Improving children's lives through the power of play
We transform children’s lives through play by informing, inspiring, and innovating with schools, communities, and businesses across the North East.
Did you know 20% of a school day is playtime?
Schools who take a strategic approach to play see transformational results in behaviour, aptitude for learning, social skills, increased physical activity levels, resilience and inclusion.
Playful Schools provides an online presence for OPAL North East which is the licensed delivery partner of the OPAL Outdoor Play and Learning programme OPAL.
If you are looking to improve playtime or a business able to support a playful school across the north east region, we would love to hear from you.
Through changing culture and practise, schools are now committed to investing in play more than ever. Here you will find inspiring stories from schools who have transformed playtime and are overjoyed at the positive impact this is having across key areas within school.
School improvement through play
OPAL North East delivers the International Award Winning school improvement programme to schools across the region.
Celebrating and sharing play across the North East
By sharing play news, advice and guidance from across the region, we inspire schools and their communities to prioritise play.
Connecting people for play
Through doing things like turning business waste into children’s treasure, we work with local communities and businesses to help them support play in schools.
Lingey House Primary School has spent the past 3 years developing their grounds and seen huge benefit from investing in play. The school recognizes play is not a nice to have, it is an essential part of the school curriculum and is taken seriously.
