Essentials For Education is the UK’s best place to source toys, games, outdoor accessories, furniture and a whole lot more, created especially for the little people in your life! Whether for a school or nursery, we provide a vast array of products designed especially for children of any age, ability and aptitude.

Based in Bury, Lancashire, we’re a well established, family run UK company specialising in supplying quality educational toys, school furniture, games and accessories designed to provide safe learning environments and stimulate creative little minds as they learn about the world around them. We supply schools, nurseries, playgroups, local authorities and individuals with products suitable for all ages, abilities, cultures and aptitudes.
If your child is feeling creative, why not discover Arts & Crafts? We have plenty of different materials here to create pictures, collages and models, and we have special items for holidays like Easter and Christmas. If you want to paint, have a look at Painting for easels and driers to hold your works of art whilst they dry.

For babies, the littlest of all little people, have a look at our Problem Solving educational toys to learn about shapes and colours whilst the Softplay and Environments areas list the range of furniture and accessories made especially for tiny people to explore the world around them as safely as possible.

Learn about nutrition with Healthy toys, build something with Construction, or play on the computer. We also stock hard wearing traditional Wooden Toys, and classic farm animals in Small World. And, for those with lots of creative energy, why not look at Musical Instruments & Movement?

Sometimes it’s fun to play pretend- you can tell stories with puppets which can be found in Communication, Language & Literacy, or dress up with the costumes in Roleplay- you can be a Doctor, a Policeman and a Vet!
When the sun is shining, it’s fun to play outside! We’ve got lots of playground equipment, a whole host of toys for Physical & Outdoor Play and traditional sandpits for use both in and outdoors can be found in Sand & Water.

After lunch, it’s nice to have a story and a long nap, for which we can provide for too! See Sleep Time and Furniture for sleep mats, bean bags and comfy chairs.

We have been supplying school playground equipment, games, wooden toys, art supplies and school furniture to nurseries, schools, colleges and local authorities in the UK since 1995 and are committed to providing quality and an excellent service. Visit us regularly for special offers and remember - if you’re after a specific item that you can’t find in our catalogue, get in contact to find out if we can source it for you.

All prices are exclusive of VAT. VAT is shown at order confirmation.