For independent schools

The extra hall your school was told it couldn’t afford

A permanent, multi-use hall - exams, assembly, drama and sport in one clear-span space - from £99,000 for the structure, against £1.6m to £3m for a brick build.
British designed and manufactured icon

200+ installations

UK manufacturer icon with British flag

UK Manufacturer

The squeeze every school knows

Every exam season, the main hall stops being a hall.
Quick installation icon for air dome setup
Exams take over the main hall for weeks each term
Energy efficiency icon for air dome operations
PE, drama and assemblies lose their space
Energy efficiency icon for air dome operations
The usual fix - a £1.6m-£3m second hall - is off the table

So the squeeze gets accepted, year after year. It does not have to be.

The solution

One hall. Every use.

Two Covair geodesic halls beside a school sports field
Inside a Covair geodesic hall - a full-size court under one clear span
Court, seating and clear-span roof inside a geodesic hall
One open room - no internal columns
One clear room for exams, assembly, drama and sport
The bolted geodesic frame - no internal columns
Ideal for independent prep and senior schools

The geodesic multi-use hall

A permanent, clear-span building with no internal columns, engineered to serve for decades - one room that flexes between exam hall, assembly, drama and full-size sport, with no conversion work in between. Delivered turnkey, planning through to handover.

Request a budget figure
Exam hall, assembly and performance
Drama and full-size sport, no conversion in between
Clear-span, no internal columns
Turnkey and built to last, since 1982
Three sizes, one fixed price each

Pick the room. The structure price is fixed.

Each price below is for the geodesic structure itself - supply, delivery and installation. Groundworks and flooring are the one site-specific cost, quoted after a short site visit, so you get one clear, complete quote before you commit.

The Big Room

18 × 12 × 5 m · 216 m²

£99,000

supply, delivery and installation

One affordable, flexible room.

The School Hall

24 × 12 × 6 m · 288 m²

£130,000

supply, delivery and installation

Assemblies, PE and school events.

The Sports Hall

18 × 36 × 9 m · 648 m²

£215,000

supply, delivery and installation

Takes a netball, tennis, pickleball or padel court.

Every size includes a double-insulated membrane and standard lighting. Extra windows, lighting and heating/cooling are options. Groundworks and flooring are priced separately, per site, following a site visit.

The maths

A fraction of a brick build

A conventional brick hall

£1.6m-£3m

Off the table for most schools.

A Covair hall

From £99,000 for the structure

Supply, delivery and installation at a fixed price - groundworks and flooring quoted per site after a short visit. On this year's agenda, not a decade away.

£

A VAT point worth checking

Now that school fees carry VAT, the VAT on a capital project may be recoverable against fee income, depending on your position - worth a word with your finance advisor.

Proof

Schools already trust Covair to keep the game on

At Millfield - one of the UK's leading independent schools for sport - pupils train under a permanent, climate-controlled Covair dome, open every day of the year, whatever the weather crosses the Somerset Levels. A 16m × 33.8m professional-standard structure that means not a session is lost to the season.

Cox Green School and St Helens School are among the schools already using Covair structures to protect sport and teaching time from the weather. Covair has been enabling covered sport since 1982.

Protect the asset. Extend the season. Keep the game on.

In short

What it gives the school

Curriculum time back

Exams no longer displace PE - the timetable stops bending around exam season.

All-year use

A weather-independent space that works every week of the year, winter included.

Lettings income

Hired to clubs and holiday camps, it turns a cost centre into an income line.

Simple from here

What happens next

1

Enquire

Tell us about your school, your site and what the space needs to do.

2

Budget figure

We put a figure and an outline in front of you - before anyone commits to anything.

3

Site visit

We visit, confirm feasibility, and map the route from planning to handover.

Request a budget figure

See the number before you commit

Tell us about your school and the space you're missing, and we'll put a budget figure and outline in front of you - before anyone commits to anything.

  • A real figure for your site, not a range
  • No obligation and no hard sell
  • Costed for your actual site and how you'll use it
Covair Structures favicon

Book a Discovery Call

Let's discuss how we can help protect your game, whatever the weather.
By submitting this form, you agree to our Privacy Policy
Covair Structures favicon

Download Your Covair Brochure

Fill out the form below to get detailed information about our innovative sports facility covering solutions delivered right to your inbox.
By submitting this form, you agree to our Privacy Policy