrilled with it!

Thank you so much for your advice, design work, and our sincere thanks to the installation team for their hard work installing everything, especially in the really hot weather.

Langley Fitzurse C of E Primary School

Wiltshire