Primary schools

Classrooms

Floors

Primary school classrooms go from calm to chaos and back again throughout the day. The floor you choose contends with constant use from 30-plus pairs of feet, activity debris and chair-scraping. It needs to support quiet learning, tired feet, act as the occasional seat and play its part in creating an inspiring space to work and learn in. 

Altro Serenade is an acoustic floor, which means 19dB impact sound reduction, keeping noise down, not only within the room but in the room below. A 3.9mm thickness gives staff comfort underfoot, plus ensures it’s warm and comfy for little bottoms. Available in multiple shades with block colour and linen-look options, it creates a comfortable, warm, welcoming look that can match, or complement, a design theme. As you would expect from an Altro floor, it’s easy to clean, both for quick mop-ups after activities, or for the thorough clean after school. Plus its durability is guaranteed for ten years.

Floors – area around sink

With a wide variety of activities taking place in the classroom, a sink is a common feature, making splashes and spills and therefore slips, likely. With so much going on, it’s not always possible for teaching staff to spot or wipe spills straight away. So, what’s the alternative when you don’t need a safety floor throughout the entire room?

Installing Altro Suprema around the sink area means you can reduce the risk of a slip to one in a million in that space. With 40 shades to choose from, it’s easier to match the rest of the floor, or deliberately contrast with it to remind pupils that it’s an area they need to be careful in. In case of large splashes, we recommend having a mat to wipe feet on when stepping back into the rest of the room. When it comes to specifying a smooth or safety floor, we recommend referring to your risk assessment.

Toilets

Floors

With no time for staff to constantly monitor the state of the toilets, the floor needs to prevent slips from sink splashes, walked in water and any little accidents. It has to be easy to clean, whether a quick wipe or the thorough end-of-the-day clean.

Altro Suprema reduces the risk of a slip to one in a million, keeping the children safe from slips. Its 15-year life expectancy combines with sustained slip resistance, giving peace of mind that pupils will be as safe from slips when they leave school as when they started. With 40 shades, it’s possible to make the bathroom more fun, theming the space, or using different colours for each cubicle and the hand wash area. 

Walls

At primary school age, hand hygiene is not top of mind when visiting the bathroom. School toilet walls need to be easy to clean and play a role in reducing the number of places bacteria can lurk. With grout present and cracks common, tiles will not support effective hygiene and maintenance.

Altro Whiterock Satins is a hygienic walls system that can be wiped clean. As it’s grout-free and impact resistant, it doesn’t present the same issues as tiles – plus it’s quick to install and backed by lengthy guarantees. It also gives you the benefit of ongoing support from Altro’s technical team. With multiple satin-finish shades, there’s plenty of room for design flexibility, making it easy to match or complement the flooring and fittings.

Libraries

Floors

Primary school libraries are no longer the intimidating, quiet rooms they once were but, as a space where story-telling comes to life or a pupil curls up to enjoy their first novel, there’s a need to reduce noise distractions.

Altro Serenade is an acoustic floor, offering 19dB impact sound reduction: it limits noise from footsteps and chair movement within the room, plus the room below. Along with its acoustic benefits, its 3.9mm thickness gives staff comfort under foot, and a warm, comfy feel for anyone sitting on the floor. There are multiple shade and patterns option to choose from including three linen-looks that resemble carpet, with none of the hygiene and cleaning concerns. The range also coordinates and matches with both Altro Orchestra and Altro Operetta, so it’s possible to run the same look across a number of rooms and ensure you have the right technical performance where needed.

Staff rooms

Floors

Staff areas are well used; lots of feet, chairs, desks so the floor needs to be durable. As a space used for work, meetings and well-earned breaks, it needs to look homely and feel comfortable: the floor plays a central part in creating a space where staff are happy to be. With staff areas in constant use, installation or refurbishment needs to be quick and easy.

With 12 wood-look choices, 14dB impact sound reduction and comfort under foot, plus a one in a million slip-resistance assurance, Altro Wood adhesive-free provides a decorative, yet safe and durable solution. With no adhesive, it also has the benefit of minimising downtime – halving installation time - and no adhesive-associated odours during and post installation.