Facilities
Vinehall hosts a number of outstanding facilities and buildings including:
The Millennium Building and Library
In the heart of the school is a magnificent academic building, built in 2000, centred around an atrium which houses a well-stocked library. The building comprises classrooms for French, Latin, English, learning support, humanities and mathematics, a dedicated suite for IT as well as additional computers that allow a whole year group access to computers at the same time.
The De Beer Building
This building houses our Junior school classrooms and two state-of-the-art science labs and a cookery club kitchen.
Pre-Prep and Nursery
Suitable for children from 2 years old – An attractive, modern and spacious purpose-built Pre-Prep school within the grounds, with a purpose built sports hall, a beautiful playground area full of age-related outdoor toys and play equipment.
The Main House
This beautiful building houses our Boarding house, school offices and Dining Hall, Front Hall, Board Room and Drawing Room.
Music School
The music centre is well equipped with electronic keyboards and monitors, with composing software that forms part of the music curriculum. There are three main teaching classrooms, as well as an array of practice and individual teaching rooms for the 300 music lessons that take place across the week.
DT/Art Department
The art room is one of the most vibrant in the school, with ever-changing displays of pupils’ work. In the DT room there is a range of machinery for wood and metalwork, as well as a bank of networked computers for computer-aided design.
Theatre
Our 270 raked seat theatre includes an audio canopy, sound system and lighting box, green room and wings.
Our theatre seats 247 for a concert or 270 when there is no orchestra. It is the venue for the many concerts, plays and musicals in which the children perform throughout the year. In addition, the theatre is the home of the Vinehall Music Society, which plays host to a series of seven international chamber music concerts each year.
Sports Centre
Within the sports centre we have a large sports hall with visitor changing rooms, a gymnasium and dance studio, and an indoor heated 15m swimming pool.
Other Facilities Include:
- A flood-lit, all-weather Astro-turf pitch
- Six flood-lit tennis courts
- 9-hole golf course
- Cricket Pavilion
- Chapel
- A number of well-maintained sports pitches suitable for all sports
- Extensive grounds and woodland areas
- Outdoor ‘forest school’ with parachute and camp fire
- Children’s zip-wire
- Junior adventure play area
- Fishing lake
- Cycle area
- Cross country running course
