Hire exam desks, stacking chairs and invigilator tables for schools, colleges and temporary exam halls.
This page helps schools, colleges, training centres and universities hire equipment for exams. You may need extra desks for peak assessment weeks, overflow seating for larger cohorts or a temporary layout in a sports hall. Hiring the right stock lets your team create a clear, consistent room plan without buying desks that sit in storage for most of the year.
You can hire folding exam desks, stacking chairs from our seating range and trestle tables from our table collection for invigilators, registration points and script handling. Many education clients also add staging from our staging section for briefings or presentations and extra equipment for open days in the same period.
Exam orders often cover 30 to 500 candidates, depending on the hall and timetable. You can book online, arrange delivery to the school or campus and add extra desks if numbers change. We do not ask for a deposit. Our team delivers on the agreed day, and you return the hire stock when the final paper ends.
Leave generous aisles for invigilators and keep a separate table ready for spare papers, devices and late arrivals. That small bit of planning makes setup and exam day checks much easier. If your education team needs dependable exam furniture without long lead times, check availability online and build the order around your room plan.
Expo Hire does not charge a security deposit. A free minor damage waiver covers minor damage and loss. Excessive or negligent damage is charged at 10 times the hire price. Full details in our terms and conditions.
Use the carriage calculator to find your nearest branch and get an accurate delivery quote. At checkout we show an itemised delivery cost before you confirm the order.
On the day, track your driver in real time on our order tracking page, or use the link in the automated text we send.
For orders over £1,000, you can confirm a booking with a 25% deposit and pay the balance up to 28 days before delivery. The checkout offers this automatically. Full details in our terms and conditions.