Hire Our Facilities
Through the school's trading company, you can hire a wide variety of halls and meeting rooms for your training seminar, conference, exhibition or trade fair. We also have a number of regular customers who hire our indoor sports facilities and swimming pool. The site is also suitable for children’s parties, indoor concerts, and private receptions of most kinds.
Future annual profits from trading company activity will fund a bursary for the entire education of at least one pupil who would otherwise be unable to study here.
All facilities are in use by the school - we do not have a separate customer-only facility - and so all bookings are subject to the demands of our academic calendar. We try to give priority to customers whose activities will benefit children or are educational in some way.
Parking is free and our location, just north of the Leeds outer ring road, is convenient for access to and from the major motorways. For further details, and/or to request an information pack, please contact Jacqui Gale (enterprises@gsal.org.uk) or Andy Mirfin (andy.mirfin@gsal.org.uk).
Trading Company - Venues
The following venues are available for hire at our Alwoodley Gates site, subject to the demands of our academic calendar.
| Venue | Description | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
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Sports Hall |
Large ‘double’ sports hall, high ceiling, marked with courts for badminton, basketball, 5-a-side football. Can also be used for large dinner receptions. Level access. Adjacent male and female changing facilities. | Up to 600 for dinner receptions. |
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Swimming Pool |
25m pool with male and female changing facilities, poolside seating for spectators, optional lane ropes. Level access. Customers must provide their own qualified lifeguard. | 100 |
|
Squash Courts |
Three squash courts, one with adjacent tiered spectator seating. Access by internal staircase. | |
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Assembly Hall |
Attractive hall with built in audio visual equipment and retractable raised seating. Suitable for conferences, concerts, exhibitions and dinner dances. Level or stepped access. | Theatre style 500 Dinner dance 150 Exhibition 600 |
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Theatre Foyer |
Large, glass fronted foyer space, partially carpeted. Adjacent to the school theatre, toilet and cloakroom facilities. An adjoining area can be commissioned as a small bar area according to the permissions of our liquor licence. Level access to pool; step up to spectator seating. | Dinner dance 200 Theatre style 300 Exhibition 600 |
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Refectory |
Visible wooden ceiling supports are an attractive feature of the Refectory. Suitable for dinners receptions. Adjacent to the Theatre Foyer and its facilities. Level access. Please note an extension to this facility is currently being built. | Dinner 250 |
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Theatre |
Black-out theatre with flexible seating. Lighting gantry with range of theatre lighting , and sound system. Level access. | 200 maximum |
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Conference Room |
Pleasant, light room in the school’s administration block. Nearby toilet facilities. Access by lift or staircase. | Reception 60 Conference style 24 Theatre style 54 Dinner 36 |
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Meetings Room |
Flexible room in the school’s administration block. Nearby toilet facilities. Access by lift or staircase. | Reception 80 Conference style 50 Theatre style 80 Dinner 80 |
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Classrooms |
Our downstairs classrooms are available for hire outside normal school hours. Some rooms are equipped with audio visual equipment ranging from TV monitors and projector/screen to interactive whiteboards. | 25 per room |
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Specialist Rooms |
Specialist rooms include our ICT suite, art rooms, language and science labs. | 25 per room |
