Lindsay's Animal School

Lindsay's Animal School Therapeutic Animal Alternative Provisions for children out of school.Healing, holistic experiences, clubs, parties & handling workshops. Music. Storytelling.

Clubs for adults too! Lindsay posts daily with Blossom šŸ¦˜& friends. AuDHD šŸ’«.Licence no.201900394 During term time, Animal School specialises in working with SENse learning and the NHS to give experiences to children that are out of school due to SEN and anxiety. We run a weekly animal club on site for children ages 8 - 16. Children can handle a range of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrat

es. Cost is Ā£15 per child payable before the session. We can offer some private experiences for therapy or birthdays but spaces are limited. We are currently fully booked until December 2022. We also run animal and storytelling events throughout the year which are advertised on Facebook. Times and prices of events vary. Lindsay produces videos on YouTube which were featured on the BBC News. The channel features Lindsay and her volunteers running the Animal School Centre for therapy and education. Lindsay has at least 120 animals. These are mostly rescued pets and many of them are handled for therapy. Lindsay spent 15 years managing a pet shop, providing animal lectures at events, birthday parties, care home visits and animal therapy for the NHS. Post covid, Lindsay settled her mobile zoo classes in a yurt in the heart of the South Downs and based next to her farm and animal rescue centre. Animal School boasts some of the widest range of species that can be affordably handled by the public. With mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, insects, spiders and a mollusc to be met with and enjoyed at the after school club. Please get in touch or Visit our website www.animalschool.co.uk

ā¤ļø When I look at Amelie, Kamos and Graceā€¦ I donā€™t just see them as part of my amazing team. I have watched these guys g...
04/06/2026

ā¤ļø When I look at Amelie, Kamos and Graceā€¦ I donā€™t just see them as part of my amazing team. I have watched these guys grow up and I am so privileged to watch them turn into the inspiring adults they are now.

Amelie is studying Animal Care at Plumpton College and off to Africa n safari in a few days, Grace is studying Zoology at Sussex University and impressing her teachers (no surprises there).

I met both Amelie and Grace when they were 5 (separately) They both joined my club, I took animals to their birthday, they volunteered here and now they work here. What a journeyā€¦ And they are just two of several children who have shared this Animal School journey with me. Itā€™s once of the best things about my life. And Kamos is well, what can I say. That cat is my world. šŸˆ šŸŒ

03/06/2026

Flesh fly! Certainly not a creature you want landing in your foodā€¦ but Iā€™m just chilling in the meadow and as Iā€™m hanging out in his space I thought Iā€™d show you his face. šŸŖ°

01/06/2026

Blossom has a very chilled pace of life.

31/05/2026

Ox eye daisy! šŸŒ¼ such a lovely flower to see but once again itā€™s often spotted on the side of roads. Itā€™s the ultimate landing pad for insects. Where do you see your ox eye daisies? Do you love or hate them?

30/05/2026

Introducing Oscar the yellow thighed caique parrot. šŸ¦œ Heā€™s such a star with the students so itā€™s about time I introduce him to you. (Just so you know this video was filmed a few months agoā€¦ I would not wear a fleece in this heat!) Happy weekend everyone.

29/05/2026

In the heat of the day I am dealing with the repercussions of Blossomā€™s viral video.

Right now we are in the middle of a heatwave šŸ„µ and I am focused on looking after my animals. This means I canā€™t get my head round filming an entire care video today but the message is please, donā€™t try and keep a wallaby in a normal flat or garden. Donā€™t keep a wallaby on its own without others. Dont try and buy any animal impulsively without knowledge but definitely donā€™t try and buy exotic animals this way.

Ordinarily wallabies are not friendly animals to humans and Blossom only behaves the way she does because she was hand reared in exceptional circumstances. She is friendly to me but it is always on her terms and even though she loves me I have also been scratched, kicked and bitten by her as part of learning what those moods are.

Thanks to everyone who has said she is magical, she truly is and this is why I shared her. I am happy to keep sharing her but not if Iā€™m going to get a stream of messages of people thinking sheā€™s going to sit like a PokĆ©mon on her bed and cuddle like a teddy bear.

28/05/2026

Blossom is loving all this summer grass even if she does have to share it with her friends.

Lily is one of our fabulous tutors show here holding Hercules the gecko. Not only is she brilliant with the animals, qua...
28/05/2026

Lily is one of our fabulous tutors show here holding Hercules the gecko. Not only is she brilliant with the animals, qualified in Animal Care but she is also a fantastic artist. Check out her pet portraits at .art Lily is also another Smashing Pumpkins fan (hence the soundtrack). Here at Animal School we also teach lessons on how to draw animals, combining two or our favourite things nature and art. ā¤ļø .

27/05/2026

Yellow Dung Flies. Not everyoneā€™s idea of a chill buddy but hey if he wants to sit on my foot who am I to stop him.

One of our students chilling with Bruce the Royal Python. It is so lovely to see how handling animals helps children. Th...
27/05/2026

One of our students chilling with Bruce the Royal Python. It is so lovely to see how handling animals helps children. The snakes are great ambassadors, such gentle creatures, despite their (mis) reputation and Bruce has been making friends with humans of all ages for the last decade!

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Monday 10:30am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 2:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 3:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 2:30pm

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