STANDARD: A4 (210 x 207mm)
The most common size of Bespoke Exercise Book, used across all lessons including maths, English and science. Penstripe Exercise Books can come in any size, but this is by far and away the most popular size.
Bespoke Exercise Books
Premium Bespoke Exercise Books for Every Subject and Year Group
Creating the perfect school exercise books is easy with our fully customisable options.
Choose from a variety of sizes, binding styles and designs to create exercise books that perfectly suit your classroom’s needs. Whether you’re looking for A4 or A5 exercise books, ruled or plain pages or something colourful for the cover, we can help.
Our team is here to guide you in selecting the right features for your exercise books to ensure they’re durable, functional and delivered on time.
Simple artwork process We’re with you every step of the way ensuring your Exercise Books look exactly as you want.
We deliver every time We go above and beyond to get your Exercise Books delivered when you need them.
Designed to last the year All our robust products are designed to last the stresses and strains of the academic year.
Bespoke Exercise Books. The Choice is Yours
With over three decades of experience in exercise books, we’ve perfected our selection to ensure your books become integral to the student’s learning journey. Below is a straightforward 5-step guide to some of the options available. If you don’t find exactly what you’re looking for, please contact us and we’ll be happy to assist you.
START WITH A SIZE THAT WORKS FOR YOU
COMPACT: A5 (148 x 210mm)
Our smaller A5 exercise books are used for subjects where less notes are needed to be taken and are very popular for use with KS4 students in combination with a digital note taking app.
EXTRA: A4 PLUS (214 x 305mm)
Those extra few mm make all the difference. A4 handouts don’t hang out the edge of the closed book, making an ideal solution for lessons where presentation of work is critical – a favourite amongst art and design teachers.
SELECT A ROBUST BINDING STYLE
STITCHED & SQUARE BACK
Our most popular binding style is the robust wire stitching with square back. Bind up to 200 pages and select from 3, 4 or 6 stiches.
PERFECT BOUND
For the ultimate solution, perfect binding sewn sections would provide your books with a very polished finish. This is a great solution for Knowledge Organisers.
STITCHED
Perhaps the simplest option to go for is wire stitch. We would suggest this solution for books with a lower number of pages.
ADD COLOUR WHERE YOU NEED IT
COLOUR ON ALL COVERS
Add colour to all inside and outside covers and create a book the communicates brand and learning, whilst also looking great.
COLOUR ON ALL INTERNAL PAGES
Add colour wherever you require to bring your books to life and engage your students in the detail of their studies.
BLACK IS ALWAYS AN OPTION
Black print throughout (or partially) is definitely an option. Use our standard designs or supply bespoke page designs.
USE STANDARD PAGES OR ADD YOUR OWN
LINED AND SQUARED PAGES
The classic option. We have a number of standard pages designs available for use. You can also provide your own versions if you prefer a different layout.
FULLY BESPOKE PAGES
Send us your page layouts and we’ll create you a 100% bespoke exercise book to suit your requirements perfectly.
COLOURED PAPER
We have coloured paper options available for you to select to support SEND students with reading and comprehension.
CREATE VERSIONS FOR SUBJECT AND YEAR GROUP
YEAR GROUPS
Work with our team to define your year group requirements. We’ve made this tricky process super simple and can even break down to form group options if needed.
SUBJECT SPECIFIC
Each of your subjects may have a different Exercise Book requirement. We have differing size, page design and binding style options available to make each book work as needed.
MAT EXERCISE BOOKS
If you’re buying for a group of schools then we’re here to support you in collating the version information, quoting in a simple way, effectively managing the artwork and ensuring delivery to all sites.
EASY ARTWORK PROCESS
Browse Our Extensive Range of School Exercise Books
Explore our full range of exercise books designed to support learning. Whether you’re looking for premium A4 exercise books, Silvine style plain books or something completely bespoke, we’ve got everything you need to keep your classroom organised and your students engaged.
Designed for Classroom Success
Our exercise books are more than just stationery – they’re a tool to enhance learning. From the cover to the line spacing, each detail is carefully crafted to help students stay focused and organised throughout the school year
Built Around You
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WE DELIVER EVERY TIME
The experience we had with our previous supplier meant we had to find somebody new. To be honest, Penstripe was the only company I could find that met our needs. I was impressed that they supplied a list of schools who they supplied with diaries and I contacted several all of whom gave extremely positive feedback.
Hilary Simpson, St Catherine's College
I was able to create a good mix of our own content to suit our context as a middle school but also use existing Penstripe content to reduce time.
Mike Horton, Bredon Hill Academy
Good customer service and excellent delivery of product from start to finish.
Lucy Massey, John Taylor Free School
We have worked with Penstripe for a number of years and always get a quality product. Communication is clear and I was really impressed this year how quickly our teacher planners came, staff were really thrilled to get their planner before we broke up for the summer.
Lisa Hesketh, Co-op Academy Bebington
I was super impressed with the initial call from George to introduce Penstripe. The speedy delivery of samples and information and how they would work with us gave me real confidence. We had been let down by a previous supplier and both George and Sarah provided guidance and solutions to ensure we would receive delivery of the planners before the end of the summer term.
Jas Mistry, Onslow St. Audrey's School
Designed to last the year