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ESP have established a fantastic reputation within education by recognising and utilising the school playground as a context to deliver real improvements that contribute to raising standards in schools. Independent research confirms the positive impact of their approach to playground development. ESP are passionate about delivering their goals around raising standards and making young people more confident, healthy and determined to achieve. ESP are specialist school playground equipment manufacturers, outdoor play equipment suppliers and installers. Having developed thousands of schools throughout the UK, they have gathered years of experience, ideas and examples of best practice. The playground equipment is manufactured at their head office in Burnley and installed nationwide. Their unique approach to the use of playground equipment in schools has been subject to independent research from leading universities. Leeds Metropolitan, Liverpool John Moores and Roehampton University have all been commissioned to evaluate the impact and sustainability of their concept. The NHS have to date invested up to £5m on ESP interventions designed to get children and young people more active more often. Their high quality approach evidences significant improvements in the daily participation in high quality physical activity. ESP fly the flag for the positive impact participation in daily high quality physical activity has on learning.