Bayan Signage makes classroom door signs for nurseries, K to 12 schools and universities from its own factory in Ajman. We build a fixed room identity with a changeable insert your office can reprint each September, round every corner for busy corridors and install over the summer break, before teachers return.
Classroom door signs identify every teaching space in a school or university: general classrooms, science labs, art and music rooms, libraries, lecture theatres and seminar rooms. In a school the sign usually combines a room number, a function such as Year 4 Blue or Chemistry Lab 2, and sometimes the class teacher. In higher education it carries a room code that ties into the timetable. Principals, facilities managers and fit-out contractors buy them in sets of fifty to several hundred, and they all want the same thing: signs that are still correct after the summer reshuffle.
That comes down to splitting the permanent from the changing. The room number and school crest sit on a stiff back panel; the year group, subject or teacher sits on a printed insert behind a polycarbonate window that opens only from the top or with a tool. Get the split wrong and a school replaces signs every year or lives with wrong names. Our factory CNC-cuts every panel and window to the same tolerance, so any insert fits any door in the building.
Bayan Signage is the production arm of Bayan Advertising, which has operated in the UAE for 15 years, and our Ajman factory at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2 has been running since 2016. Schools work with one project manager from survey to handover. Our designers set Arabic and English at matching weight and check spellings with a native reader, and the crew that assembles your signs installs them in the holiday window you choose.
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Most schools need a classroom standard plus a few variants for offices, accessible rooms and evacuation information. These are the families we produce.
The core of every classroom sign: a bold room number with the school crest and colour band, printed or raised on a stiff, rounded back panel.
View details →Large raised acrylic numerals on a strongly contrasting panel, with pictograms and a consistent mounting height, for key rooms, accessible classrooms and lower-grade corridors.
View details →Principal, head of year, nurse and admissions offices, in the same family as classrooms with a slightly more formal finish and name insert.
View details →Wall and projecting signs that send students to room ranges and departments, so the classroom sign only has to confirm arrival.
View details →A small evacuation plan inside each classroom door, produced in the same visual style as the room signs and oriented to that room.
View details →We walk every corridor, record door types, glazed partitions and wall finishes, and match room numbers to your timetable system. Surveys are free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Our designers build one layout for classrooms, then variants for labs, offices and early years, with your crest, colours and bilingual text set at production size.
We fix one finished sign in your corridor so leadership can check it at student height and adult height, try an insert change and approve before the full run.
Panels and windows are CNC-routed to ±0.1 mm, corners rounded and edges polished. Faces are UV-printed and checked against the approved artwork for colour and spelling.
We hand over an insert template set up with your fonts and layouts, cut blank stock and the opening tool, and show the office team how changes work.
The crew installs to a jig at one consistent height, using security screws on blockwork and mechanical stops on glazed partitions, usually in July or August.
This is the build we recommend for a typical school corridor. We adjust it for early years wings, labs and university blocks, and every change is itemised.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back panel | 3 mm ACP, UV-printed crest and colour band | 5 mm acrylic, brushed aluminium | ACP is light, stiff and takes a knock from a bag without cracking. |
| Room number | Printed at 50 to 80 mm | Raised 3 mm CNC-cut acrylic numerals in a contrasting colour | Students look for the number first, from 5 to 10 m down the corridor. |
| Changeable window | 1.5 mm polycarbonate, top-loading slot | Key-opening frame, two-row inserts | Polycarbonate survives pens, rulers and footballs that would crack acrylic. |
| Corners and edges | 10 mm radius, polished edges | Fully framed edges | Sharp corners at a young pupil's head height are a real injury risk. |
| Colour coding | Building or phase colour band | Subject pictograms for early years | Younger children and new staff recognise colour before they read text. |
| Fixing | Security screws or concealed brackets | High-bond tape plus mechanical stop on glass | Plain foam tape alone fails once a curious student finds the edge. |
School signage is judged every September, when the timetable changes and parents walk the corridors. These are the points we settle first.
Staff turnover in UAE schools can be significant from one year to the next, and classes move between rooms as year groups grow. Names fixed into the panel mean replacing signs or leaving the wrong ones up. We put anything that changes, teacher, class or subject, on a printed insert, and keep only the room number, crest and colour permanent.
If the number on the door does not match the timetable, students and cover teachers get lost on the first morning. A logic of block, floor, room, such as B2.14, works for most campuses. We ask for the final code list from whoever runs the timetable before any artwork is drawn, not after installation.
In early years and lower primary, a second panel at 900 to 1,100 mm with a picture and colour that four-year-olds recognise is worth it. In secondary corridors it just adds clutter. The main sign stays centred around 1,500 mm, which adults and older students scan naturally.
July and August are the natural window for school works, and the hottest months. Air conditioning is often off during holiday works, so we choose adhesives and fixings for hot, empty buildings. Start design in spring: approvals, sampling and production all need to finish before teachers return, and we set out that programme with the quote.
Every school is priced from its room list, so there is no fixed price per sign. Send the room schedule or floor plans and a photo of a typical corridor, and we will usually send an itemised quote within 24 hours.
Classroom signs repeat, so a full building costs far less per sign than a handful made for a single new block.
Polycarbonate windows, key-opening frames and two-row inserts add parts and assembly compared with fixed printed signs.
Printed ACP is the most economical. Thick acrylic, brushed aluminium and raised numerals add material and finishing time.
Raised acrylic numerals and two-colour panels need extra CNC cutting, bonding and proof checks, and add cost for the rooms where they are used.
Each additional layout, such as labs, early years or offices, adds design and setup time.
Installing a whole school in a short holiday window may need a larger crew, which affects the installation programme.
Interior classroom signs do not usually need a municipality permit. Private schools are inspected by bodies such as KHDA in Dubai, ADEK in Abu Dhabi and SPEA in Sharjah against frameworks that consider safety and the learning environment, and clear, consistent room identification supports that. We confirm any specific requirement your school has been given.
Civil Defence requirements typically expect evacuation plans and clear exit routes in teaching buildings, which is why many schools mount a plan inside each classroom door. The Dubai Universal Design Code shapes expectations for clear, high-contrast room identification in new public buildings. Requirements vary by emirate and campus, so we check them for your site.
Panels, windows and inserts are CNC-cut, printed and assembled in Ajman, so extra signs for a new block match the first batch exactly.
Arabic and English are set as one composition at matching weight, and Arabic is checked by a native reader before printing, because parents notice errors.
You receive the insert template, blank stock and a demonstration, so each new academic year is a printing job, not a sign order.
Rounded corners, polished edges and tamper-resistant fixings are our standard for any sign below about 1.8 m.
A single contact runs survey, design, sampling, production and holiday installation, and keeps your drawings for every future phase.
Educational groups, national retail groups and international brands return to our factory, and most of our work comes from referrals.
The cost depends on the number of rooms, the panel material, changeable windows, any raised numerals and the installation window. A full building of identical printed ACP signs costs much less per door than a small set of thick acrylic signs with raised numbers. Send your room list for an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Yes. We supply an insert template with your fonts and bilingual layouts, blank stock cut to size and a small opening tool. The school office prints the new year group, subject or teacher name and slides it in. The room number and crest stay fixed, so nothing else changes.
For most schools, an ACP or thick acrylic back panel with a polycarbonate window over the insert works best. ACP is light and stiff, acrylic looks more premium, and polycarbonate resists impact far better than acrylic. Corners are rounded and edges polished for busy corridors.
In almost every UAE school, yes. We usually give both scripts equal visual weight and can put Arabic first if the school prefers. All Arabic is checked by a native reader before printing, and room numbers stay in Western numerals, which every student and visitor recognises.
We size the room number for the corridor length, keep a strong contrast between numerals and panel, add simple pictograms for labs, toilets and offices, and fix every sign at the same height beside the door handle. Codes such as the Dubai Universal Design Code shape expectations in new buildings, so we check what applies to your campus before the artwork is final.
We give you a realistic schedule with the quote, based on the room count, the number of variants and any raised numerals. Most schools install during the summer holiday, so starting design and sampling in spring leaves time to fabricate and fit before teachers return.
Yes. We work from your brand guidelines or photos and measurements of existing signs, matching colours, crest, fonts and mounting heights. If the original profile is no longer available, we make a sample for approval, and we can replace signs block by block across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and the other emirates.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.