Reception Areas

First impressions count and ensuring your reception reflects your ethos and values is key to setting the tone for the school as a whole. The reception to your building needs to both welcome and prohibit further access to visitors. From data entry door systems to bespoke signage CID Study.space can make sure the first impression is welcoming and safe.

Doors and Entry Systems

First things first, the entrance to your school, nursery or university will have a main entrance.
This entrance will be the first part of your setting that anyone sees whether they be a prospective parent, an interviewee or an OFSTED inspector.
Introducing new school entry systems and security doors will be a worthwhile investment to ensure the safety of your premises.

Bespoke Flooring

School receptions and the nursery and university equivalents are likely to be subject to high levels of footfall.
The flooring installed needs to be robust as well as able to be hygienically cleaned. It doesn’t have to be all about the practicalities however, there are still lots of aesthetically pleasing options to give your school reception the ‘wow’ factor for anyone entering the building. From using your school colours, to zoning different areas or even having your school logo, crest or motto printed onto your flooring there are lots of interesting design options available.

Reception Furniture

The main piece of reception furniture is the reception desk which will meet your visitors when they first arrive.
By using specialist school furniture suppliers we can supply and install both traditional and contemporary designs that will fit in with your surroundings. Ensuring the desk is accessible to all visitors is a priority and we can advise you as to what the regulations are to make sure your reception is DDA compliant.

Ethos

Your School, Nursery or University will have a strong ethos which you will want the visitors to your reception to get a real taste of what your school is all about from the moment they step into the building.
Having a reception area that is warm and welcoming is a priority. Using colours, signage, display cases, art work and seating you can build a picture of what sort of a place your setting is. Think about introducing technology to maximise the experience, screens on the wall for example could showcase student work as well as sharing messages and announcements.

Visitors

School’s can be notoriously difficult to navigate for outsiders. Make sure your reception space is working efficiently to minimise confusion. CID Study.space can reconfigure your existing area to allow your visitor procedures to operate fluidly.
Through a process of consultation we can advise how your sign in process, waiting area, safety protocols and hygiene procedures can be enhanced by redesigning your reception.

Screens and Hygiene

Ensuring your school reception is COVID secure is probably top of your list of improvements at the moment.
We can supply and install COVID sneeze guard screens to schools, nurseries and universities. CID Study.space can also help to reorganise your existing layout to allow social distancing measures to be adhered to.
You may want to think about installing a station where you take the temperature of visitors to your site as well as an area for them to sanitise their hands before entering the site.