Lockers and Storage for Schools, TAFEs and Universities

Education buildings are tough on furniture. Lockers are opened and slammed thousands of times a term, staff rooms are shared by dozens of people, and design studios need to store drawings that don't fold. Storage in schools, TAFEs and uni­ver­si­ties has to be durable, secure and easy to manage.

Education storage works harder

Compared with a typical office, education storage faces:

• High traffic: hundreds of users, often in a short window between classes
• Rough handling: bags, sport gear and the oc­ca­sion­al kick
• Hygiene: shared spaces need ven­ti­la­tion and easy cleaning
• Changing needs: class­rooms and programs change year to year

Secure lockers for students and staff

In February 2026, Bosco in­tro­duced cus­tomis­able secure locker systems for schools, TAFEs, uni­ver­si­ties and gov­ern­ment fa­cil­i­ties. They're locally man­u­fac­tured and fully assembled, and the key features listed are:

• Re­in­forced steel frames for dura­bil­i­ty and security
• Ven­ti­lat­ed door options for airflow and hygiene
• Multi-point locking systems
• Digital locking com­pat­i­bil­i­ty with modern access control
• Powder-coated finishes that resist wear

Bosco offers a wide range of colours, branding op­por­tu­ni­ties, com­part­ment con­fig­u­ra­tions and ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty options, and provides detailed mea­sure­ments and con­fig­u­ra­tion options on request.

Libraries, studios and staff rooms

Beyond lockers, the Bosco range covers other education spaces:

• Libraries: the Squadron bookcase has slotted shelves for dividers and back stops, in 4, 5 or 6 shelf heights.
• Art, design and ar­chi­tec­ture studios: the plan cabinet comes in 6 or 10 drawer con­fig­u­ra­tions, in 1.2 mm mild steel, for large-format documents.
• Staff rooms and offices: lockable hinged-door cabinets, lineal filing and tambour cabinets.
• Ad­min­is­tra­tion: secure filing, and SCEC security cabinets where clas­si­fied gov­ern­ment material is involved.

Ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty and inclusion

Lockers and storage should work for every student and staff member. Bosco's locker systems include ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty options, and com­part­ment heights and layouts can be con­fig­ured. Check your state's education facility design guide­lines and ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty re­quire­ments for the project, and include them in the brief.

Buying for education

For school business managers and pro­cure­ment teams, a clear brief and the right documents make approval easier:

1. Quan­ti­ties and layout: how many lockers, and what com­part­ment con­fig­u­ra­tion
2. Locking: keyed, com­bi­na­tion or digital
3. Colours and branding
4. Warranty: Bosco provides a 5-year man­u­fac­tur­er's warranty on all products
5. Quality and origin: ISO 9001:2015 man­u­fac­tur­ing, designed and made in Australia
6. Lead time for your quantity, es­pe­cial­ly if in­stal­la­tion is planned for school holidays
7. In­stal­la­tion: Bosco offers local assembly options to reduce setup time

Timing your purchase

The long school holidays are the easiest time to install lockers and storage, but they're also when everyone wants in­stallers. Work back from the first day of term:

1. First day of the new school year
2. Minus in­stal­la­tion time
3. Minus delivery
4. Minus man­u­fac­tur­ing lead time for your quantity
5. Minus the end-of-year man­u­fac­tur­ing shutdown
6. Minus your school's or de­part­ment's approval time

For a large locker order, that usually means placing the order in the last term of the previous year.

What to send with your enquiry

To get an accurate quote quickly, send the number of students and staff, the locker types and number of com­part­ments you're con­sid­er­ing, preferred colours, locking (key, com­bi­na­tion or elec­tron­ic), in­stal­la­tion locations and your target in­stal­la­tion date. If the lockers will be outdoors or in wet areas, say so, because that affects the finish.

Fre­quent­ly asked questions

Can lockers be branded with school colours? Yes. Colours and branding op­por­tu­ni­ties are among the cus­tomi­sa­tion options.

Are lockers delivered assembled? The locker systems are described as locally man­u­fac­tured and fully assembled.

Can ar­chi­tects get BIM files for Bosco products? Yes. Configure it and download the BIM file for products in the con­fig­u­ra­tor.

Planning a school project? Contact the Bosco team for locker con­fig­u­ra­tions and a quote.