Outdoor Dining & Multi-Use Canopies

SpaceMax Outdoor Dining Canopies for Schools

Expand your school's capacity with our robust enclosed outdoor canopies, suitable for dining, classrooms and many other uses.

Offering a fast, cost-effective way to increase your available space, our distinctive multi-use dining canopies can be configured to suit your needs, with side walls, heating, lighting, retractable blinds or solar panels.

Bespoke Solutions

With a range of design choices and features available, our dining canopies are flexible and customised to suit your needs. Our modular system allows us to design solutions bespoke to you, with side walls, lighting, retractable blinds or solar panels.

All-weather Space

Adding side walls or retractable blinds helps you to create a secure, flexible all-weather space where students can eat and socialise in comfort. Heating and lighting make the canopy comfortable throughout the year.

Flexible and Reconfigurable

Worried about shifting pupil numbers? SpaceMax is flexible enough to be reconfigured in future for different needs, including a covered PE area or socialising space.

Full project management

Enjoy peace of mind knowing we manage your project from start to finish. We take care of everything, from groundworks, installation, surfacing and any electrical work required. We'll clean up your site and leave it ready to use.

Solar Compatible

Unlike other systems on the market, Spaceshade® dining canopies are designed to accommodate solar panels. You can install them with the canopy, or retrofit at a later date.

Ideal for Hard-to-Access Spaces

The modular design of our Spaceshade® dining canopies makes them ideal for installing in courtyards and other hard-to-access spaces, as no cranes or heavy equipment is required for installation.

Avoid Overheating

Keep students cool and protect them from UV rays with heat-reflecting roof sheets. As summers get hotter, SpaceMax (especially when positioned adjacent to a building) can help keep the building as well as the students using the canopy cool.

25 Year Warranty

Our SpaceMax canopies are designed to be robust and long-lasting, carrying a 25 year warranty for your peace of mind.

Encourages Social Interaction

Creating dedicated spaces for dining encourages students to socialist together at lunchtimes, strengthening friendships and boosting wellbeing. Some studies show increased social interaction can even improve academic attainment.

SpaceMax Dining Canopy with Solar Panels

Forty solar panels installed on top of this new SpaceMax dining canopy at Cleeve School, Cheltenham, provide free renewable energy for the school.

Dining Canopies with Side Walls

Choose glass or polycarbonate side walls for your dining canopy to create an all-weather space perfect for dining and socialising. You can choose whether to completely enclose your canopy or leave it partially open.

Dining Canopies with Retractable Blinds

Like the idea of an enclosed canopy but want your space to be more flexible? Motorised retractable blinds offer the best of both, providing weather protection when needed or rolling up out the way.

Heated Outdoor Dining Canopies

Installing infrared heaters will make your dining canopy more comfortable to use in colder weather. Your canopy will feel less like an outdoor shelter and more like an extension to the building.

Solar Dining Canopies

Are you looking for ways to install more solar panels at your school? Spaceshade® dining canopies are designed to accommodate solar panels, offering the perfect opportunity to help reduce your energy bills.

Dining Canopies with Lighting

Add LED lighting underneath your dining canopy to increase comfort and light levels, especially in winter months.

Outdoor Dining Furniture

Your dining canopy needs seating and other furniture. We can help you source picnic tables, benches and other furniture as part of our service.

SpaceMax Dining Canopy with Shutters

This unique project included the installation of bespoke retractable shutters along one side of the canopy to protect against rain and wind.

Case Study

Providing an All-weather Multi-Use Space at Joseph Leckie Academy.

Nestled in a sheltered courtyard and partially enclosed, this new dining canopy for Joseph Leckie Academy provides flexible covered space for the school.

Case Study

A Purple Canopy Helps Expand Dining Capacity at Thistley Hough Academy.

A large dining canopy in vibrant purple provides additional dining capacity for Thistley Hough Academy in Stoke on Trent.

Outdoor Dining Area for Schools

Schools may opt for outdoor dining areas to provide students with additional space for meals, reducing indoor crowding. These areas offer opportunities for students to enjoy fresh air and natura while dining, potentially improving their overall wellbeing and concentration.

Outdoor dining areas can also facilitate educational experiences, such as outdoor classrooms or gardening projects, fostering a holistic learning environment beyond the traditional classroom setting.

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'The whole process was quick & easy'

'The whole process was quick and easy. Kensington were able to come up with several different designs scenarios for us to choose from. I would definitely recommend to any school looking for school canopies or dining canopies in the future as they were very flexible' and accommodating with different design ideas.

Mark Thorley

Ryburn Valley High School

'Couldn't have been more impressed'

'We appointed Kensington Systems Ltd to install a Spaceshade Canopy at Cotham School and couldn’t have been more impressed.

From the initial design meeting all the way through to the end of the project Kensington have been great.

Our students really enjoy this new covered space that can be used all year around.'

Ed Carpenter

Cotham School

'Highly professional'

'The installation was highly professional and we were consulted and kept informed throughout the process. The installers worked beyond their normal hours to make sure our canopy was completed in the time.'

Jeremy Harrison

Hillside First School