Venue Hire & Lettings

Our diverse range of venues at St Leonards, include unique spaces for film production, conferences, events, residential lettings, and sports facilities, catering to a variety of professional and academic needs. 

Sports Facilities
St Leonards School has a variety of sports facilities available to hire within the grounds in the heart of St Andrews.
  • Swimming Pool

    A 25-metre indoor heated swimming pool with changing rooms is available to hire throughout the year for swim clubs, water polo, lifeguard training and lane swimming. 

  • Grass Pitches

    Three large grass pitches are available to hire all year round outwith school hours for football training, rugby clubs, hockey, lacrosse and more. In recent years, St Leonards has welcomed Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Everton Football Club, Norwich City Football Club and AM Soccer Camps for use of the facilities. We are also proud to be the home ground of the East Neuk Girls Football Club.

  • All-Weather Pitches

    St Leonards has two floodlit Astroturf pitches, which are available for hire by visiting teams and clubs. In the summer months, these can be used as tennis courts if desired. Our all-weather pitches are home to Madras Hockey Club.

  • Squash Courts

    Our Squash courts are available to hire as part of residential lets or outside term time and provide additional facilities to the wider community. 

  • Indoor Gym

    The gym hall at St Leonards is available to hire for sports such as netball, basketball, aerobics and fencing. It can be hired both during the school holidays and at weekends or in the evenings by arrangement. Changing room facilities are also available.

  • St Katharines Hall

    St Katharines Hall is our smaller gym hall, situated within St Leonards Junior School. It is available to hire for sports classes, netball, circuit training and similar activities. It can also be hired for birthday parties.

  • The Yurts

    St Leonards has two permanent Yurts – one small, one large – which are available to hire for yoga classes, meditation and mindfulness retreats, or as dance/drama rehearsal spaces.

Film Location

With beautiful grounds bound by mediaeval walls, iconic buildings on the St Andrews skyline, and a location just a stone’s throw from sandy beaches and world-famous golf courses, St Leonards School offers an ideal setting for filming.

The high standard of boarding houses can accommodate crews and those working at nearby film locations in the Home of Golf and of Scotland’s oldest University, where Kate met Will.

Season six of the Netflix favourite, The Crown, was filmed on our doorstep, as was the STV drama Karen Pirie. Our town-centre location with sea views and more, is hard to beat.

Conferences & Events

With a wide variety of unique and versatile spaces, St Leonards is equipped to cater for corporate, charitable, and social events. Our venues offer comfortable spaces for small-scale corporate events such as meetings and presentations, as well as larger conferences.

Our spaces can accommodate up to 120 guests and include complimentary WiFi and some on-site parking. Catering packages are also available whether it’s coffee and traditional Scottish shortbread, a buffet lunch or formal meal.

Accommodation can be booked in our boarding houses outwith term time, offering recently refurbished rooms and facilities for conferences and group bookings.

In recent years we have welcomed the World Saxophone Congress, the Emerging World Golf Tour, St Andrews Golf Camp, the Edinburgh School of English, the National Theatre of Scotland and the University of St Andrews.

Residential Lettings

As a boarding school, St Leonards has an extensive accommodation offering, which is available to let outwith term time. Our three recently refurbished boarding houses offer ideal venues for residential courses, conferences and camps.

Each house boasts a large state-of-the-art kitchen and dining room, modern, stylish social spaces, games rooms, quiet spaces and study bedrooms.

Rooms range from six-person dormitories to single and twin rooms with shared bathrooms available on each floor.

All accommodation has access to complimentary WiFi and laundry facilities.

Limited parking is available on site, as well as free on-street parking next to all three houses.

Contact us for more information