ECS acquires school premises

ECS acquires school premises in Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Why ‘The Greater Horseshoe School’? When we found our premises in a disused Victorian school building, we soon discovered that there were already residents living there – a community of bats, including the endangered Greater Horseshoe bat. We immediately took steps to protect the bats and make them feel at home. We thought the name fitted us perfectly – we strive to be environmentally friendly and to fit in with our local environment. As befits a school situated in a woodland clearing with bats in the roof, we take care to minimise our impact on the earth, capturing and using rainwater, using only environmentally friendly cleaning products, having a comprehensive recycling policy and creating wildlife habitats in our grounds.