What Makes A Good Window Shade For Schools?

Find the Perfect Blind for Your School

Here at DotcomBlinds, we try to have a shade for absolutely everyone in stock, while most of our customers are looking for a new blind to put into their home, we also know that we have some customers with more advanced needs, like those buying shades for educational settings.

DotcomBlinds can help provide quality window shades to all levels of education setting, from Nursery Level, Primary and Secondary Schools, all the way up to Universities and Colleges.

If you’re looking to purchase new window blinds for your school, you can browse our range of commercial blinds designed with educational settings  in mind here.

While all levels of Education have their own décor and furnishing needs, we have found that education settings usually have the same needs for their shading, with a few features in hot demand at all levels.

So, what are the features that people are looking for when buying blinds for an education setting? Let’s have a look!

Fire Retardant Fabric

The first big feature for education settings, is fire retardant fabric. It is essential that all window blinds in any educational setting are fire retardant, so that your school or university complies with the UK’s Fire Safety regulations.

Window shades made without Fire Retardant fabric present a clear fire risk, making it more likely for fire to spread in the event of a fire, so it is imperative both ethically and legislatively that you use Fire Retardant Window Blinds in any educational setting, all the way from Nursery level to higher education level.

All of the window blinds in DotcomBlinds’ range of blinds for educational settings will come with fire retardant fabric as standard, allowing you to rest easy knowing your new shades will be entirely compliant with the UK’s various fire safety regulations.

For more information on Fire Safety Regulations for Schools, check out the Government’s Guidance here.

Child Safe Mechanisms

While this feature is more important in educational settings with young children, such as, creches, nurseries and primary schools, it is important than all blinds used in an educational setting are ‘child-safe’ to prevent accidents and reduce your liability as a school.

Due to Government regulations, every single Window Blind made by DotcomBlinds comes equipped with child safety features, such as P-Clips for Roller Blind chains, to prevent accidents and protect the children in your school building. So, you can be assured that any blind purchased from DotcomBlinds will be entirely compliant with the UK’s rigorous Child Safety Legislation and Regulations.

To get more info on making your school Child Safe, check out https://www.makeitsafe.org.uk/

Wipe Clean Fabric

Mess is a fact of life in every stage of education, whether it’s from Nursery age children doing arts and crafts, or Biology PhD students dissecting a frog, so you’ll want to have an easy to clean shading solution for your school.

DotcomBlinds’ range of Blinds for Educational Settings all come with a ‘Wipe-Clean’ coating on the fabric as standard, meaning no matter what sort of mess gets created in your classrooms, your blinds can be cleaned in seconds with a damp cloth and a little bit of elbow grease.

Now you should know what features you’re looking for when buying window blinds for your School, College or University, you can make an informed purchasing decision about what window shades you will use.

DotcomBlinds have a dedicated range of window blinds perfect for use in educational settings, you can view our range of school blinds here.

If you’re interested in using DotcomBlinds to supply window shades for your Nursery, School, College or University, you can shop our range of blinds for educational settings, visit our Commercial Page for more information, or get in touch with our Customer Service team to discuss your needs with a shading expert.