Our School Farm

Learning life skills through the land

Set within our 84-acre campus, the Bredon School Farm is home to a range of livestock, including:

A pedigree flock of Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep
British Blue cross calves
Oxford Sandy and Black Piglets
Shetland ponies and a range of poultry

As a working farm, we offer a practical, hands-on learning environment. Students take part in animal care, horticulture and countryside skills as part of everyday school life, building real experience alongside confidence and responsibility.

Weekly farm lessons

From Year 4 through to Year 9, students participate in weekly timetabled farm lessons. These hands-on sessions provide meaningful opportunities to embed learning across geography, science, English and maths through real-life experiences and practical application.

From Year 10 onwards, students can choose to pursue City & Guilds vocational qualifications in:

Animal Care (Level 2 and Level 3)
Agriculture (Level 2 and Level 3)

YEAR 10 OPTIONS

Skills developed on the Farm

Working on the Farm helps students grow in confidence, responsibility and independence. Key skills include:

Responsibility: Caring for animals and plants
Reasoning & discovery: Hands-on learning in science, nutrition, weather and the environment
Creativity: Developing student-led projects, such as designing and improving animal habitats, with a focus on enhancing the environment and welfare of the animals.
Teamwork: Learning to cooperate and support each other
Work ethic: Understanding the value of effort and commitment
Physical activity: Staying active while doing something productive
Love of nature: Connecting with the outdoors in a safe, calm space

Students gain a strong sense of achievement – from raising livestock to harvesting produce they’ve grown themselves.

Beyond the timetable

The Farm is open to all students as part of Bredon’s extracurricular programme. Animal lovers and budding gardeners are always welcome to:

Volunteer before school or during break times
Join farm-related clubs and activities
Help out during free periods or activity slots

All students are fully supervised and we promote safe working practices at every level.

SCHOOL LIFE

Real-world learning with real purpose

The School Farm is more than a unique feature of life at Bredon; it’s a place where students build confidence, discover their interests and develop a meaningful connection with the world around them.

Alongside hands-on experience, students from Year 9 onwards take part in structured classroom-based theory lessons in farm and animal care, deepening their knowledge and understanding of farming practices and supporting their coursework. This balance of practical and academic learning ensures a well-rounded approach to the subject.

Practical work reflects the rhythm of a real working farm, with students following the farming calendar and taking part in a wide range of tasks. These range from daily feeding and routine animal care to more advanced activities such as vaccinating and dagging lambs and ewes, with each day bringing different experiences and responsibilities you would use on a working farm.

Two people beside a wooden fence with muddy ground and brown pigs in a farm pen, one man smiling at the other person.

Brown hen in the foreground standing on dirt, with a white chicken behind on a farm yard.

Close-up of a brown pony standing on green grass in a fenced field, head and front legs visible.

Black-faced ram with curved horns in a flock of white sheep in a sunny field, looking at the camera?

Group of black swans gathered on a grassy area beside a yellow wooden beehive box on the right.

Two brown cows standing behind a barbed wire fence in a green pasture.

Wooden balcony of a rustic cabin with railing, overlooking green fields and trees under a cloudy blue sky.

Wooden cabin with a sign reading 'Farm and Agriculture Land Based Studies' under a blue sky.

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