Buying Leaving Gifts for Your Students: A Teacher's Overview
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The most practical leaving gift for a class is a personalised wooden keyring with each child's name: small enough for a school bag, durable, and affordable in bulk. Medals and hug tokens suit award presentations and younger pupils. Everything below is made to order in our workshop in North Wales.
What do most teachers buy?
Something small, durable and personal to each child. For Year 6 leavers and end of year class gifts, engraved wooden keyrings are the usual choice: they go on a school bag, carry the child's name, and keep the total cost manageable for larger classes. The main options are:
- Student name keyrings — the child's name engraved, clean and simple
- Class Of keyrings — name plus the leaving year, good for Year 6 transitions
- You're a Star keyrings — a star-shaped keyring with the child's name, in two sizes
- Congratulations You Passed medals — a medal with a clip-on ribbon and the recipient's name, for end-of-school and exam results
- You're a Star hug tokens — a small star token that sits in a pocket or pencil case
How ordering works
There is no minimum order quantity, and bulk discounts apply automatically at checkout with no code needed: 10% off from 20 items, 15% from 50, 20% from 100, 25% from 250, 30% from 500 and 35% from 1000.
For personalised items, add each child's name in the personalisation box at checkout, one per line. For a long class list, upload the names as a spreadsheet in the Names Spreadsheet field on the product page instead.
When to order
Everything is made to order, so allow time for production and delivery, and more for larger class sets. All items are made to order. Dispatch time is shown at checkout. UK orders via Royal Mail Tracked 24. International via Royal Mail International Tracked.
For a full overview of every product we make and which suits which occasion, see our complete teacher's guide to school leavers gifts. Browse the complete school leavers gifts collection, or compare birch and oak in the Personalised Student Keyrings.
Frequently asked questions
What do teachers usually give leavers?
A personalised wooden keyring with each child's name is the most practical choice for a class. Medals suit an awards presentation, and hug tokens suit younger pupils.
Can every child have a different name?
Yes. List one name per line in the personalisation box, or upload a spreadsheet of names. We engrave each item individually.
Is there a minimum order?
No. Bulk discounts start from 20 items and apply automatically at checkout.
