Primary school installs standing desks

A primary school has introduced standing desks after experts said they can help students concentrate and tackle obesity.

Kewstoke Primary School, near Weston-super-mare, Somerset – which has just 85 pupils – started using the £160 desks three weeks ago. Sarah Harding, the head teacher, decided to buy them after reading how some children learn better when they are standing up and more active.

Research claims that using a standing desk for just three hours a day, five days a week, burns an additional 30,000 calories over a year.