from The UK Guardian

Schoolchildren too big to squeeze into chairs

Classroom furniture designed for pupils of the 60s is too small

 

Schools need to upgrade their furniture because today’s children have outgrown the tables and chairs designed to meet the needs of 1960s pupils, experts say.

kingdon.jpgPupils are so much bigger in height as well as girth that many no longer fit into standard school furniture.

There is also a much larger variation in the size of pupils meaning furniture needs to be redesigned to meet a wide range of shapes and sizes.

The recommendation is made in a wide-ranging report from the British Educational Suppliers Association, backed by the former education secretary Charles Clarke, which sets out the changing needs of schools.

It warns that schools are creating a generation of children who could suffer from back problems as the result of squeezing into ill-fitting furniture for hours every day.

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