Facilities (Equestrian)

Opened in November 2024, our state-of-the-art Riding Academy offers an unparalleled experience. Here, you'll find a meticulously designed environment boasting everything from a competition-standard floodlit arena, beautiful stables, a top-spec solarium and lecture room. This isn't just about learning to ride; it's about immersing yourself in a world-class equestrian setting, where passion meets professional training, and where every stride brings you closer to your equestrian aspirations. It's simply the best place for young riders to thrive.

The Centre has strong links to Chedington Equestrian, a world class facility home to Olympic competitors. By invitation, pupils have access to their elite training facilities which include competition jumps, dressage arena, large indoor school, indoor lunge pen, grass dressage and jump arenas. There is also large XC schooling field catering for BE Novice through to Advanced.

Stables

22 stables which have talk grills and rear outside windows, they have been designed for air flow and optimal ventilation. The Elite Range built by Jon Williams have protective rubber matting on the floor and on the walls. Each stable is serviced by an automatic water drinker and individual lighting system. The yard has two wash boxes, hay and feed store, Solarium and inspection box, rug and laundry rooms and two tack rooms.

Exercise

The 75m x 35m Equestrian Surfaces arena is a fully waxed sand and fibre mix and rides very well. We are lucky to have good hacking routes around the school, which not only helps to develop horse fitness but offers variety of exercising choices to horses and riders.

Learning

The LCRA classroom with interactive board, seats up to 18 students and has dual aspect windows onto the yard and arena. This learning hub supports not only the BTEC students in their daily studies but after-school workshops and lectures, social gatherings and Adult Education classes.

Turnout

Horses are turned out every day and have the use of the individual grass paddocks behind the Prep School or one of the four all weather turnout pens. There is a further 5.5 Acres of grassland available for herd turnout or when a horse is on rest or holiday.