ABOUT EDUCATION FURNITURE

Education furniture is specialised furniture supplied for schools, colleges, and training establishments. The most popular items of education furniture include chairs, stools, tables, desks, and mobile storage units.

Other more specialised education furniture includes cloakroom items, workbenches, trolleys, and study bedroom furniture.

The leading education furniture suppliers, listed below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites, with illustrated online catalogues and details of product specifications.

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LEADING UK EDUCATION FURNITURE SUPPLIERS

ESA McIntosh is a leading supplier of educational furniture for schools and colleges. It supplies furniture for nursery, primary, secondary and special needs education. It also supplies furniture for educational administration. For example its Ultima 5000 range provides for all primary school years from receptions through to key stages 1 and 2. It includes school furniture for wet areas, kitchens, laundry areas, class bases, activity spaces, admin areas and out of school clubs and libraries. The Ultima 5000 furniture range is also suitable for secondary schools, including class areas, general classrooms, science laboratories, reception and office environments.

British Thornton supplies educational and laboratory furniture from its 110,000 sqft plant in Keighley, Yorkshire. With its roots going back to the manufacture of drawing and surveying instruments in the 1870s, British Thornton now designs and manufacturers a wide range of furniture. It has supplied to City Academies, and is set to meet the challenge of the new Building Schools for the Future programme. Recent contracts won in competitive tender include educational furniture for PFI projects in Southampton, Derbyshire, Leeds, Lincoln, Sheffield and Barnsley.

Eme Furniture supplies an extensive range of modular school and training furniture include grouping and stacking tables, cantilever desks, polypropylene chairs, mobile storage units, upholstered chairs, occasional tables, cloakroom items, modular wall storage, study bedroom furniture, classroom stools, multi-purpose workbenches and trolleys. For example, its cantilever desks are grouping desks constructed with steel tube frames. The welding is hand finished to ensure safety. Surfaces are plastic laminated on both sides for durability and balance. Desk edging is either in mid grey PVC welded edging ring or with a sealed and polished MDF edge. Surfaces are available in five plain colours, a beech wood effect, and two speckle finishes.

Papworth Furniture Ltd is a leading supplier of educational and laboratory furniture. It specialises particularly in furniture for technology rooms and laboratories. For example its laboratory tables are available with either beech frame or metal frame, and with solid Iroko wood or Trespa tops. Both types are provided with adjustable feet for leveling. Solid Iroko wood tops are provided 28mm thick, finished in a clear water-borne lacquer. Trespa is a solid laminate surface, combining chemical resistance with a range of decorative finishes. Tops can also be provided in Corian.

Other useful links relevant to educational furniture and suppliers:

British Furniture Manufacturers Association

Furniture Industry Research Association

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON EDUCATION FURNITURE

We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include manufacturers' specifications and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.

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