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Brand New Product Catalogue
Posted: 11th March 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP are pleased to announce the release of our brand new product product catalogue for the year 2013. This catalogue features all of the playground equipment and markings featured in our last product catalogue, plus a whole lot more. The [...]
New Climbing Frame – ‘Mini Tarantula’
Posted: 6th March 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
The latest product to be added to our products catalogue is the Mini Tarantula. This wooden structure, – which is part of our Tangled range of climbing frames – has been designed at a lower height which requires no safety surfacing [...]
Playground Equipment For Community Parks
Posted: 1st February 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP are now designing and installing community park playgrounds throughout the UK. Their large product catalogue is rich in variation, making them the perfect choice for both educational and community playgrounds. The company’s design team have constructed a concept plan [...]
Playground Equipment Special Offers – Target & Game Boards
Posted: 29th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Target Boards for £120 (ex. VAT) This week ESP are introducing a special offer on a number of different target boards. These cost effective but engaging items of playground equipment are popular amongst schools looking to make better use of [...]
ESP are raising money for charity every month.
Posted: 29th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP now taking part in monthly ‘Dress Down Fridays’ for charity The team at the ESP office have begun raising money for charities on a monthly basis. January saw £20 raised for Guide Dogs For The Blind. On the last [...]
ESP and the Green-Flag campaign.
Posted: 28th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Playground Equipment company now providing products to assist with energy saving ESP have recently introduced a range of energy saving products, providing schools with a framework for making sustainability a big part of their lives. With many schools aiming for [...]
Competition for free playground equipment still running.
Posted: 24th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
‘Like’ and ‘Share’ our Facebook page to win free play equipment! ESP are still running a competition to win a FREE weather station. This prize will come with free delivery and installation. This nationwide competition takes place on our Facebook page. [...]
St Oswalds Playground Development
Posted: 24th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
St Oswalds C of E Primary School, Ronald Ross Avenue, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 5RH St Oswalds had a substantial amount of space for a wide range of playground equipment. They required a space which was aesthetically pleasing while offering [...]
Hindley Green Playground Equipment Installation
Posted: 22nd January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
<Back Hindley Green Primary School – Thomas Street, Hindley Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN2 4SS Hindley Green contacted ESP with a keen interest in our rope trail, a promotional package of items from our trim trails for schools range. They [...]
Are primary school children becoming ‘physically illiterate’?
Posted: 17th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Susan Campbell expresses concerns about the physical activity of primary school children. Susan Campbell, the head of UK Sport, has recently expressed concerns over the health of 11 year olds moving onto secondary schools. She claims many children are ‘physically [...]
Recent site visits – New Playground Equipment from ESP
Posted: 14th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Our Operations Manager visited some of our recent installations last week to see some of the playground equipment in its place. The schools were all very welcoming, so we would like to thank them for their kindness. Hindley Green Primary [...]
Playground Funding continues into the year 2013
Posted: 14th January 2013 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Due to the Success of last year’s Playground Funding offer, we are delighted to announce that we are now able to offer funding contributions until April 2013. If you are considering developing your playground areas, call today. This unique project [...]
Playground Funding – Pot Closing December 20th
Posted: 21st November 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Our popular and successful playground funding pot is soon to close its lid after seeing over £300,000 of contributions to schools. We have been funding playground development projects throughout summer, autumn and winter, setting a closing date of 20th December. The [...]
Customer Stories Added
Posted: 14th November 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
As we add more information about past work carried out, we are writing blogs to include in the ‘Customer Stories’ section of our website. We are currently gathering all information to make this an integral part of our website which [...]
Nature Playground Equipment – Bring Life To The Playground.
Posted: 8th November 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP offer a range of nature playground equipment for your school. This range is designed to bring nature to the play area, allowing the children to discover and investigate their findings. It is important to introduce children to the world [...]
Christmas Savings – HUGE Offers on Play Equipment!
Posted: 2nd November 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP are pleased to introduce some new special offers in the run up to Christmas. We have chosen some of our most popular products and believe these products to be great additions to any outdoor play area. Wigwam Posts Designed [...]
Frequently Asked Questions – October 2012
Posted: 24th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Your playground funding sounds too good to be true, whats the catch? It is good… but its still true! Our funding contributions don’t have a ‘catch’ as such but we do require you to choose ESP for your playground development. [...]
New Artificial Sports Turf Options
Posted: 22nd October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
We have recently updated our product catalogue with a wider selection of sports turf surfacing. The growth in popularity of these pitches over the past few years has been astounding and we decided we needed to stop scratching the surface [...]
Special Offer On Our Musical Playground Equipment Zone
Posted: 17th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
We are pleased to announce a special offer on our new music zone which features all 7 pieces of playground equipment from our fun music range. This range includes everything your outdoor play area needs to engage children in [...]
Special Offers On A Range Of Playground Equipment
Posted: 16th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
We are pleased to announce a range of special offers on playground equipment for schools. These reductions are available to schools all over the country but are only available while stocks last. We pride ourselves on our competative pricing and [...]
Cut Price Trim Trails – Limited Time Only
Posted: 15th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Our latest limited offer is for a further reduction on our ‘Summer Trim Trail Offer’ which features 7 pieces of playground equipment and grass matting safety surfacing. We have reduced the price from £4999 to £4499. This offer is limited [...]
Updated Customer Feedback Page
Posted: 11th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP take customer feedback very seriously and we are delighted with some of the comments we receive about our playground equipment, markings, training and customer service. We have published some of these and we encourage contact with the schools to [...]
The History of Playgrounds – Past, Present and Future.
Posted: 10th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Playgrounds are places designed for children to enjoy themselves in a carefree environment. A modern day playground is brimming with a wide range play equipment such as swings, slides, trim trails, play towers, sand boxes, jungle bars, playground markings and much [...]
Playground Funding Still Available.
Posted: 8th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Due to cutting more marketing costs at ESP, we are pleased to announce that we are able to carry on offering playground funding contributions to schools looking at a new playground development. Our playground funding scheme is designed to help [...]
Musical Playground Equipment in Schools – A Success.
Posted: 5th October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Since the launch of our brand new musical playground equipment range, we are delighted to announce its resounding success. Our playground designers have been keen to suggest the range to schools and the suggestions have been met with seals of [...]
Did you know?
Posted: 1st October 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Did you know ESP use pressure treated tanalised timber on all our timber playground equipment? ESP are proud to say that all our timber products are made from the highest quality pressure treated Radiata Pine. This outstanding wood far surpasses [...]
Introducing ‘Frequently Asked Questions’
Posted: 28th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Introducing ‘Frequently Asked Questions’, our weekly blog dedicated to the weeks queries and other frequently asked questions. Play Equipment, Markings and Design – Questions Answered We are regularly asked questions about our play equipment, playground markings, playground design, playground funding, [...]
St John’s Mead send ‘thank you’ cards to ESP
Posted: 26th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP where pleasantly surprised to receive a handfull of hand made cards made by the children at St John’s Mead Church of England Primary school in Bristol where we recently fit an Octagonal shelter with Sides, Seats and Decking. There where smiles [...]
Positive reviews of our Science CPD training program.
Posted: 25th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP have recently been collecting Evaluations for our Science CPD training programs and playground equipment and the results have been very positive. Our science CPD training includes a range of activities based around our science play equipment which teachers can [...]
Win FREE playground equipment – Like our facebook page
Posted: 24th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
ESP have recently launched a prize draw for all schools and nurseries throughout the UK to win free playground equipment. One lucky winner will win a Science Weather Station for their playground, fully installed and completely free of charge. Like our [...]
Encouraging Musical Activity – New Playground Equipment
Posted: 20th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
We are pleased to introduce our brand new range of music based playground equipment. As well as updating some of our older products we have introduced some new ones to add even more excitement to the playground. We are now [...]
Multi-skills playground markings – a huge success
Posted: 19th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
We’ve had a very successful summer on sales of our Multi-skills playground markings. Multi-skills zones offer unique physical activities which implement fundamental movement skills amongst children. Fundamental movement skills include spinning, running, walking, side-stepping, balancing and more. As well as being perfect [...]
What is Parkour? Click to find out!
Posted: 18th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
This sport ticks all the boxes for health and fitness and is a very up and coming ‘cool’ sport that children all over the world are gaining huge interest in. The sport of Parkour involves jumping from various outdoor objects [...]
Like our facebook for a chance to win playground equipment.
Posted: 17th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
This week we are launching a competition to win one of our most popular pieces of playground equipment. The Weather Station provides a fun and engaging way for children to learn about and [...]
New Product – Phonetic Spots Playground Markings
Posted: 13th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News
We are pleased to announce an exciting new playground marking to our range of thermoplastic markings. Our Phonetic Spots playground markings help children to understand and translate the individual sounds in words and apply them to new ones. Phonetics Phonetics is a linguistic application [...]
Mark Foster joins us at Holywell School in Watford
Posted: 12th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
We are delighted to announce that Mark Foster will be attending the relaunch of Holywell Primary in Watford. This will take place on Friday 21st September at 9.30 We recently fitted a range of our playground equipment products at the [...]
Huge Offers on play equipment!
Posted: 12th September 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
This week we have introduced some amazing offers on playground equipment from ESP. More information can be found on the products individual pages. For any queries on these products and more, our free playground design and advice on your playground [...]
School competitive team sports move unveiled
Posted: 13th August 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Competitive team sports will be made compulsory for all primary school children in England, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. A draft new curriculum this autumn would require participation in sports such as football, hockey and netball. Mr Cameron has [...]
Follow Us on Twitter @espplay
Posted: 26th July 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP have a very active twitter account that keeps our customers and other interested parties up to date with all our latest developments. We aim to provide useful information from the world of education, sport, physical education, playgrounds and health. We actively [...]
Our Online Shop is Now Live!
Posted: 14th June 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Offer Extended – Story Telling Area Special Offer
Posted: 11th June 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Special Offers
Offer Extended – Outdoor Classroom Special Offer
Posted: 8th June 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Army of 20,000 Volunteers needed to boost outdoor play
Posted: 14th February 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News
Source – BBC News – By Judith Burns An army of 20,000 volunteers will be needed for a new initiative to help children play safely outdoors, say campaigners. They will be asked to help build new playgrounds, staff existing ones, [...]
Parents fear ‘supersize’ primary schools, says Netmums
Posted: 14th February 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News
Source from - BBC News education correspondent by Sean Coughlan Parents are worrying that a shortage of places is creating “supersize” primary schools, according to the Netmums website. A surge in the birth rate in some areas has meant [...]
Our Brochure for 2012 is Now Available
Posted: 5th January 2012 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News
The ESP brochure for 2012 is now printed and available. This brand new exciting brochure provides schools with a detailed insight to the whole ESP playground equipment product range for schools. Call today and arrange for your Regional Manager [...]
Burbage Primary Buy Lots of Playground Equipment
Posted: 24th October 2011 in Case Studies, Early Years News, News, Primary News
Burbage Primary school in London has bought lots of playground equipment from ESP. Burbage primary school have just completed their third phase of playground development with ESP and are delighted with the impact. The first phase of their playground development [...]
Ofsted Report Highlights the Impact of Kandu from ESP
Posted: 19th September 2011 in Case Studies, Early Years News, News, Primary News, SEN News
Congratulations to Hackness Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School on their Ofsted Report Ofsted Inspector : Robert Jones Please see a below a small section of the Ofsted report that highlighted the positive impact of Kandu in this Primary [...]
Bring Nature Playground Equipment Into Your School
Posted: 14th September 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
Our range of Nature playground equipment is the ideal solution to taking the curriculum outdoors.
Create An Outdoor Classroom With An Octagonal Shelter
Posted: 14th September 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News, Special Offers
This Octagonal Shelter is the ideal piece of playground equipment to create an outdoor classroom or seating area.
Introducing the New ESP Playground Equipment Brochure
Posted: 14th September 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP proudly introduce their new brochure that showcases their wide range of playground equipment
Nursery Thymes Buy Their Playground Equipment from ESP
Posted: 11th August 2011 in Case Studies, Early Years News, News
We recently installed some of our playground equipment into Nursery Thymes in Biddulph, our photographer Simon went along to see how much the children were enjoying it.
Competition for children – right or wrong?
Posted: 4th July 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Episode 3 of Dr David Morley’s Education Blog
Music to Our Ears
Posted: 20th June 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Episode one of our Design Team Blog
Posted: 14th June 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Recruitment, Secondary News, SEN News
Exciting career opportunities available in the Playground Industry
Play streets; work in progress
Posted: 13th June 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Episode 2 of Dr David Morley’s Education Blog
The movement movement; it’s child’s play!
Posted: 25th May 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
Episode 1 of Dr David Morley’s Blog on Physical Education
Open Spaces; Open Minds Launch
Posted: 11th May 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP in partnership with Roehampton University proudly invite you to their Open Spaces, Open Minds Launch.
Early Years Case Study – Arnold School Kindergarten
Posted: 15th April 2011 in Case Studies, Early Years News
Take a look at the changes we made at Arnold School Kindergarten.
Posted: 30th March 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Recruitment, Secondary News, SEN News
ESP are now looking to expand on our very successful sales department.
The Background to our Product Design Process
Posted: 16th March 2011 in Early Years News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, SEN News
FREE:D has become one of ESP’s most successful secondary school products. Find out how..
