{"id":23297,"date":"2026-09-15T17:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:29:54","slug":"childcare-table-chair-height-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/ko\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcare Table and Chair Height Australia 2026: NQF Rooms, Fit Test &#038; Order Qty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style id=\"ws-hide-post-excerpt\">\n.single-post .elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt,\n.single-post .entry-summary,\n.single-post .post-excerpt { display: none !important; }\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Childcare table and chair height in Australia<\/strong> is a millimetre and a quantity, not a Pinterest set. ACECQA does not publish a legal seat height. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/national-quality-framework\/guide-nqf\/section-3-national-quality-standard-and-assessment-and-rating\/quality-area-3-physical-environment\/standard-31-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standard 3.1<\/a> asks whether fixtures and furniture are fit for the children in that room. Get the height wrong and children climb, fidget, or cannot reach the table. Get the count wrong and you fail the 3.25 m\u00b2 unencumbered indoor test before the first tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ws-country-guides\" style=\"margin:24px 0;padding:16px 20px;background:#f4f8fc;border-left:4px solid #123d73;border-radius:6px;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#263544;\">\n    <strong>Australia planning cluster:<\/strong>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/how-to-start-a-childcare-centre-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">How to start a centre<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/cost-to-furnish-a-childcare-classroom-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Classroom furniture cost<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-furniture-checklist-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Furniture checklist<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Room layout<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-fit-out-cost-sydney\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Sydney fit-out cost<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/ccs-approved-childcare-service-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">CCS approved service<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <strong>Table &#038; chair height<\/strong> (this guide)\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-startup-cost-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Startup cost Hub<\/a>\n    \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-furniture-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;text-decoration:none;\">Furniture Australia<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin:24px 0;padding:22px 24px;background:#f4f8fc;border:2px solid #123d73;border-radius:12px;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.4px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#123d73;\">Operator page \u2014 millimetres and quantities, not a home shopping chart<\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.65;color:#263544;\">ACECQA does <strong>not<\/strong> publish a legal millimetre for childcare tables and chairs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-3-physical-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:#123d73;font-weight:700;\">Quality Area 3<\/a> requires furniture that is fit for purpose and sufficient. This page turns that into a purchase order: NQF age rooms, factory sizes, a 150\u2013200 mm gap, a 60-second fit test, and chair counts that do not eat <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;font-weight:700;\">3.25 m\u00b2 unencumbered indoor space<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;color:#263544;\">AUD room budgets sit on <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/cost-to-furnish-a-childcare-classroom-australia\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;\">cost to furnish a classroom<\/a>. The U.S. inch chart is a different page: <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/table-and-chair-height-guide\/\" style=\"color:#123d73;\">kid\u2019s table and chair height guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ws-ht\" id=\"nqf-height-calculator\">\n  <span class=\"ws-ht__label\">Purchase-order helper<\/span>\n  <h3>Childcare table and chair height calculator (Australia)<\/h3>\n  <p>Enter the <strong>NQF room<\/strong> and licensed places. You get a planning millimetre, a chair count, and a table count. Fit-test the children who will actually sit there before you freeze the PO.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ws-ht__grid\">\n    <label>Room age band\n      <select id=\"ws-ht-room\">\n        <option value=\"infant\">Infant \u2014 birth to 24 months<\/option>\n        <option value=\"toddler\" selected>Toddler \u2014 24 to 36 months<\/option>\n        <option value=\"preschool\">Preschool \u2014 36 months to preschool age<\/option>\n        <option value=\"oshc\">Over preschool age \/ OSHC<\/option>\n      <\/select>\n    <\/label>\n    <label>Licensed places in this room\n      <input id=\"ws-ht-places\" type=\"number\" min=\"4\" step=\"1\" value=\"15\">\n    <\/label>\n    <label>Activity table seats\n      <select id=\"ws-ht-seats\">\n        <option value=\"4\">4-seat table<\/option>\n        <option value=\"6\" selected>6-seat table<\/option>\n        <option value=\"8\">8-seat table<\/option>\n      <\/select>\n    <\/label>\n  <\/div>\n  <button type=\"button\" id=\"ws-ht-run\">Build the height schedule<\/button>\n  <div class=\"ws-ht__out\" id=\"ws-ht-out\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n  <p class=\"ws-ht__note\">Planning tool only. It does not replace a fit test, a floor plan, or the regulatory authority\u2019s view of unencumbered space. Educator-to-child ratios do not set millimetres; they only tell you how many adults sit in the room.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ws-ht__cta\"><p><strong>Heights look right but the chairs still have to fit the drawing.<\/strong><br>Send room ages, licensed places and the dimensioned plan. West Shore returns a furniture concept with millimetres on the schedule.<\/p><a class=\"ws-popup-2919\" href=\"#elementor-action:action=popup:open&#038;settings=eyJpZCI6IjI5MTkiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ==\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:12px 22px;background:#123d73;color:#fff;border-radius:999px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;\">Send room ages and the plan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>\n.ws-ht {max-width:920px;margin:30px auto;padding:30px 28px;background:#f4f8fc;border:2px solid #123d73;border-radius:16px;box-shadow:0 12px 30px rgba(18,61,115,.12);color:#263544;}\n.ws-ht__label {display:inline-block;margin-bottom:10px;padding:6px 12px;border-radius:999px;background:#123d73;color:#fff;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.4px;text-transform:uppercase;}\n.ws-ht h3 {margin:0 0 8px;color:#123d73;font-size:26px;line-height:1.3;}\n.ws-ht>p {font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;}\n.ws-ht__grid {display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:14px;margin:20px 0 16px;}\n.ws-ht label {font-size:13px;font-weight:700;}\n.ws-ht input,.ws-ht select {width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:6px;padding:11px 12px;border:1px solid #c9d8e5;border-radius:8px;background:#fff;font-size:16px;}\n.ws-ht button {padding:12px 22px;border:0;border-radius:999px;background:#123d73;color:#fff;font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;}\n.ws-ht__out {display:none;margin-top:18px;padding:18px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;border-left:5px solid #2d6b5f;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;}\n.ws-ht__out.is-open {display:block;}\n.ws-ht__out strong {color:#123d73;}\n.ws-ht__note {margin-top:16px!important;padding:12px 14px;background:#fff5d9;border-left:4px solid #d99a20;border-radius:6px;font-size:13px!important;}\n.ws-ht__cta {display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:18px;margin-top:16px;padding:16px 18px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;}\n.ws-ht__cta p {margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;}\n@media(max-width:767px){.ws-ht{padding:23px 17px}.ws-ht__grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}.ws-ht__cta{align-items:flex-start;flex-direction:column}}\n<\/style>\n<script>\n(function(){\n  var room=document.getElementById('ws-ht-room');\n  var places=document.getElementById('ws-ht-places');\n  var seats=document.getElementById('ws-ht-seats');\n  var out=document.getElementById('ws-ht-out');\n  var run=document.getElementById('ws-ht-run');\n  if(!run) return;\n  function n(el){return Math.max(0,parseFloat(el.value)||0);}\n  function calc(){\n    var k=Math.floor(n(places));\n    var per=parseInt(seats.value,10)||6;\n    if(k<1){out.className='ws-ht__out is-open';out.innerHTML='Enter licensed places for this room.';return;}\n    var spec={\n      infant:{\n        seat:'200\u2013260 mm (factory 200 or 260)',\n        table:'370\u2013450 mm',\n        gap:'150\u2013200 mm',\n        chairs:Math.max(4, Math.ceil(k*0.5)),\n        note:'Do not buy one dining chair per licensed infant. Floor play is the main environment. Extra seats steal unencumbered indoor space.',\n        mix:'Keep one height at the feeding\/activity table. Adult chairs stay off that table.'\n      },\n      toddler:{\n        seat:'260 mm (300 mm only if the cohort is clearly taller)',\n        table:'400\u2013480 mm',\n        gap:'150\u2013200 mm',\n        chairs:k,\n        note:'One child chair per licensed place at meal\/activity tables, plus two stacked spares.',\n        mix:'Do not mix 260 mm and 350 mm at the same table.'\n      },\n      preschool:{\n        seat:'300 mm primary; add 2\u20134 chairs at 350 mm for taller\/older children',\n        table:'460\u2013540 mm',\n        gap:'150\u2013200 mm',\n        chairs:k,\n        note:'Keep the 350 mm chairs at their own table group if the gap to the 300 mm tables is wrong.',\n        mix:'Never average toddler and kindy heights into one SKU for the whole centre.'\n      },\n      oshc:{\n        seat:'350\u2013380 mm',\n        table:'540\u2013620 mm',\n        gap:'150\u2013200 mm',\n        chairs:k,\n        note:'Over-preschool-age furniture is a different program. Do not reuse 260 mm toddler chairs here.',\n        mix:'If kindergarten and OSHC share a room after hours, stack the unused height and reset the tables.'\n      }\n    };\n    var s=spec[room.value];\n    var tables=Math.max(1, Math.ceil(s.chairs\/per));\n    var adult=room.value==='infant'?2:2;\n    var spare=room.value==='infant'?0:2;\n    out.className='ws-ht__out is-open';\n    out.innerHTML='<p><strong>Seat height:<\/strong> '+s.seat+'<br><strong>Table height:<\/strong> '+s.table+'<br><strong>Seat-to-table gap:<\/strong> '+s.gap+'<\/p>'\n      +'<p><strong>Child chairs to order:<\/strong> '+s.chairs+(spare?(' + '+spare+' stacked spares'):'')+'<br>'\n      +'<strong>Activity tables:<\/strong> '+tables+' \u00d7 '+per+'-seat<br>'\n      +'<strong>Educator chairs (adult height):<\/strong> '+adult+'<\/p>'\n      +'<p>'+s.note+' '+s.mix+'<\/p>'\n      +'<p>If this count plus shelves will not leave 3.25 m\u00b2 unencumbered indoor space per child, cut chairs and island units before you cut licensed sleep furniture. Draw it on the plan first.<\/p>';\n  }\n  run.addEventListener('click', calc);\n})();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Childcare table and chair height Australia 2026: infant 200 mm, toddler 260 mm, preschool 300 mm and kindy 350 mm\" class=\"wp-image-23296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia-2026-cover-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-acecqa-actually-requires-and-what-it-does-not\">What ACECQA Actually Requires (and What It Does Not)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACECQA<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-law-regulations\/national-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Regulations<\/a> set space, supervision and a physical environment that works. They do <strong>not<\/strong> write \u201cpreschool chairs must be 300 mm.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-3-physical-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Element 3.1.1<\/a> is fit for purpose. Element 3.1.2 is upkeep. Element 3.2.2 is that resources are sufficient in number and allow every child to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Furniture that is clearly too high, too low, unstable, or too numerous can still fail an assessment visit.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Unencumbered indoor space is 3.25 m\u00b2 per child. Chairs occupy floor the children cannot use.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/educator-to-child-ratios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educator-to-child ratios<\/a> tell you how many adults sit in the room. They do not set millimetres.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Do not invent an Australian Standard number for seat height. Spec commercial factory sizes and a fit test instead.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\">room layout guide<\/a> covers how to keep 3.25 m\u00b2 after the furniture is drawn. This page covers which millimetres go on that drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"childcare-table-and-chair-height-chart-australia-2026\">Childcare Table and Chair Height Chart (Australia, 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are <strong>commercial planning bands<\/strong> used in Australian long day care, not a law. Australian catalogues commonly sell seats at 200, 260, 300 and 350 mm. West Shore factory seats for the same rooms are typically 200 \/ 260 \/ 300 \/ 340 mm. Spec the gap first (150\u2013200 mm from seat top to tabletop), then pick the size that passes the fit test in <em>that<\/em> room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>NQF room<\/th><th>Typical seat height<\/th><th>Typical table height<\/th><th>Seat-to-table gap<\/th><th>Factory size to write on the PO<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Birth\u201324 months<\/td><td>200\u2013260 mm<\/td><td>370\u2013450 mm<\/td><td>150\u2013200 mm<\/td><td>200 mm or 260 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\u201336 months<\/td><td>260 mm (300 mm if the cohort is taller)<\/td><td>400\u2013480 mm<\/td><td>150\u2013200 mm<\/td><td>260 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>36 months to preschool age<\/td><td>300\u2013350 mm<\/td><td>460\u2013540 mm<\/td><td>150\u2013200 mm<\/td><td>300 mm + a few 350 \/ 340 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over preschool age \/ OSHC<\/td><td>350\u2013380 mm<\/td><td>540\u2013620 mm<\/td><td>150\u2013200 mm<\/td><td>350 mm or 380 mm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a retailer quotes 450 mm tables for 3\u20135 year olds and another quotes 560 mm, both can be right for a different chair. The gap is the control. A 300 mm seat under a 560 mm tabletop is a 260 mm gap\u2014shoulders go up. A 350 mm seat under a 460 mm tabletop is a 110 mm gap\u2014knees jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"do-not-copy-a-u-s-inch-chart-onto-an-australian-po\">Do Not Copy a U.S. Inch Chart onto an Australian PO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our own <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/table-and-chair-height-guide\/\">U.S. table and chair height guide<\/a> is built for homes and Pre-K rooms that buy in inches. It puts many preschool seats around 250 mm with ~460 mm tables. That undersizes a typical Australian kindergarten room, where 300\u2013350 mm seats are the commercial default, and it oversizes infant feeding seats that should start at 200 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Write millimetres on the Australian purchase order. Convert inches only as a check, then throw the inches away.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>One height for the whole centre is a false economy. Educators stack the wrong chairs in the laundry by week three.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Colour-code chairs by height (for example navy 260, oak 300, white 350) so rooms cannot be mixed after a deep clean.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-60-second-fit-test-do-this-before-you-freeze-sizes\">The 60-Second Fit Test (Do This Before You Freeze Sizes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Age bands are a starting point. Children in the same NQF room still vary. Ask the nominated supervisor to sit three children\u2014shortest, typical, tallest\u2014on the sample chair at the sample table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Feet.<\/strong> The whole sole rests on the floor, or on a footrest that is part of the chair. Toes pointing at the ceiling means the seat is too high.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Knees.<\/strong> Roughly a right angle, not jammed under the apron of the table, not swinging.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Hips.<\/strong> The child sits back. If they perch on the front edge to reach the table, the table is too far or too high.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Forearms.<\/strong> Rest on the tabletop without hiking the shoulders. That is the 150\u2013200 mm gap in practice.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Get on and off.<\/strong> The child can sit and stand without climbing the rail or rocking the chair. If they climb, the seat is too high for that room.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Two more children.<\/strong> If two of the three fail, change the millimetre. Do not \u201cmake do\u201d with a cushion; cushions walk.<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an operator check for a purchase order, not a clinical posture assessment and not medical advice. Children with additional needs may need a different chair or an occupational therapist\u2019s specification\u2014order that as a line item, not as a centre-wide average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ws-context-cta\" style=\"margin:28px 0;padding:22px 24px;background:#f4f8fc;border-left:4px solid #123d73;border-radius:8px;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#123d73;\">Send three photos from the fit test<\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;color:#263544;\">Photograph the shortest, typical and tallest child seated at the sample set, plus the room\u2019s licensed places. West Shore will mark millimetres on a 2D\/3D furniture concept.<\/p>\n  <a class=\"ws-popup-2919\" href=\"#elementor-action:action=popup:open&#038;settings=eyJpZCI6IjI5MTkiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ==\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:12px 22px;background:#123d73;color:#fff;border-radius:999px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;\">Get Free Daycare Design<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-many-chairs-licensed-places-are-not-the-same-as-seats\">How Many Chairs: Licensed Places Are Not the Same as Seats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/educator-to-child-ratios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National centre-based ratios<\/a> are 1:4 birth to 24 months, 1:5 for 24\u201336 months (1:4 in Victoria), and 1:11 from 36 months to preschool age (1:10 in NSW, WA and some other settings). Ratios size the staffing roster. They do not mean \u201cbuy four chairs for every infant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Room<\/th><th>Licensed places (example)<\/th><th>Child chairs to order<\/th><th>Why<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Infant<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>4\u20136 low feeding \/ activity seats<\/td><td>Floor play is the program. Twelve dining chairs eat 3.25 m\u00b2 and sit empty.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toddler<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>15 + 2 stacked spares<\/td><td>Meals and table activities run at licensed capacity.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preschool<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>16 \u00d7 300 mm + 4 \u00d7 350 mm + 2 spares<\/td><td>One height at each table group. Taller children get their own four-seat table, not a mixed row.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Educator<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>2 adult chairs per room<\/td><td>Adult chairs never share a child-height table. They sit at the documentation bench or against the wall.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activity tables are usually 4, 6 or 8 seats. Divide child chairs by seats per table, then round up. A 15-place toddler room on 6-seat tables needs three tables, not two crammed eights that block circulation. Confirm cubby depth and shelf runs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-furniture-checklist-australia\/\">furniture checklist<\/a> before you add a fourth table \u201cjust in case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"worked-example-four-room-centre-67-licensed-places\">Worked Example: Four-Room Centre, 67 Licensed Places<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the same 4-room mix used in the Australia furniture budget spoke. Heights and counts below are what should sit on the schedule beside those AUD figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Room<\/th><th>Places<\/th><th>Seat SKUs<\/th><th>Tables<\/th><th>Child chairs<\/th><th>Adult chairs<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Nursery \/ infant<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>260 mm (or 200 mm if the cohort is younger)<\/td><td>2 \u00d7 low 400 mm, 4\u20136 seats total<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toddler<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>260 mm<\/td><td>3 \u00d7 460 mm, 6-seat<\/td><td>15 + 2 spare<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preschool A<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>16 \u00d7 300 mm + 4 \u00d7 350 mm<\/td><td>3 \u00d7 520 mm (300 mm chairs) + 1 \u00d7 540 mm (350 mm chairs)<\/td><td>20 + 2 spare<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preschool B<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>16 \u00d7 300 mm + 4 \u00d7 350 mm<\/td><td>same split<\/td><td>20 + 2 spare<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Centre total: 61 child chairs in daily use, 6 stacked spares, 8 adult chairs, 12 activity tables.<\/strong> If you had ordered one chair per licensed place in the nursery, you would have shipped 12 infant dining chairs and given away floor that the <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\">layout guide<\/a> tells you to protect. The AUD for this mix lives on <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/cost-to-furnish-a-childcare-classroom-australia\/\">cost to furnish a classroom<\/a> ($45,000\u2013$85,000 indoor furniture for a typical 4-room program).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia.webp\" alt=\"Stackable childcare tables and chairs in an Australian classroom, sized by age room\" class=\"wp-image-14644\" style=\"width:620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia.webp 1200w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childcare-tables-chairs-stackable-australia-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"room-notes-that-change-the-millimetre\">Room Notes That Change the Millimetre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"infant-rooms\">Infant rooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low open shelves and a small feeding table beat a miniature classroom. High chairs and feeding seats are a different product from stackable classroom chairs\u2014spec them only where meals happen, and keep the count to the children who eat at the same time, not the licensed total. Do not fill the remaining 3.25 m\u00b2 with extra seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toddler-rooms\">Toddler rooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lock one seat height at the activity tables. 260 mm is the Australian commercial default. If a few children fail the fit test because they are tall, give them a second table at 300 mm rather than raising the whole room and leaving the shorter children dangling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preschool-kindergarten-rooms\">Preschool \/ kindergarten rooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">300 mm is the workhorse. 350 mm (or West Shore 340 mm) is for taller or older children in the same NQF band. Keep those chairs at their own table so the gap stays in the 150\u2013200 mm band. Stackable frames matter here: meal time and floor group time share the same 3.25 m\u00b2. See Australian rooms in <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/reggio-kindergarten-in-sydney\/\">Sydney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/everwood-early-education-in-australia\/\">Everwood<\/a> for how tables sit off the circulation spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mixed-age-or-oshc-overlay\">Mixed-age or OSHC overlay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If kindergarten and after-school care share a room, do not average 300 mm and 380 mm. Stack one height and reset the tables, or run two table groups. Adjustable legs earn their cost only when the age band of the room will change within a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1380\" src=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20.webp\" alt=\"Australian preschool classroom with child-height timber tables and chairs\" class=\"wp-image-8339\" style=\"width:620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20.webp 1860w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20-1024x760.webp 1024w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20-768x570.webp 768w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20-1536x1140.webp 1536w, https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reggio-elc-australia-classroom-furniture-view-20-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"stackable-fixed-or-adjustable\">Stackable, Fixed or Adjustable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Type<\/th><th>Use it when<\/th><th>Skip it when<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Fixed-height stackable<\/td><td>The room will stay one NQF age band; you need floor back after meals<\/td><td>You hoped one SKU would cover infant through kindy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fixed non-stack<\/td><td>A permanent home-corner or documentation bench<\/td><td>The 3.25 m\u00b2 is already tight<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adjustable-height table<\/td><td>The room will change age band, or furniture will move between toddler and preschool<\/td><td>The layout is not frozen and you are using hardware to delay a decision<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Browse factory options on <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/preschool-tables-and-chairs\/\">preschool tables and chairs<\/a> and the Australia collection on <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/preschool-classroom-furniture\/\">preschool classroom furniture<\/a>. Write millimetres in the enquiry, not \u201cpreschool size.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-height-hits-3-25-m-the-budget-and-the-import-clock\">How Height Hits 3.25 m\u00b2, the Budget and the Import Clock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Space.<\/strong> A chair that is too big is usually also too many. Draw the footprint on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\">layout<\/a> before you add a fourth 8-seater.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Money.<\/strong> Infant rooms cost more per child because sleep and hygiene furniture does not scale. Tables and chairs are the cheaper line\u2014until you re-order the wrong height. Room AUD ranges stay on <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/cost-to-furnish-a-childcare-classroom-australia\/\">cost to furnish<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Fit-out.<\/strong> Joinery heights (benches, sinks, nappy change) are a builder line. Child tables are FF&amp;E. Keep them off the Sydney builder quote\u2014see <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-fit-out-cost-sydney\/\">fit-out cost Sydney<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Clock.<\/strong> Freeze millimetres when the layout freezes. Imported classroom packages need about 10\u201314 weeks (production, ocean transit, a licensed customs broker, GST, inland delivery). Opening in under 10\u201312 weeks is a local buy, not a factory program.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a full classroom or multi-room program, operators commonly land <strong>30\u201350% under comparable local retail<\/strong> once freight, GST\/duties and delivery are in the comparison. Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/import-daycare-furniture-landed-cost\/\">landed-cost guide<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abf.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">licensed customs broker<\/a>\u2014do not self-clear a container of chairs. A six-chair top-up lets freight dominate; that is when you should not import.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mistakes-that-show-up-on-assessment-day\">Mistakes That Show Up on Assessment Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>One height for 0\u20135.<\/strong> Educators then stand toddlers at preschool tables or seat preschoolers on infant chairs for meals.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Mixing 260 mm and 350 mm at one table.<\/strong> The gap cannot be right for both.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Adult chairs pulled up to child tables.<\/strong> Educators hunch; children lose places.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Twelve dining chairs in a 12-place nursery.<\/strong> The floor disappears; the chairs sit in the hallway by week two.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Cushions as a height fix.<\/strong> They walk, they fail the fit test, they do not survive laundry.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Ordering from an inch chart after the layout is frozen.<\/strong> The chairs arrive 40 mm too low and there is no 10\u201314 week window left.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Ignoring the table apron.<\/strong> A thick under-frame eats the 150\u2013200 mm gap even when the tabletop millimetre looks right.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ws-playground-cta\">\n  <div class=\"ws-cta-inner\">\n    <div class=\"ws-cta-content\">\n      <span class=\"ws-cta-label\">Plan Smarter<\/span>\n      <div class=\"ws-cta-title\">Get millimetres on the furniture schedule<\/div>\n      <p>Send the floor plan, NQF room ages, licensed places and opening date. West Shore returns a 2D\/3D concept with seat heights, table heights and quantities that respect 3.25 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cta-actions\">\n      <a class=\"popup-btn ws-popup-2919\" href=\"#elementor-action:action=popup:open&#038;settings=eyJpZCI6IjI5MTkiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ==\">Get Free Daycare Design<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>\n  .ws-playground-cta { width: 100% !important; margin: 40px 0 !important; padding: 0 16px !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-inner { max-width: 1080px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 34px 38px !important; border-radius: 22px !important; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #123D73 0%, #1E5A96 100%) !important; color: #ffffff !important; display: flex !important; align-items: center !important; justify-content: space-between !important; gap: 28px !important; box-shadow: 0 14px 35px rgba(18, 61, 115, 0.22) !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-content { flex: 1 !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-label { display: inline-block !important; margin-bottom: 10px !important; padding: 6px 12px !important; border-radius: 999px !important; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16) !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-size: 13px !important; font-weight: 600 !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-title { margin: 0 0 12px !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-size: 30px !important; line-height: 1.25 !important; font-weight: 700 !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-content p { margin: 0 !important; max-width: 720px !important; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.88) !important; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .cta-actions { flex-shrink: 0 !important; }\n  .ws-playground-cta .popup-btn { display: inline-block !important; padding: 15px 28px !important; border-radius: 999px !important; background: #ffffff !important; color: #123D73 !important; font-size: 16px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; text-decoration: none !important; }\n  @media (max-width: 768px) { .ws-playground-cta .ws-cta-inner { padding: 28px 22px !important; flex-direction: column !important; align-items: flex-start !important; } .ws-playground-cta .popup-btn { width: 100% !important; text-align: center !important; } }\n<\/style>\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n  function openWsPopup(e){\n    if (typeof elementorProFrontend !== 'undefined' && elementorProFrontend.modules && elementorProFrontend.modules.popup) {\n      if (e) e.preventDefault();\n      elementorProFrontend.modules.popup.showPopup({ id: 2919 });\n    }\n  }\n  document.querySelectorAll('.ws-popup-2919, .popup-btn').forEach(function(el){\n    el.addEventListener('click', openWsPopup);\n  });\n})();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin:24px 0;padding:18px 22px;background:#f4f8fc;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #d8e3ec;\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#123d73;\">Related Australia guides<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-startup-cost-australia\/\">Childcare startup cost Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/how-to-start-a-childcare-centre-australia\/\">How to start a childcare centre in Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/cost-to-furnish-a-childcare-classroom-australia\/\">Cost to furnish a childcare classroom in Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-furniture-checklist-australia\/\">Childcare furniture checklist Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-room-layout-australia\/\">Childcare centre room layout Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-centre-fit-out-cost-sydney\/\">Childcare centre fit-out cost Sydney<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/ccs-approved-childcare-service-australia\/\">CCS approved childcare service Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-table-chair-height-australia\/\">Childcare table and chair height Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/childcare-furniture-australia\/\">Childcare furniture Australia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/how-much-does-a-preschool-playground-cost\/\">Preschool playground costs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n<!-- wp:rank-math\/faq-block [{\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592893\", \"title\": \"What table and chair height should an Australian childcare centre order?\", \"content\": \"Order by NQF room, not by a home chart. Infant rooms usually sit at 200\u2013260 mm seats with 370\u2013450 mm tables. Toddler rooms lock 260 mm seats with 400\u2013480 mm tables. Preschool rooms start at 300 mm seats and 460\u2013540 mm tables, with a few 350 mm chairs for taller children. Spec the 150\u2013200 mm seat-to-table gap first, then pick the factory size and fit-test children in that room.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592894\", \"title\": \"Does ACECQA set a legal millimetre for tables and chairs?\", \"content\": \"No. Quality Area 3 requires furniture that is fit for purpose, sufficient, and well maintained. The millimetre table on this page is a commercial planning band, not a regulation. The regulatory authority can still mark furniture that is clearly too high, too low, unstable, or too numerous for unencumbered indoor space.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592895\", \"title\": \"How many chairs do I buy per licensed place?\", \"content\": \"Toddler and preschool meal or activity tables usually need one child chair per licensed place, plus two spare stacked chairs per room. Infant rooms do not. A 12-place nursery typically needs 4\u20136 low feeding or activity seats, not 12 dining chairs, because floor play is the main environment and extra seats steal 3.25 m\u00b2.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592896\", \"title\": \"Can I use one chair height for the whole centre?\", \"content\": \"No. A 260 mm toddler chair at a 520 mm preschool table forces shoulders up. A 350 mm kindy chair at a 400 mm toddler table jams knees. Mixed-age rooms get two table groups, not an average height. Educator chairs stay at adult height and sit off the child tables.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592897\", \"title\": \"What is the gap between the chair seat and the tabletop?\", \"content\": \"Keep about 150\u2013200 mm between the top of the seat and the tabletop so forearms rest without hiking the shoulders. That gap is more reliable than copying one retailer\u2019s table millimetre. If the gap is right and feet are supported, the set usually works.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592898\", \"title\": \"Why doesn\u2019t a U.S. inch chart match Australian rooms?\", \"content\": \"U.S. parent and Pre-K charts often put preschool seats around 250 mm with 460 mm tables. Australian commercial catalogues commonly sell 200 \/ 260 \/ 300 \/ 350 mm seats. Copying the inch chart onto an LDC purchase order undersizes kindy rooms and oversizes infant feeding seats.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592899\", \"title\": \"Should I buy adjustable tables for a long day care?\", \"content\": \"Use adjustable legs when one room will change age band within a year, or when the same furniture will move between toddler and preschool. Fixed heights cost less and last longer in a room that will stay one NQF age group. Do not buy adjustable hardware to paper over a layout that has not been frozen.\", \"visible\": true}, {\"id\": \"faq-question-1789464592900\", \"title\": \"When should I order imported table and chair sizes?\", \"content\": \"After the layout is frozen and 10\u201314 weeks still fits opening. Production, ocean transit, a licensed customs broker, GST and inland delivery all sit inside that window. On a full classroom program, operators commonly land 30\u201350% under comparable local retail once freight and tax are in the comparison\u2014not on a six-chair top-up.\", \"visible\": true}] -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-faq-block\"><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">What table and chair height should an Australian childcare centre order?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">Order by NQF room, not by a home chart. Infant rooms usually sit at 200\u2013260 mm seats with 370\u2013450 mm tables. Toddler rooms lock 260 mm seats with 400\u2013480 mm tables. Preschool rooms start at 300 mm seats and 460\u2013540 mm tables, with a few 350 mm chairs for taller children. Spec the 150\u2013200 mm seat-to-table gap first, then pick the factory size and fit-test children in that room.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Does ACECQA set a legal millimetre for tables and chairs?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">No. Quality Area 3 requires furniture that is fit for purpose, sufficient, and well maintained. The millimetre table on this page is a commercial planning band, not a regulation. The regulatory authority can still mark furniture that is clearly too high, too low, unstable, or too numerous for unencumbered indoor space.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">How many chairs do I buy per licensed place?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">Toddler and preschool meal or activity tables usually need one child chair per licensed place, plus two spare stacked chairs per room. Infant rooms do not. A 12-place nursery typically needs 4\u20136 low feeding or activity seats, not 12 dining chairs, because floor play is the main environment and extra seats steal 3.25 m\u00b2.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Can I use one chair height for the whole centre?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">No. A 260 mm toddler chair at a 520 mm preschool table forces shoulders up. A 350 mm kindy chair at a 400 mm toddler table jams knees. Mixed-age rooms get two table groups, not an average height. Educator chairs stay at adult height and sit off the child tables.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">What is the gap between the chair seat and the tabletop?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">Keep about 150\u2013200 mm between the top of the seat and the tabletop so forearms rest without hiking the shoulders. That gap is more reliable than copying one retailer\u2019s table millimetre. If the gap is right and feet are supported, the set usually works.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Why doesn\u2019t a U.S. inch chart match Australian rooms?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">U.S. parent and Pre-K charts often put preschool seats around 250 mm with 460 mm tables. Australian commercial catalogues commonly sell 200 \/ 260 \/ 300 \/ 350 mm seats. Copying the inch chart onto an LDC purchase order undersizes kindy rooms and oversizes infant feeding seats.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Should I buy adjustable tables for a long day care?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">Use adjustable legs when one room will change age band within a year, or when the same furniture will move between toddler and preschool. Fixed heights cost less and last longer in a room that will stay one NQF age group. Do not buy adjustable hardware to paper over a layout that has not been frozen.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-faq-item\"><h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">When should I order imported table and chair sizes?<\/h3><div class=\"rank-math-answer\">After the layout is frozen and 10\u201314 weeks still fits opening. Production, ocean transit, a licensed customs broker, GST and inland delivery all sit inside that window. On a full classroom program, operators commonly land 30\u201350% under comparable local retail once freight and tax are in the comparison\u2014not on a six-chair top-up.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Planning guidance for operators and procurement teams. Confirm current National Regulations, your jurisdiction\u2019s ratio table, and the children who will actually sit in the room. 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