Kingsley Surf Academy

What a day for our Y3 & Y4 surfers 🌊

With the conditions on offer, we swapped the surfboards for bodyboards and spent the session bodysurfing, bodyboarding and enjoying some fun double-ups.

Halfway through, we went from sunshine to horizontal rain and hail for five minutes… then straight back to sunshine. Was awesome to witness!

Loads of smiles, loads of resilience, and an awesome session all round 🤙

A brilliant visit to .ocean 🌊

While part of the Development Squad headed into the onshore surf, another group spent the morning discovering one of the UK’s coolest surf shops.

Sustainability, craftsmanship and proper surf culture at its best.

And those fin pockets… absolutely class 🤙

Thanks for having us, Rooted Ocean.

What an awesome water confidence session with our Y3–6 weekly group today 🌊

We learned all about double ups… and, more importantly, how much fun they are to bodysurf!

So good to see the students spending time in the water, building confidence, having a laugh and making the most of the waves.

What an awesome group of kids 🤙

New boards in. Action stations! 🌊

We’ve just received a fresh batch of boards and it’s all hands on deck to get them ready for the final half term.

Having the right equipment matters. As our students progress, it’s important that they get to experience different boards, different setups and understand how equipment can influence performance and feel in the water.

The latest models fitted with FCS II systems will give students the opportunity to experiment with different and start understanding those finer details that make a difference.

We’re incredibly lucky to work with great partners such as and hugely grateful to Brad for always looking after the Surf Academy.

Now to get them waxed up and in the water 🤙

On the way to the pump track, we stopped by to check out the new shop 🌊

What a space.

Honestly one of the coolest surf shops we’ve ever been in. The kids absolutely loved it and we can already tell we’re going to spend a lot more time there.

Places like this matter. For young surfers, being able to spend time in a proper surf shop, look at boards, wetsuits, magazines, talk surfing and just soak up the culture… that’s a big part of it all.

Huge respect to the team at Surfed Out for creating such a welcoming hangout space for the surf community 🤙

Weekend is coming fast! Cannot wait for skateboarding club! 🤙🛹

A few of the Y10s came down to the Surf Academy after their exams today to switch off for a bit and enjoy the sun trap at the back of the Academy.

A couple of them ended up printing their own T-shirts too.

Pretty cool to see them just hanging out, being creative and making the most of the space after a long day.

The great thing about having surfing fully integrated into the curriculum is that we get to see students develop over the years into really confident water people.

Just a Wednesday afternoon session for our Y10+ — getting comfortable, figuring things out and enjoying some clean conditions.

That’s the bit that matters.