No Loitering on School Property Sign in Manchester

School grounds are private, but rarely feel it after hours.

A Levenshulme primary school, Greater Manchester

Picture a primary school in Levenshulme where the caretaker arrives every Monday to clear cans from the bike shelter and the covered area by the hall. A sign at each gate and one in the bike shelter itself make it clear that the grounds are not open to the public out of hours.

The mistake is a harsh tone that also greets parents at drop-off. Add the hours the rule applies, such as "outside school hours", through typesetting for £15, so the sign reads as reasonable to families in the morning. A person checks the layout before it prints.

The other mistake is placing signs only on the front gate. Groups usually come in by the field or the back alley. Sign every way in, and anywhere people gather out of sight. How the rule is enforced is for the school and the police.

Board and size

Dibond is the right outdoor board for school gates and shelters: it is rigid and lasts years. 5mm Foamex suits a covered entrance. Correx is good for a quick response while a fence is being repaired. A3 reads from about 12 m; A1, roughly 24 m, across a playing field. Schools get 10 % off every order. Prices start at £26.55.

Production takes 5 working days, then a tracked courier usually takes 1 to 3 working days. Delivery is £7.95, free on goods over £100. You can collect from our Manchester office at Unit 3, 116 Bury New Road, M8 8EB once our email says it is ready. See school and community signs. Choose your size.

We are a Manchester printer with customers all over the UK. Delivery covers Manchester and its suburbs, Trafford Park among them, and the rest of the mainland, and local customers can collect from our Manchester office when the order is ready.