Who is the OPAL Primary Programme for?
OPAL works with infant, junior, primary, middle and international schools, and pupil referral units. We are also doing pilots with some secondary schools and this is showing very positive results.
We started in the UK
With a UK team of over 40 mentors, OPAL is now established as the UK’s leader in supporting play in schools.
We are proud to have supported well over a million children to experience better play every day since 2011.
We have worked with many hundreds of schools, with every type of grounds and every type of demographic. The smallest school we have worked with is 35 children, the largest 820.
We are often asked what kind of school OPAL works best in and the answer is always the same – the one where the motivation to change is strongest and the greatest number of people support change.
We adapt to your needs
Some schools have less space than would be legally required for a prison, some have so much they don’t know what to do with it. Some seem to be able to draw on a huge amount of money, others struggle to get along day to day.
We encourage all schools to aspire to provide the best possible quality of play provision that their circumstances allow. We will always work with a school that wants to improve play for their children.
State primary
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
Special schools
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
Independent schools
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
Secondary Schools
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
International schools
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
Parents
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.
Pupil Referral Units
The OPAL programme engages with the entire school community in primary schools. Although the process is led by a small working party, the plan encompasses governance, senior leaders, teachers, assistants, supervisors, parents and children.
We are confident that we can completely transform the quality of play each child has, every day in any kind of school that has children and a willingness to fully engage in the programme.