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Lanyards · 4 min read

School lanyards: identity and safety

In a school setting a lanyard does three jobs at once: it identifies, it unifies, and it has to fail safely.

The safety requirement

Breakaway buckles release under load. This is the single non-negotiable specification in school lanyards, and it applies to students and staff alike. We fit them as standard on every school order rather than as an option.

Identity by colour

Year-group colour systems let staff identify a student's year across a corridor without reading anything. Visitors get a distinct colour — usually high-contrast — so an unbadged adult is immediately visible.

Durability across a year

A school lanyard is worn daily for nine months by someone not being careful with it. Sublimation printing survives that; screen print on a cheap cord does not. Recycled PET is the material we recommend, and it supports a sustainability claim for the school's own reporting.

Ordering on the academic calendar

Schools order in July and August, which is also when every other school orders. We hold year-group colourways in stock between terms so a late enrolment intake does not wait on production.

The service behind this

Custom lanyard printing

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