Serenity School's Custom Indoor Softplay - Crawley

In 2025, headteacher of Serenity School, Adam Foster, approached Play Creations to design and manufacture a commercial softplay that would fit into the corridor space he had available. The team planned to complete the project in September before the children restarted their studies. Play Creations worked alongside the site manager, Michael Lewis, to ensure that the installation process ran smoothly.

The softplay colour scheme came from the brand colours of the school, allowing it to seamlessly fit in with surrounding themes. Adam's main requirements was that the softplay met the needs of the children and informed Play Creations that they needed a secure fence system to stop the children from using the play equipment unsupervised. He also gave the expert softplay design team at Play Creations full creative control over the project, ensuring that they designed it specifically for children aged 4-12. The £30,000 softplay budget given to Play Creations ensured that the installation stayed within the schools limits. The softplay design had to fit into this cost, whilst ensuring the safety and compliance, functionality and durability of the build.

The bespoke softplay would be featured in a busy main corridor so there needed to be a system put in place to stop the children using the play equipment when they weren't supposed to. The softplay design team at Play Creations crafted a fence and gate system as a solution to this.

Longevity and play value were other factors that the team had to consider, wanting to maximise the space and ensure that the softplay was a good value for cost: they added in features such as the Dizzy Disk, Twin Slides, and Softplay Shape Sorter to enhance the play value and interaction element of the softplay design. The complete installation, handled by our expert softplay design team, stayed within the budget and was delivered efficiently. The colourful bespoke softplay was designed and manufactured in the UK using high quality materials sourced from trusted partners.

Some key features of this indoor softplay included:
• A delicate twin lane slide, built for high-energy movement
• Our bespoke SOMA Cube, designed as a large educational puzzle block, made to encourage critical thinking and spacial awareness
• The LED Infinity Mirror to provide sensory stimulation, perfect for aiding children with specific learning difficulties.

Adam Foster was overjoyed when he was presented with the final installation, enjoying the interactive elements and the fence system which matched the softplay design and colours. All these details help to ensure Play Creations delivers a high-quality softplay which visually stands out and is a striking feature for the school. Play Creations has stayed in close communications with Adam Foster at Serenity school, offering a softplay maintenance scheme that ensures the safety and functionality of the softplay equipment. This helps the longevity of the softplay, making it a deserving long-term investment.

The softplay design combines engagement and interaction, whilst encouraging children to blow off some steam, fully maximising the value for cost. Including stand-out features such as the Dizzy Disk, Twin Slides and Bash Bags, the equipment creates a vibrant and captivating softplay area for the children at Serenity School to get a unique softplay experience.

This project showcases Play Creations' ability to manufacture a safe and secure softplay area that not only maximises the play value but prioritises the children's safety, whilst maintaining the expectations and requests of the school.