After a few hours in the classroom, most teachers find
themselves longing for a short break away from their pupils. After making a cup
of coffee, they head to the staff room ready to recline in a comfy chair and
put their feet up for a few well-deserved minutes.
Thankfully for teachers, gone are the days when little
plastic chairs used to line the staff room, a veritable recipe for back aches.
Now, teachers have a variety of seating options to choose from, ranging from
the convenient and cheap, to the elaborate and exquisite.
But what makes for great staffroom chairs?
Size
Unfortunately, some teachers aren't blessed with large
staffrooms. Some can feel no bigger than the supply cupboard that's used for
storing exercise books. But that doesn't mean seating has to suffer.
Chairs, such as our S19 Stacking Chair and the Gap Chair have been designed to fit
into any sized staffroom, and even in to smaller gaps.
Price
Staffroom seats are seen as yet another expense the school
has to bear. While it would be nice to have free reign of the catalogue, many
teachers instead find seating is rather low down on the school's list of
priorities.
While there are leather chairs for those lucky educators
with a larger budget, options have been made available for teachers operating
on smaller ones. The Jade Reception Chair is one of those smart options.
Colour
Colour is important these days. To the relief of children
everywhere, schools are no longer dull, lifeless places, but are in fact quite
colourful and well coordinated.
If a staffroom displays a certain colour scheme, finding
seating to match that scheme is important.
Robustness
A staffroom is in a school and a school is full of kids.
That means, things will have a mysterious habit of breaking. Cutting costs too
fine really doesn't pay off in the long run, as most schools have found out the
hard way. Chairs need to be pretty endurable to cope with sudden slumping and
jumping movements.
A wide range of choices
UK Educational Furniture has tried to consider all of the
above points for you. This means, the range of classroom seating options found
on the company webpage includes seats that come in all colours, sizes,
materials and prices.
Check out our
range of chairs for staffrooms.