Holmwood House, in Colchester, is set within a beautiful 25 acre site. It provides excellent indoor and outdoor amenities, facilitating a diverse range of extra-curricular activities and learning opportunities that all serve to enable our pupils to spread their wings, run with their passions and develop new interests.
Our youngest children, in the nursery at Great Horkesley, enjoy an unparalleled beautiful rural setting. On our main school site, the Early Years department, provides the perfect introduction to school life, for our 2-5 year olds, enhanced by its unique wooded setting.
The spacious, purpose-built Pre-Prep building, with its self-contained playground area, is home to Years 1, 2 & 3 before the full range of specialist facilities and classrooms open up to our older pupils through to Year 11.
Our Senior School pupils in Years 9-11 benefit from a well-appointed Common Room area, providing a designated and comfortable space for both focused study, valuable relaxation, and important social interaction.
With highlights such as swimming pool, sports pitches, theatre space and wonderful dining rooms, the school environment is incomparable.
Our facilities comprise of:
- A heated indoor swimming pool
- Excellent facilities for music, dance and drama facilities to nurture creativity
- Well-equipped science laboratories
- A cookery room for our aspiring chefs
- An enormous indoor sports hall
- Superb outdoor sports fields
- Onsite squash courts and year-round tennis courts
- Spacious and bright classrooms
- A versatile and much loved library
- Common Room area for our Senior School pupils
- Boarding facilities that allow our pupils to have a taste of independence through overnight stays
Hiring Our Facilities
Our outstanding school facilities are also used extensively by the local community, as well the school. We have a diverse portfolio of clubs and activities running every evening and during the weekend. Our lettings are open 7 days a week during termtime with extended opening hours during school holidays. There is ample parking available onsite and our friendly staff are always available to help. To make a booking and further information about our facilities please visit School Hire
Our most popular facilities to hire include: football pitches, netball courts, cricket pitches, halls, the library, and kitchen area. The Sports Hall at Holmwood House boasts excellent indoor facilities, including:
- Cricket (4 nets)
- Badminton (4 courts)
- Indoor Hockey
- Indoor Football
- Indoor Netball
The Sports Hall can be hired at competitive rates on a regular or one-off basis. To make an enquiry about booking the Sports Hall, available times and rental costs, please visit School Hire
