Frequently Asked Questions

1: I’m looking for some chairs for my school, should I buy them based on the age of each class, the key stage of each class or the size of each individual child?

2: I have very different heights of children in my class, if I bought different heights of chairs and tables for them how could I manage it, both now and in the future when those children have left my class?

3: What is the European standard and how does it affect me and my school?

4: I need to know how high my whiteboard needs to go on the wall, which chart should I look at?

5: My children use the whiteboard during lessons and struggle to reach the top, how do I go about making it suitable form me and them?

6: Is it best to have deep Belfast sinks higher than the surrounding side benching so that my taller children don’t have to stoop to reach the bottom?

7: Is it sensible to take into account the need for a child to reach over to turn a plug socket on when planning the height of side bench?

8: Do I make door handle heights suitable for a child’s reach or for adults?

9: I want my doors to have child height glazing in them, which graph should
I use?

10: What height charts do I use for safety equipment science labs or workshops, ie eye wash baths; safety switches etc?

11: Is it best to have shallow shelves on the top of a shelving bay so I can see what is stored on them?

12: I have some very heavy equipment to be stored on shelving, where on the shelving bay would this be best stored?