How a “notice of the day” at the school entrance can stop visitors from getting lost

It is a simple rule which applies to every school. The people who use the school know their way around.

By and large those people don’t really need signs – but…

Think just for a moment about the people who come to the school and don’t know where to go. Pupils who join the school from primary school or transfer from elsewhere. Parents new to the school.

Plus delivery people, inspectors, visiting speakers, occasional teachers…

Now one solution can be to put up signs around the school – but it is never possible to put up a sign for each and every special occasion.

When rooms are taken over for examinations, conferences, meetings or for other special purposes everyone needs to know as they approach the school what to do and where to go.

Likewise, when part of the school is used by outside organisations in the evening you need to ensure that the visitors are not left wandering about.

The solution to this problem is the outside noticeboard, placed exactly where visitors will see it. A noticeboard that can have placed upon it a clear notice for the day, telling those likely to be arriving to use Entrance D or whatever is appropriate.

It is true to say that for a while outdoor noticeboards were out of fashion, but now, with the growing awareness of just how many different people do turn up in the average school, they are very much coming back into fashion.

Indeed some schools are putting up boards at each entrance – just to make sure.

The message within the lockable noticeboard can be changed as often as one wishes. Indeed changing it regularly ensures that the board is looked at regularly.

All one has to do is print the message in a way that makes it easily readable to the person standing close by. If you always use it for the very latest, most important information and change it regularly, people will pay attention to it.

We have a range of styles of outdoor noticeboards to suit all types of school – you can see illustrations on our website at: http://www.greenbarnes.co.uk/product-type/lockable-noticeboards/

Alternatively please do call us on 01280 701093 and we’ll be pleased to discuss our boards, send you a brochure, and give any advice and guidance that you may require.

Michael Barnes