Climbing is more than just great fun!
Climbing can offer a stimulating alternative to conventional school sports as well as helping to fulfil National Curriculum requirements.
As an adventure activity, it quickly captures students’ interest, while raising self esteem, building confidence and helping them to develop teamwork and social interaction skills. Equally suitable for mainstream or students with special educational needs and adaptable to all fitness levels, climbing can be a passport to releasing your students’ potential.
We are here to help you
Our management team have a background and vast experience in mainstream and special education and can tailor sessions and courses to meet your needs. Redpoint’s Education Co-ordinator, Paula Minal, is a keen climber with over twenty years’ experience of working with students in school and on both indoor and outdoor courses.
We know that school trips require a lot of paperwork and we are here to help - we provide full risk assessments covering both the facility and the activities at the centre. We can offer help for Educational Visits Co-ordinators (EVC), with pro-forma documentation as well as skills sheets and information packs for school visits tailored to fit any school curriculum.
Schools may also want to take part in the new NICAS climbing scheme. NICAS is the first ever Nationally Accredited Indoor Climbing Award Scheme and Redpoint is the Primary Centre for the West Midlands.
As members of The Association of British Climbing Walls and associate members of the British Mountaineering Council, we work strictly to NGB guidelines and follow best practice with a safety record that is second to none. All Redpoint Instructional Staff are qualified First Aiders and have current CRB checks.
Group sessions
Our group lessons are carefully structured to take students through warming up and understanding safety to the necessary ropework skills and climbing techniques, encouraging students to set targets and achieve physically and mentally in a safe, supportive environment.
A fantastic range of climbing areas with all sorts of different angles and varying degrees of difficulty, make the centre an ideal venue for all your school trips and educational requirements from curriculum based climbing courses and sessions, to after-school clubs, reward trips and summer playschemes.
Groups can contain anywhere from 4 to 80 children and can be adapted to the needs of all age groups from around age 5 upwards. We provide enough instructors per child to make sure that everyone is given the attention and encouragement they need. Our staff are friendly, professional and experienced at communicating with their groups; working equally well with students of all abilities and levels of confidence to ensure that everyone gets the most from their experience.
Special Needs
Climbing activities are suitable for students with a variety of special educational needs. We have a wealth of experience in SEN and are very happy to work with students of every ability.
Redpoint has disabled access as well as separate disabled toilet facilities.
Prices
Redpoint offers discounted rates to schools and groups. Instructors are charged at £16 per hour and participants at £4 per visit. Instructor:student ratios are recommended as being a maximum of 1:8 with a preferred ratio of 1:6 or 1:4 to ensure maximum interest and participation. Sessions can be booked from one hour to any duration in half hour increments, all equipment is included.
Example prices
6 students with 1 instructor for 1 hour = £40.00, just £6.67 each
6 students with 1 instructor for 1.5 hours = £48.00, just £8.00 each
6 students with 1 instructor for 2 hours = £56.00, just £9.33 each
All prices include VAT and a detailed VAT breakdown is provided on every invoice.
Schools and groups may wish to take advantage of our account facilities. Redpoint is owned and operated by Birmingham Climbing Wall Ltd who are service providers approved by Birmingham City and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. We are able to invoice schools and groups to help with cashflow logistics.
If your school has access to an SPA or CWA qualified instructor you are welcome to bring a group of your own for just £4 per head (before 4pm and £5 per person after 5pm) once we have received copies of the relevant paperwork. Visits must be pre-booked in advance.
Other facilities
There is a café area selling a range of sandwiches, healthy snacks, fruit, home-made cakes, fruit juices, water and hot beverages. A comfortable seating area is provided and customers are more than welcome to bring their own food and drinks. Schools and groups are also offered free use of our Group Room to use a classroom, lunch area or kitting up area.
Bookings and further information
To book a session or to discuss your requirements with one of our friendly and professional staff, please call 0121 359 1777 or email us via our contact page.
Cancellation Policy
Wherever possible we try to avoid asking for a deposit for bookings, preferring to trust that groups will arrive as promised. Please provide a minimum of 48 hours to amend or cancel a booking. If any changes are made with less than 48 hours notice, or if any bookings do not turn up without notifying us, we reserve the right to charge the instructors fees as agreed at the time of booking.