Collection title: The UK’s Best School Bean Bags

If you’ve ever bought or browsed school bean bags via the market’s best known resellers, then it’s very possible that you’ve either owned or are aware of our range of bespoke bean bags for classroom and education settings, without even knowing it. 

Before we jump into our range, and why GBB are the ultimate choice for schools seeking the best quality and value-return on their seating investment, let’s tackle the big question: “Why should you choose bean bags for your school at all?”

School Bean Bags vs Traditional Seating

While your science lab is likely to need tall stool seating, and your ICT suites and computer rooms are likely to require wheeled office chairs, when it comes to choosing chairs for other classrooms and school spaces, there are many options. But, all roads lead to bean bags. 

Why Bean Bags? - The Fundamentals

1. Comfortable students are more relaxed, engaged, focused and effective. - Consider bean bags for classroom settings and beyond.
2. Research shows that enabling students to sit as they feel most comfortable, increases engagement, motivation and creativity. - Include school bean bag chairs, and even floor cushions in your available options.
3. Creating spaces for your students to calmly come together outdoors could help to cut down on mischief making at break times. - Outdoor bean bags are the ultimate high-quality, durable, easy to maintain option, offering aesthetic and cost-effective benefits over traditional outdoor seating (more on this below).
4. Improve focus and concentration across study spaces and libraries with bean bag chairs, sofas and cushions. - We even offer book-themed models!
5. Communal areas play a critical role in relaxing and refreshing students, and promoting communication amongst peers. Bean Bags encourage them to take a break, in style.
6. Bespoke, UK-made school bean bags like ours offer the durability, quality, and longevity you’re seeking. 
   

Our Range

At GBB, we don’t just make bean bags for schools, we make bespoke pieces, by hand, in Nottingham UK. No off the shelf seating here! 

For many of the models in our range of school bean bags, the product image you see is just the beginning. Many of our bean bags for classroom and education settings enable you to tailor the fabric and colour to your most exacting tastes. 

Ordinarily, for our domestic bean bags, we enable customers to tailor the size of their bespoke piece, but when it comes to our primary school bean bags, and bean bag chairs for high school classrooms, they’re already perfectly sized!

Primary School Bean Bags

We offer a wide range of primary school bean bags, including:

• Primary Chair Bean Bags, Classic Retro bean bags, Bench Bean Bags, Slab Bean Bags, Settee Bean Bags, Seat Bean Bags and mini Bean Bag Armchairs.
• Circle Bean Bags, Square Bean Bags, Stool Bean Bags & Cube Bean Bags.
• Primary Classic Book Bean Bags
• Maths Cube Bean Bags
• Animal Collection Bean Bags & Farm Animal Bean Bags
  Primary Fruit & Vegetable Bean Bag Chairs & Stools 
  Primary Scatter Cushions
• Comfy Floor Mats, Nap Mats & Velcro Together Floor Mats
• Nursery Bean Bags - great for very small children
  

Bean Bag Chairs for High School Classrooms

We offer a wide range of bean bag chairs for high school classrooms including:

• Secondary Book Worm Bags, Chair Bean Bags, Classic Retro Bean Bags, Secondary Seat Bean Bags, Settee Bean Bags & Secondary Slab Bean Bags.
• Secondary Book Bean Bags
• Secondary Fruit & Vegetable Bean Bags
• Comfy Floor Mats & Velcro Together Floor Mats

We also offer a range of outdoor school bean bags, and sensory bean bags for children with SPD, SEN and autism. Learn more about these ranges below. 

Our Customisation Options

Choose Your Fabric: Our bean bags for schools are available in Faux Leather, a Taped Sensory Fabric, or our Indoor/Outdoor fabric. However, due to the nature of our bespoke operation, we can make your bean bag from 8, UK-sourced, upholstery grade fabrics, including: corduroy, cotton, faux fur, faux leather, real leather, luxury woven, velvet, and our indoor/outdoor fabric.

Choose Your Colour: Choose from 14 beautiful colours. We can match the colours of your school’s logo for a branded aesthetic.

Branding: We can brand your school bean bags in line with your most exacting requirements. Learn more on our branded bean bags page. 

Waterproof/Outdoor School Bean Bags

Your outdoor areas play a critical role in your students’ experience of school - and outdoor seating is a key factor of these spaces.

At GreatBeanBags, we sell tons of outdoor bean bags - making rotting wood and rusting metal garden seating a thing of the past - and also offer a range of outdoor school bean bags.

Made from our indoor/outdoor fabric, which is a durable, UV and water-resistant textile designed to be both waterproof and breathable, our outdoor bean bags offer the same sumptuous comfort, body moulding support and aesthetic impact as our indoor models. 

If you’re looking for grass-safe, light-weight, outdoor seating that can be easily covered, maintained and stored - look no further. 

Sensory Bean Bags

We also make a range of bespoke sensory bean bags, specifically designed to meet the needs of children with SPD, SEN and autism. 

Meticulously constructed using carefully selected materials, our sensory models provide your students with tactile feedback and deep sensory input, helping to reduce their anxiety, discomfort, frustration, and support their relaxation. 

Our sensory models are made from a waterproof, antimicrobial fabric used in the healthcare space, making them easy to wipe down and maintain, and feature taped seams and tensioned zip flaps to block the ingress of fluids. 

Whether your school specialises in supporting children with Autism, or you’re a mainstream school who supports students with these needs, be sure to explore our sensory school bean bags. 

Bean Bags for Throwing

Looking for bean bags for throwing? Or any other kind of custom bean bag product for that matter? 

Due to the bespoke nature of our operations, we can make almost any kind of bean bags for classroom and education settings. 

Contact our team today to discuss your requirements. 

Why Buy from GBB?

We’re one of Britain’s original bean bag manufacturers - proudly making bean bags since 1992! That’s over 30 years. We have experience you can trust!

Many of our skilled stitchers and machinists have been working for us for decades. We even employ multiple families, who like GBB, are steeped in traditional manufacturing traditions and techniques. 

Every product is 100% bespoke and made by hand in Nottingham UK, from UK-sourced, upholstery-grade fabrics. All our products adhere to all relevant British Standards and Trading Standards, and can be easily spot cleaned for easy maintenance. 

Beyond the millions of bespoke bean bags they make, our team has also made bean bag seating for TV shows like Love Island and Big Brother, for the James Bond movie, Spectre, and beyond.

No long waiting times here! We make your school bean bags on the same day of order, and send them out for delivery the very next day.