Our new sensory school field features an outside classroom with a wooden gazebo, so that students can use the area for quiet reading and relaxation, come rain or come shine.

The field is encircled by a sensory path, leading students across different terrains and textures, to sensory musical instruments and through a scented garden. There is also an area encouraging wildlife, with wildflowers and fruit trees with the aim of pupils gathering home-grown foods to use in cookery lessons and a life skills unit, housed within a log cabin.

Sports facilities include an all-weather multi-use games area and a storage unit for PE equipment, bikes and scooters.

Church Lawton’s Business Manager, Sarah Burton, and Site Manager Charles Lowndes worked for almost two years on the project, working closely with our charity’s fundraising team to fundraise over £200,000 to bring the sensory field to life.