Cartmel Primary Goes Wild

Cartmel Primary Goes Wild Project 🌿

Cartmel Primary Goes Wild is an exciting project to transform our historic school grounds into a vibrant, climate-friendly space for learning and play. Building on over a century of history, our playground was first opened in 1898 to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, we’re reimagining it for today’s children and future generations.

The project brings pupils, staff, families, and the wider Cartmel community together to create new wildlife habitats, growing areas, and outdoor learning spaces that inspire curiosity, creativity, and care for the environment.

Phase 1

We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Phase 1 of Cartmel Primary Goes Wild is now complete.

Work began in July 2025 as the school broke up for the summer holidays, and over six weeks Ben Jinks Groundworks & Landscaping Ltd transformed our school grounds. The result is nothing short of incredible.

On 18th September, the community came together to celebrate at our official opening. Parent and project architect, David Coward, had the honour of cutting the ribbon, declaring our new spaces officially open. The atmosphere was one of pride, joy, and excitement as children, parents, staff, and supporters saw the vision brought to life.

These improvements are already making a huge difference. The children now have safer, greener, and more inspiring spaces in which to learn, play, and connect with nature. For our small village school, this project has been transformational. The new spaces are already inspiring our children and giving them opportunities to learn and play in ways we could only have dreamed of before.

We are now launching a gardening club and a year-round programme of growing, giving pupils the chance to plant, nurture, and harvest their own produce. This hands-on experience will not only build practical skills and healthy habits but also strengthen wellbeing, teamwork, and a lifelong connection to the environment.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our funders and the community for all their support.

Next Steps

We are now refining our plans for phase 2. Following the success of a well planned and executed Phase 1 we want to make sure that all the plans are fully appraised prior to launching our Phase 2 campaign. The plans will need to be fully costed and phased as this is a large piece of work that may need to be done in sections. We will update you further next year!

For more information

If you would like to know more about the project or get involved, please email us fundraising@cartmel.cumbria.sch.uk

Donations

If you wish to give to this project please click the link below:

https://checkout.justgiving.com/c/3578238