Overview
Description
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FAQs
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One Board That Writes Like a Whiteboard and Holds Like a Pinboard
A plain whiteboard lets you write but nothing else. Stick a notice to it and you reach for tape. The WBSM1215 removes that limit. Its surface is coated steel, so you write with dry-wipe pens and hold charts, notices and printed handouts with magnets on the very same face. It is a mid-size board, the kind that fits the everyday classroom, meeting room or office wall rather than dominating it, which makes it the sensible all-rounder for most rooms. The coated-steel surface is treated to resist scratches and ghosting, so it wipes back to clean rather than greying with use, and a slim anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings lets it mount as a tidy panel with a pen tray to hand. It is Department for Education approved and carries a 5-year surface guarantee. Best suited for classrooms, meeting rooms and offices where a team needs to write and pin together on one durable, good-looking board every day.
Why a Magnetic Coated-Steel Board Is the Practical Choice
- Write and pin on one surface: The coated-steel face takes dry-wipe pens and holds magnets, so a printed agenda, a chart or a set of notes stays up beside your handwriting. The board does the job of a whiteboard and a pinboard at once, which is what most working rooms actually need from a single wall.
- Mid-size, fits most rooms: Larger than a memo board but short of a full teaching wall, it suits the ordinary classroom, meeting room or office without overwhelming the space. It gives a genuine working surface for a small group on a wall that a wider board would crowd, making it the natural default size.
- Anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating: The surface is treated to resist the scratching and ink soak that age a cheaper board, so even with daily use it keeps wiping back to a clean face rather than holding a grey shadow. A board used every day stays looking presentable for years instead of months.
- Slim anodised aluminium frame: A treated aluminium frame resists marking and corrosion and keeps its edges sharp, giving a clean professional look that suits a corporate, clinical or school setting. It is light enough to handle yet sturdy enough to hold its shape on a busy wall.
- Concealed fixings, tidy finish: The corner fixings sit hidden under snap-on covers, so once the board is up there is no visible hardware and it reads as a clean panel on the wall. That tidy finish matters in a meeting room or reception where the board is on show.
- Approved, guaranteed, ready to fit: The board is Department for Education approved, so it can be specified for schools with confidence, and a 5-year surface guarantee backs it. It arrives with a concealed fixing kit and an integrated pen tray, ready to mount and use straight away.
Where a Mid-Size Magnetic Board Fits Best
| Classrooms and Schools | Teachers write a lesson and pin worksheets or exemplar work with magnets on the same board, all on a wall that suits a standard classroom. Approved for education and built to take daily use, it keeps a clear face through a full teaching week. |
| Meeting Rooms and Offices | Teams pin the agenda or the latest figures with magnets and work through them in pen on one surface, then wipe it clean for the next session. The slim frame and concealed fixings suit a professional room that clients and colleagues see. |
| Healthcare and NHS Rooms | Staff rooms and departments use it for rotas, planning and team briefings in everyday clinical spaces. The wipe-clean coated surface and tidy hidden-fixing finish suit a setting where durability and a neat appearance both count. |
| Councils and Public Buildings | Planning sessions, committee rooms and public offices use the board for notices, scheduling and collaborative work. Magnets keep printed plans on show beside handwritten notes, and the clean frame fits a public-facing room. |
| Exhibition and Planning Spaces | Event teams use it to map layouts, schedules and task lists, holding printed plans with magnets while working live in pen. The board moves a project forward in one place and clears down ready for the next plan. |
| Training and Briefing Areas | Trainers run sessions on a surface sized for a small group, pinning reference material beside live working. The durable coated face wipes back to clean between groups, so the board is ready for the next session without shadowing. |
Need a Bigger Board or a Tougher Surface?
For a wider wall, the larger coated steel board offers the same surface on a bigger scale. For the busiest rooms, the same-size vitreous enamel board upgrades to a glass-hard surface built to last decades.
Call us on 01279460460 or get in touch for advice on surfaces, sizes or multi-room orders.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Coated steel is the surface that turns a whiteboard into an everyday workhorse. A thin layer of steel sits beneath a smooth white dry-wipe coating, which gives the board two abilities at once. The coating takes pen and erases cleanly, while the steel underneath lets magnets grip, so one face does the work people usually split between a whiteboard and a separate pinboard. It is the standard magnetic surface for general use, offering a strong balance of performance and value for the many rooms where a board is written on most days but not quite punished from dawn to dusk.
That dual function is what makes the board genuinely useful in a working room. A team can pin a printed agenda, a plan or a chart with magnets and then write around it, mark it up or work through it in pen, all on the same surface. Nothing needs taping to the wall and no second board is required. In a classroom, a meeting room or an office, that combination covers most of what a wall is asked to do, which is why a mid-size magnetic board tends to be the one that gets used every day rather than the specialist boards either side of it.
The surface is built to keep performing through that daily use. An anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating resists the two things that wear out a budget board, namely the fine scratching that dulls a surface and the ink soak that leaves a permanent grey shadow. Marks lift away with a normal wipe, so the board still reads cleanly long after a cheaper one would look tired. It is not the glass-hard enamel of the very heaviest-duty boards, but for ordinary everyday rooms it gives years of clean, reliable service.
The board is finished and supplied for a tidy, lasting install. The frame is anodised aluminium, treated to resist marks and corrosion, and the corner fixings are concealed under snap-on covers so no hardware shows once it is mounted. Supplied with the hidden fittings and a tray for pens already on the frame, it goes up in portrait or landscape and is ready to use straight away. Department for Education approval recognises it as fit for school use, a 5-year surface guarantee backs the coating, and a quick dry wipe daily with an occasional whiteboard cleaner keeps it in good order.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x magnetic coated steel whiteboard with anodised aluminium frame
- Concealed corner fixing kit with snap-on covers and an integrated pen tray
Fitting Out Several Rooms?
Schools, offices and healthcare sites often need boards in a range of sizes and surfaces across many rooms. Our team can match this board with larger ones or a tougher enamel surface across a site, advise what suits each room and coordinate one delivery so everything arrives together ready to mount.
Call us on 01279460460 or send us your room list and we will put a recommendation together.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Full specifications for the WBSM1215 magnetic coated steel whiteboard. A mid-size wall-mounted board with a dry-wipe magnetic surface, an anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating, an anodised aluminium frame and concealed fixings. Approved for education use and backed by a 5-year surface guarantee.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Dimensions | 1500mm (W) x 1200mm (H) | A mid-size surface that suits a standard classroom, a meeting room or a typical office wall, giving real working space for a small group without ever dominating the room. |
| Surface Type | Magnetic coated steel | Mark up the board with dry-wipe pens while magnets hold charts, notices or printed handouts on the same surface, so a single board does two jobs at once. |
| Coating | Anti-scratch, anti-ghost | Stands up to both the surface scratching and the ink absorption that wear out a budget board over time, so the face stays clear under a normal wipe rather than greying over with use. |
| Frame | Anodised aluminium | A slim, treated aluminium frame that shrugs off knocks and corrosion well, keeping a clean and professional edge in a busy room for years. |
| Fixings | Concealed, snap-on covers | The corner fixings tuck beneath neat snap-on caps, leaving nothing on show so the board mounts as a clean, properly finished panel. |
| Weight | Approximately 11kg | Light enough for one person to position and mount on a sound wall on their own, yet solid and stable once fixed for a firm writing surface. |
| Finish Colour | Silver | A clean, neutral silver frame finish that suits office, clinical and school interiors alike and keeps written content easy to read clearly. |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted, fixings supplied | Arrives ready to fix to the wall with all the fittings included, so there is no separate bracket or mounting kit to buy and source elsewhere. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hang it wide or upright to suit the available wall, so a single board fits a far broader range of rooms than a fixed-layout board ever would. |
| Pen Tray | Integrated into the frame | Keeps a marker and an eraser right at the board itself, so in a busy shared room the writing kit stays put rather than wandering away. |
| Approval | Department for Education approved | Recognised as suitable for everyday school use, so it can be specified for classrooms and teaching spaces with full confidence. |
| Guarantee | 5-year surface guarantee | The writing surface is backed for a full five years, giving real long-term reassurance for a board in constant, regular everyday use. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
2 to 3 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders before 4pm typically ship the same day
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Frequently Asked Questions About This Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard
Q: What is the best mid-size magnetic whiteboard for a classroom or meeting room?
A: For a standard room that needs to write and pin, a mid-size coated steel board like the WBSM1215 is a practical choice. At 1500mm wide it suits an ordinary classroom or meeting room, takes dry-wipe pens, holds notices with magnets, and carries Department for Education approval with a 5-year surface guarantee.
Q: Is the surface magnetic and how does that work?
A: Yes. A layer of steel sits beneath the white dry-wipe coating, so magnets grip the surface. You write on the same face you pin to, holding a printed agenda, a chart or notes with magnets beside your handwriting. A single board then covers what usually takes both a whiteboard and a separate pinboard.
Q: Will the surface ghost or scratch with regular daily use?
A: No. Its hardened anti-scratch and anti-ghost finish shrugs off the wear and ink staining that age a budget board, so writing erases cleanly and the surface keeps reading clearly. The coating is backed by a 5-year guarantee, reflecting its durability in rooms used most days.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for schools and is it education approved?
A: Yes. It holds Department for Education approval, recognising it as fit for school use. The mid size suits a standard classroom, and the coated surface takes daily writing and erasing without dulling. Magnets keep worksheets and exemplar work on show beside the teaching.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for NHS and healthcare rooms?
A: Yes. In ward staff rooms and departments it handles shift rotas, scheduling and quick team updates day to day. The coated surface clears cleanly between uses, and the hidden-fixing finish gives the neat, flush look a clinical space needs alongside real durability.
Q: How is the board fixed, and can it mount either way up?
A: It comes with a concealed fixing kit and mounts in portrait or landscape. Snap-on caps cover the corner fittings, leaving the board looking like a clean panel once it is up. At around 11kg, one person can position and fix it on a sound wall without help.
Q: What size is this board and how heavy is it?
A: The surface is 1500mm wide by 1200mm high and the board weighs around 11kg. It is a mid-size format that gives a real working surface for a small group in a standard room, and the light weight makes it easy for one person to lift, position and fix to the wall.
Q: What is the difference between this and the WBVM1215 enamel board?
A: Both are 1500 by 1200mm magnetic wall boards. The WBSM1215 uses a coated steel surface that costs less and suits everyday rooms. The WBVM1215 uses a glass-hard vitreous enamel surface built for decades of the heaviest use. Choose coated steel for standard use, or enamel for the busiest rooms.
Q: Do I need a magnetic board, or would a plain whiteboard do?
A: It depends on whether you pin paper. If you hold handouts, charts or notices on the board, you need a magnetic surface like this. A plain non-magnetic board only lets you write, so anything printed needs tape or a separate pinboard. Most working rooms benefit from the magnetic surface.
Q: Can I use it with standard whiteboard pens and magnets?
A: Yes. It works with any standard dry-wipe whiteboard pens and erasers, and the magnetic surface holds standard whiteboard magnets for charts and notices. An integrated pen tray keeps a marker and eraser at the board. Always use dry-wipe, never permanent, markers to protect the anti-ghost coating.
Q: Is this whiteboard available with UK delivery and a guarantee?
A: Yes. The board ships with free UK mainland delivery and the surface carries a 5-year guarantee. Displaysense has supplied UK schools, offices and healthcare sites with display products since 1978, so you order from a UK display specialist. Bulk orders for several rooms can be arranged through our team.
Q: Is there a larger version of this whiteboard?
A: Yes. The WBSM1224 is a larger 2400 by 1200mm board with the same magnetic coated steel surface, frame and guarantee. Choose this mid-size 1500 by 1200mm board for a standard room, or the larger WBSM1224 for a lecture hall, training room or wide wall that needs more writing space.
Guides for Choosing and Using Magnetic Whiteboards
A magnetic coated steel whiteboard works hardest when its size and surface are matched to the room and the way a team uses it. Knowing when a magnetic board earns its place, how to size a board to the wall and how to set a space up for clear collaboration all make a real difference. These guides cover choosing and getting the most from boards in schools and offices.
Overview
One Board That Writes Like a Whiteboard and Holds Like a Pinboard
A plain whiteboard lets you write but nothing else. Stick a notice to it and you reach for tape. The WBSM1215 removes that limit. Its surface is coated steel, so you write with dry-wipe pens and hold charts, notices and printed handouts with magnets on the very same face. It is a mid-size board, the kind that fits the everyday classroom, meeting room or office wall rather than dominating it, which makes it the sensible all-rounder for most rooms. The coated-steel surface is treated to resist scratches and ghosting, so it wipes back to clean rather than greying with use, and a slim anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings lets it mount as a tidy panel with a pen tray to hand. It is Department for Education approved and carries a 5-year surface guarantee. Best suited for classrooms, meeting rooms and offices where a team needs to write and pin together on one durable, good-looking board every day.
Why a Magnetic Coated-Steel Board Is the Practical Choice
- Write and pin on one surface: The coated-steel face takes dry-wipe pens and holds magnets, so a printed agenda, a chart or a set of notes stays up beside your handwriting. The board does the job of a whiteboard and a pinboard at once, which is what most working rooms actually need from a single wall.
- Mid-size, fits most rooms: Larger than a memo board but short of a full teaching wall, it suits the ordinary classroom, meeting room or office without overwhelming the space. It gives a genuine working surface for a small group on a wall that a wider board would crowd, making it the natural default size.
- Anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating: The surface is treated to resist the scratching and ink soak that age a cheaper board, so even with daily use it keeps wiping back to a clean face rather than holding a grey shadow. A board used every day stays looking presentable for years instead of months.
- Slim anodised aluminium frame: A treated aluminium frame resists marking and corrosion and keeps its edges sharp, giving a clean professional look that suits a corporate, clinical or school setting. It is light enough to handle yet sturdy enough to hold its shape on a busy wall.
- Concealed fixings, tidy finish: The corner fixings sit hidden under snap-on covers, so once the board is up there is no visible hardware and it reads as a clean panel on the wall. That tidy finish matters in a meeting room or reception where the board is on show.
- Approved, guaranteed, ready to fit: The board is Department for Education approved, so it can be specified for schools with confidence, and a 5-year surface guarantee backs it. It arrives with a concealed fixing kit and an integrated pen tray, ready to mount and use straight away.
Where a Mid-Size Magnetic Board Fits Best
| Classrooms and Schools | Teachers write a lesson and pin worksheets or exemplar work with magnets on the same board, all on a wall that suits a standard classroom. Approved for education and built to take daily use, it keeps a clear face through a full teaching week. |
| Meeting Rooms and Offices | Teams pin the agenda or the latest figures with magnets and work through them in pen on one surface, then wipe it clean for the next session. The slim frame and concealed fixings suit a professional room that clients and colleagues see. |
| Healthcare and NHS Rooms | Staff rooms and departments use it for rotas, planning and team briefings in everyday clinical spaces. The wipe-clean coated surface and tidy hidden-fixing finish suit a setting where durability and a neat appearance both count. |
| Councils and Public Buildings | Planning sessions, committee rooms and public offices use the board for notices, scheduling and collaborative work. Magnets keep printed plans on show beside handwritten notes, and the clean frame fits a public-facing room. |
| Exhibition and Planning Spaces | Event teams use it to map layouts, schedules and task lists, holding printed plans with magnets while working live in pen. The board moves a project forward in one place and clears down ready for the next plan. |
| Training and Briefing Areas | Trainers run sessions on a surface sized for a small group, pinning reference material beside live working. The durable coated face wipes back to clean between groups, so the board is ready for the next session without shadowing. |
Need a Bigger Board or a Tougher Surface?
For a wider wall, the larger coated steel board offers the same surface on a bigger scale. For the busiest rooms, the same-size vitreous enamel board upgrades to a glass-hard surface built to last decades.
Call us on 01279460460 or get in touch for advice on surfaces, sizes or multi-room orders.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Description
Coated steel is the surface that turns a whiteboard into an everyday workhorse. A thin layer of steel sits beneath a smooth white dry-wipe coating, which gives the board two abilities at once. The coating takes pen and erases cleanly, while the steel underneath lets magnets grip, so one face does the work people usually split between a whiteboard and a separate pinboard. It is the standard magnetic surface for general use, offering a strong balance of performance and value for the many rooms where a board is written on most days but not quite punished from dawn to dusk.
That dual function is what makes the board genuinely useful in a working room. A team can pin a printed agenda, a plan or a chart with magnets and then write around it, mark it up or work through it in pen, all on the same surface. Nothing needs taping to the wall and no second board is required. In a classroom, a meeting room or an office, that combination covers most of what a wall is asked to do, which is why a mid-size magnetic board tends to be the one that gets used every day rather than the specialist boards either side of it.
The surface is built to keep performing through that daily use. An anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating resists the two things that wear out a budget board, namely the fine scratching that dulls a surface and the ink soak that leaves a permanent grey shadow. Marks lift away with a normal wipe, so the board still reads cleanly long after a cheaper one would look tired. It is not the glass-hard enamel of the very heaviest-duty boards, but for ordinary everyday rooms it gives years of clean, reliable service.
The board is finished and supplied for a tidy, lasting install. The frame is anodised aluminium, treated to resist marks and corrosion, and the corner fixings are concealed under snap-on covers so no hardware shows once it is mounted. Supplied with the hidden fittings and a tray for pens already on the frame, it goes up in portrait or landscape and is ready to use straight away. Department for Education approval recognises it as fit for school use, a 5-year surface guarantee backs the coating, and a quick dry wipe daily with an occasional whiteboard cleaner keeps it in good order.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x magnetic coated steel whiteboard with anodised aluminium frame
- Concealed corner fixing kit with snap-on covers and an integrated pen tray
Fitting Out Several Rooms?
Schools, offices and healthcare sites often need boards in a range of sizes and surfaces across many rooms. Our team can match this board with larger ones or a tougher enamel surface across a site, advise what suits each room and coordinate one delivery so everything arrives together ready to mount.
Call us on 01279460460 or send us your room list and we will put a recommendation together.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Specifications
Full specifications for the WBSM1215 magnetic coated steel whiteboard. A mid-size wall-mounted board with a dry-wipe magnetic surface, an anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating, an anodised aluminium frame and concealed fixings. Approved for education use and backed by a 5-year surface guarantee.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Dimensions | 1500mm (W) x 1200mm (H) | A mid-size surface that suits a standard classroom, a meeting room or a typical office wall, giving real working space for a small group without ever dominating the room. |
| Surface Type | Magnetic coated steel | Mark up the board with dry-wipe pens while magnets hold charts, notices or printed handouts on the same surface, so a single board does two jobs at once. |
| Coating | Anti-scratch, anti-ghost | Stands up to both the surface scratching and the ink absorption that wear out a budget board over time, so the face stays clear under a normal wipe rather than greying over with use. |
| Frame | Anodised aluminium | A slim, treated aluminium frame that shrugs off knocks and corrosion well, keeping a clean and professional edge in a busy room for years. |
| Fixings | Concealed, snap-on covers | The corner fixings tuck beneath neat snap-on caps, leaving nothing on show so the board mounts as a clean, properly finished panel. |
| Weight | Approximately 11kg | Light enough for one person to position and mount on a sound wall on their own, yet solid and stable once fixed for a firm writing surface. |
| Finish Colour | Silver | A clean, neutral silver frame finish that suits office, clinical and school interiors alike and keeps written content easy to read clearly. |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted, fixings supplied | Arrives ready to fix to the wall with all the fittings included, so there is no separate bracket or mounting kit to buy and source elsewhere. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hang it wide or upright to suit the available wall, so a single board fits a far broader range of rooms than a fixed-layout board ever would. |
| Pen Tray | Integrated into the frame | Keeps a marker and an eraser right at the board itself, so in a busy shared room the writing kit stays put rather than wandering away. |
| Approval | Department for Education approved | Recognised as suitable for everyday school use, so it can be specified for classrooms and teaching spaces with full confidence. |
| Guarantee | 5-year surface guarantee | The writing surface is backed for a full five years, giving real long-term reassurance for a board in constant, regular everyday use. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
2 to 3 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders before 4pm typically ship the same day
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About This Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard
Q: What is the best mid-size magnetic whiteboard for a classroom or meeting room?
A: For a standard room that needs to write and pin, a mid-size coated steel board like the WBSM1215 is a practical choice. At 1500mm wide it suits an ordinary classroom or meeting room, takes dry-wipe pens, holds notices with magnets, and carries Department for Education approval with a 5-year surface guarantee.
Q: Is the surface magnetic and how does that work?
A: Yes. A layer of steel sits beneath the white dry-wipe coating, so magnets grip the surface. You write on the same face you pin to, holding a printed agenda, a chart or notes with magnets beside your handwriting. A single board then covers what usually takes both a whiteboard and a separate pinboard.
Q: Will the surface ghost or scratch with regular daily use?
A: No. Its hardened anti-scratch and anti-ghost finish shrugs off the wear and ink staining that age a budget board, so writing erases cleanly and the surface keeps reading clearly. The coating is backed by a 5-year guarantee, reflecting its durability in rooms used most days.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for schools and is it education approved?
A: Yes. It holds Department for Education approval, recognising it as fit for school use. The mid size suits a standard classroom, and the coated surface takes daily writing and erasing without dulling. Magnets keep worksheets and exemplar work on show beside the teaching.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for NHS and healthcare rooms?
A: Yes. In ward staff rooms and departments it handles shift rotas, scheduling and quick team updates day to day. The coated surface clears cleanly between uses, and the hidden-fixing finish gives the neat, flush look a clinical space needs alongside real durability.
Q: How is the board fixed, and can it mount either way up?
A: It comes with a concealed fixing kit and mounts in portrait or landscape. Snap-on caps cover the corner fittings, leaving the board looking like a clean panel once it is up. At around 11kg, one person can position and fix it on a sound wall without help.
Q: What size is this board and how heavy is it?
A: The surface is 1500mm wide by 1200mm high and the board weighs around 11kg. It is a mid-size format that gives a real working surface for a small group in a standard room, and the light weight makes it easy for one person to lift, position and fix to the wall.
Q: What is the difference between this and the WBVM1215 enamel board?
A: Both are 1500 by 1200mm magnetic wall boards. The WBSM1215 uses a coated steel surface that costs less and suits everyday rooms. The WBVM1215 uses a glass-hard vitreous enamel surface built for decades of the heaviest use. Choose coated steel for standard use, or enamel for the busiest rooms.
Q: Do I need a magnetic board, or would a plain whiteboard do?
A: It depends on whether you pin paper. If you hold handouts, charts or notices on the board, you need a magnetic surface like this. A plain non-magnetic board only lets you write, so anything printed needs tape or a separate pinboard. Most working rooms benefit from the magnetic surface.
Q: Can I use it with standard whiteboard pens and magnets?
A: Yes. It works with any standard dry-wipe whiteboard pens and erasers, and the magnetic surface holds standard whiteboard magnets for charts and notices. An integrated pen tray keeps a marker and eraser at the board. Always use dry-wipe, never permanent, markers to protect the anti-ghost coating.
Q: Is this whiteboard available with UK delivery and a guarantee?
A: Yes. The board ships with free UK mainland delivery and the surface carries a 5-year guarantee. Displaysense has supplied UK schools, offices and healthcare sites with display products since 1978, so you order from a UK display specialist. Bulk orders for several rooms can be arranged through our team.
Q: Is there a larger version of this whiteboard?
A: Yes. The WBSM1224 is a larger 2400 by 1200mm board with the same magnetic coated steel surface, frame and guarantee. Choose this mid-size 1500 by 1200mm board for a standard room, or the larger WBSM1224 for a lecture hall, training room or wide wall that needs more writing space.
Knowledge Hub
Guides for Choosing and Using Magnetic Whiteboards
A magnetic coated steel whiteboard works hardest when its size and surface are matched to the room and the way a team uses it. Knowing when a magnetic board earns its place, how to size a board to the wall and how to set a space up for clear collaboration all make a real difference. These guides cover choosing and getting the most from boards in schools and offices.
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Overview
Description
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
FAQs
Knowledge Hub
One Board That Writes Like a Whiteboard and Holds Like a Pinboard
A plain whiteboard lets you write but nothing else. Stick a notice to it and you reach for tape. The WBSM1215 removes that limit. Its surface is coated steel, so you write with dry-wipe pens and hold charts, notices and printed handouts with magnets on the very same face. It is a mid-size board, the kind that fits the everyday classroom, meeting room or office wall rather than dominating it, which makes it the sensible all-rounder for most rooms. The coated-steel surface is treated to resist scratches and ghosting, so it wipes back to clean rather than greying with use, and a slim anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings lets it mount as a tidy panel with a pen tray to hand. It is Department for Education approved and carries a 5-year surface guarantee. Best suited for classrooms, meeting rooms and offices where a team needs to write and pin together on one durable, good-looking board every day.
Why a Magnetic Coated-Steel Board Is the Practical Choice
- Write and pin on one surface: The coated-steel face takes dry-wipe pens and holds magnets, so a printed agenda, a chart or a set of notes stays up beside your handwriting. The board does the job of a whiteboard and a pinboard at once, which is what most working rooms actually need from a single wall.
- Mid-size, fits most rooms: Larger than a memo board but short of a full teaching wall, it suits the ordinary classroom, meeting room or office without overwhelming the space. It gives a genuine working surface for a small group on a wall that a wider board would crowd, making it the natural default size.
- Anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating: The surface is treated to resist the scratching and ink soak that age a cheaper board, so even with daily use it keeps wiping back to a clean face rather than holding a grey shadow. A board used every day stays looking presentable for years instead of months.
- Slim anodised aluminium frame: A treated aluminium frame resists marking and corrosion and keeps its edges sharp, giving a clean professional look that suits a corporate, clinical or school setting. It is light enough to handle yet sturdy enough to hold its shape on a busy wall.
- Concealed fixings, tidy finish: The corner fixings sit hidden under snap-on covers, so once the board is up there is no visible hardware and it reads as a clean panel on the wall. That tidy finish matters in a meeting room or reception where the board is on show.
- Approved, guaranteed, ready to fit: The board is Department for Education approved, so it can be specified for schools with confidence, and a 5-year surface guarantee backs it. It arrives with a concealed fixing kit and an integrated pen tray, ready to mount and use straight away.
Where a Mid-Size Magnetic Board Fits Best
| Classrooms and Schools | Teachers write a lesson and pin worksheets or exemplar work with magnets on the same board, all on a wall that suits a standard classroom. Approved for education and built to take daily use, it keeps a clear face through a full teaching week. |
| Meeting Rooms and Offices | Teams pin the agenda or the latest figures with magnets and work through them in pen on one surface, then wipe it clean for the next session. The slim frame and concealed fixings suit a professional room that clients and colleagues see. |
| Healthcare and NHS Rooms | Staff rooms and departments use it for rotas, planning and team briefings in everyday clinical spaces. The wipe-clean coated surface and tidy hidden-fixing finish suit a setting where durability and a neat appearance both count. |
| Councils and Public Buildings | Planning sessions, committee rooms and public offices use the board for notices, scheduling and collaborative work. Magnets keep printed plans on show beside handwritten notes, and the clean frame fits a public-facing room. |
| Exhibition and Planning Spaces | Event teams use it to map layouts, schedules and task lists, holding printed plans with magnets while working live in pen. The board moves a project forward in one place and clears down ready for the next plan. |
| Training and Briefing Areas | Trainers run sessions on a surface sized for a small group, pinning reference material beside live working. The durable coated face wipes back to clean between groups, so the board is ready for the next session without shadowing. |
Need a Bigger Board or a Tougher Surface?
For a wider wall, the larger coated steel board offers the same surface on a bigger scale. For the busiest rooms, the same-size vitreous enamel board upgrades to a glass-hard surface built to last decades.
Call us on 01279460460 or get in touch for advice on surfaces, sizes or multi-room orders.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Coated steel is the surface that turns a whiteboard into an everyday workhorse. A thin layer of steel sits beneath a smooth white dry-wipe coating, which gives the board two abilities at once. The coating takes pen and erases cleanly, while the steel underneath lets magnets grip, so one face does the work people usually split between a whiteboard and a separate pinboard. It is the standard magnetic surface for general use, offering a strong balance of performance and value for the many rooms where a board is written on most days but not quite punished from dawn to dusk.
That dual function is what makes the board genuinely useful in a working room. A team can pin a printed agenda, a plan or a chart with magnets and then write around it, mark it up or work through it in pen, all on the same surface. Nothing needs taping to the wall and no second board is required. In a classroom, a meeting room or an office, that combination covers most of what a wall is asked to do, which is why a mid-size magnetic board tends to be the one that gets used every day rather than the specialist boards either side of it.
The surface is built to keep performing through that daily use. An anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating resists the two things that wear out a budget board, namely the fine scratching that dulls a surface and the ink soak that leaves a permanent grey shadow. Marks lift away with a normal wipe, so the board still reads cleanly long after a cheaper one would look tired. It is not the glass-hard enamel of the very heaviest-duty boards, but for ordinary everyday rooms it gives years of clean, reliable service.
The board is finished and supplied for a tidy, lasting install. The frame is anodised aluminium, treated to resist marks and corrosion, and the corner fixings are concealed under snap-on covers so no hardware shows once it is mounted. Supplied with the hidden fittings and a tray for pens already on the frame, it goes up in portrait or landscape and is ready to use straight away. Department for Education approval recognises it as fit for school use, a 5-year surface guarantee backs the coating, and a quick dry wipe daily with an occasional whiteboard cleaner keeps it in good order.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x magnetic coated steel whiteboard with anodised aluminium frame
- Concealed corner fixing kit with snap-on covers and an integrated pen tray
Fitting Out Several Rooms?
Schools, offices and healthcare sites often need boards in a range of sizes and surfaces across many rooms. Our team can match this board with larger ones or a tougher enamel surface across a site, advise what suits each room and coordinate one delivery so everything arrives together ready to mount.
Call us on 01279460460 or send us your room list and we will put a recommendation together.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Full specifications for the WBSM1215 magnetic coated steel whiteboard. A mid-size wall-mounted board with a dry-wipe magnetic surface, an anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating, an anodised aluminium frame and concealed fixings. Approved for education use and backed by a 5-year surface guarantee.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Dimensions | 1500mm (W) x 1200mm (H) | A mid-size surface that suits a standard classroom, a meeting room or a typical office wall, giving real working space for a small group without ever dominating the room. |
| Surface Type | Magnetic coated steel | Mark up the board with dry-wipe pens while magnets hold charts, notices or printed handouts on the same surface, so a single board does two jobs at once. |
| Coating | Anti-scratch, anti-ghost | Stands up to both the surface scratching and the ink absorption that wear out a budget board over time, so the face stays clear under a normal wipe rather than greying over with use. |
| Frame | Anodised aluminium | A slim, treated aluminium frame that shrugs off knocks and corrosion well, keeping a clean and professional edge in a busy room for years. |
| Fixings | Concealed, snap-on covers | The corner fixings tuck beneath neat snap-on caps, leaving nothing on show so the board mounts as a clean, properly finished panel. |
| Weight | Approximately 11kg | Light enough for one person to position and mount on a sound wall on their own, yet solid and stable once fixed for a firm writing surface. |
| Finish Colour | Silver | A clean, neutral silver frame finish that suits office, clinical and school interiors alike and keeps written content easy to read clearly. |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted, fixings supplied | Arrives ready to fix to the wall with all the fittings included, so there is no separate bracket or mounting kit to buy and source elsewhere. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hang it wide or upright to suit the available wall, so a single board fits a far broader range of rooms than a fixed-layout board ever would. |
| Pen Tray | Integrated into the frame | Keeps a marker and an eraser right at the board itself, so in a busy shared room the writing kit stays put rather than wandering away. |
| Approval | Department for Education approved | Recognised as suitable for everyday school use, so it can be specified for classrooms and teaching spaces with full confidence. |
| Guarantee | 5-year surface guarantee | The writing surface is backed for a full five years, giving real long-term reassurance for a board in constant, regular everyday use. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
2 to 3 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders before 4pm typically ship the same day
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Frequently Asked Questions About This Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard
Q: What is the best mid-size magnetic whiteboard for a classroom or meeting room?
A: For a standard room that needs to write and pin, a mid-size coated steel board like the WBSM1215 is a practical choice. At 1500mm wide it suits an ordinary classroom or meeting room, takes dry-wipe pens, holds notices with magnets, and carries Department for Education approval with a 5-year surface guarantee.
Q: Is the surface magnetic and how does that work?
A: Yes. A layer of steel sits beneath the white dry-wipe coating, so magnets grip the surface. You write on the same face you pin to, holding a printed agenda, a chart or notes with magnets beside your handwriting. A single board then covers what usually takes both a whiteboard and a separate pinboard.
Q: Will the surface ghost or scratch with regular daily use?
A: No. Its hardened anti-scratch and anti-ghost finish shrugs off the wear and ink staining that age a budget board, so writing erases cleanly and the surface keeps reading clearly. The coating is backed by a 5-year guarantee, reflecting its durability in rooms used most days.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for schools and is it education approved?
A: Yes. It holds Department for Education approval, recognising it as fit for school use. The mid size suits a standard classroom, and the coated surface takes daily writing and erasing without dulling. Magnets keep worksheets and exemplar work on show beside the teaching.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for NHS and healthcare rooms?
A: Yes. In ward staff rooms and departments it handles shift rotas, scheduling and quick team updates day to day. The coated surface clears cleanly between uses, and the hidden-fixing finish gives the neat, flush look a clinical space needs alongside real durability.
Q: How is the board fixed, and can it mount either way up?
A: It comes with a concealed fixing kit and mounts in portrait or landscape. Snap-on caps cover the corner fittings, leaving the board looking like a clean panel once it is up. At around 11kg, one person can position and fix it on a sound wall without help.
Q: What size is this board and how heavy is it?
A: The surface is 1500mm wide by 1200mm high and the board weighs around 11kg. It is a mid-size format that gives a real working surface for a small group in a standard room, and the light weight makes it easy for one person to lift, position and fix to the wall.
Q: What is the difference between this and the WBVM1215 enamel board?
A: Both are 1500 by 1200mm magnetic wall boards. The WBSM1215 uses a coated steel surface that costs less and suits everyday rooms. The WBVM1215 uses a glass-hard vitreous enamel surface built for decades of the heaviest use. Choose coated steel for standard use, or enamel for the busiest rooms.
Q: Do I need a magnetic board, or would a plain whiteboard do?
A: It depends on whether you pin paper. If you hold handouts, charts or notices on the board, you need a magnetic surface like this. A plain non-magnetic board only lets you write, so anything printed needs tape or a separate pinboard. Most working rooms benefit from the magnetic surface.
Q: Can I use it with standard whiteboard pens and magnets?
A: Yes. It works with any standard dry-wipe whiteboard pens and erasers, and the magnetic surface holds standard whiteboard magnets for charts and notices. An integrated pen tray keeps a marker and eraser at the board. Always use dry-wipe, never permanent, markers to protect the anti-ghost coating.
Q: Is this whiteboard available with UK delivery and a guarantee?
A: Yes. The board ships with free UK mainland delivery and the surface carries a 5-year guarantee. Displaysense has supplied UK schools, offices and healthcare sites with display products since 1978, so you order from a UK display specialist. Bulk orders for several rooms can be arranged through our team.
Q: Is there a larger version of this whiteboard?
A: Yes. The WBSM1224 is a larger 2400 by 1200mm board with the same magnetic coated steel surface, frame and guarantee. Choose this mid-size 1500 by 1200mm board for a standard room, or the larger WBSM1224 for a lecture hall, training room or wide wall that needs more writing space.
Guides for Choosing and Using Magnetic Whiteboards
A magnetic coated steel whiteboard works hardest when its size and surface are matched to the room and the way a team uses it. Knowing when a magnetic board earns its place, how to size a board to the wall and how to set a space up for clear collaboration all make a real difference. These guides cover choosing and getting the most from boards in schools and offices.
Overview
One Board That Writes Like a Whiteboard and Holds Like a Pinboard
A plain whiteboard lets you write but nothing else. Stick a notice to it and you reach for tape. The WBSM1215 removes that limit. Its surface is coated steel, so you write with dry-wipe pens and hold charts, notices and printed handouts with magnets on the very same face. It is a mid-size board, the kind that fits the everyday classroom, meeting room or office wall rather than dominating it, which makes it the sensible all-rounder for most rooms. The coated-steel surface is treated to resist scratches and ghosting, so it wipes back to clean rather than greying with use, and a slim anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings lets it mount as a tidy panel with a pen tray to hand. It is Department for Education approved and carries a 5-year surface guarantee. Best suited for classrooms, meeting rooms and offices where a team needs to write and pin together on one durable, good-looking board every day.
Why a Magnetic Coated-Steel Board Is the Practical Choice
- Write and pin on one surface: The coated-steel face takes dry-wipe pens and holds magnets, so a printed agenda, a chart or a set of notes stays up beside your handwriting. The board does the job of a whiteboard and a pinboard at once, which is what most working rooms actually need from a single wall.
- Mid-size, fits most rooms: Larger than a memo board but short of a full teaching wall, it suits the ordinary classroom, meeting room or office without overwhelming the space. It gives a genuine working surface for a small group on a wall that a wider board would crowd, making it the natural default size.
- Anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating: The surface is treated to resist the scratching and ink soak that age a cheaper board, so even with daily use it keeps wiping back to a clean face rather than holding a grey shadow. A board used every day stays looking presentable for years instead of months.
- Slim anodised aluminium frame: A treated aluminium frame resists marking and corrosion and keeps its edges sharp, giving a clean professional look that suits a corporate, clinical or school setting. It is light enough to handle yet sturdy enough to hold its shape on a busy wall.
- Concealed fixings, tidy finish: The corner fixings sit hidden under snap-on covers, so once the board is up there is no visible hardware and it reads as a clean panel on the wall. That tidy finish matters in a meeting room or reception where the board is on show.
- Approved, guaranteed, ready to fit: The board is Department for Education approved, so it can be specified for schools with confidence, and a 5-year surface guarantee backs it. It arrives with a concealed fixing kit and an integrated pen tray, ready to mount and use straight away.
Where a Mid-Size Magnetic Board Fits Best
| Classrooms and Schools | Teachers write a lesson and pin worksheets or exemplar work with magnets on the same board, all on a wall that suits a standard classroom. Approved for education and built to take daily use, it keeps a clear face through a full teaching week. |
| Meeting Rooms and Offices | Teams pin the agenda or the latest figures with magnets and work through them in pen on one surface, then wipe it clean for the next session. The slim frame and concealed fixings suit a professional room that clients and colleagues see. |
| Healthcare and NHS Rooms | Staff rooms and departments use it for rotas, planning and team briefings in everyday clinical spaces. The wipe-clean coated surface and tidy hidden-fixing finish suit a setting where durability and a neat appearance both count. |
| Councils and Public Buildings | Planning sessions, committee rooms and public offices use the board for notices, scheduling and collaborative work. Magnets keep printed plans on show beside handwritten notes, and the clean frame fits a public-facing room. |
| Exhibition and Planning Spaces | Event teams use it to map layouts, schedules and task lists, holding printed plans with magnets while working live in pen. The board moves a project forward in one place and clears down ready for the next plan. |
| Training and Briefing Areas | Trainers run sessions on a surface sized for a small group, pinning reference material beside live working. The durable coated face wipes back to clean between groups, so the board is ready for the next session without shadowing. |
Need a Bigger Board or a Tougher Surface?
For a wider wall, the larger coated steel board offers the same surface on a bigger scale. For the busiest rooms, the same-size vitreous enamel board upgrades to a glass-hard surface built to last decades.
Call us on 01279460460 or get in touch for advice on surfaces, sizes or multi-room orders.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Description
Coated steel is the surface that turns a whiteboard into an everyday workhorse. A thin layer of steel sits beneath a smooth white dry-wipe coating, which gives the board two abilities at once. The coating takes pen and erases cleanly, while the steel underneath lets magnets grip, so one face does the work people usually split between a whiteboard and a separate pinboard. It is the standard magnetic surface for general use, offering a strong balance of performance and value for the many rooms where a board is written on most days but not quite punished from dawn to dusk.
That dual function is what makes the board genuinely useful in a working room. A team can pin a printed agenda, a plan or a chart with magnets and then write around it, mark it up or work through it in pen, all on the same surface. Nothing needs taping to the wall and no second board is required. In a classroom, a meeting room or an office, that combination covers most of what a wall is asked to do, which is why a mid-size magnetic board tends to be the one that gets used every day rather than the specialist boards either side of it.
The surface is built to keep performing through that daily use. An anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating resists the two things that wear out a budget board, namely the fine scratching that dulls a surface and the ink soak that leaves a permanent grey shadow. Marks lift away with a normal wipe, so the board still reads cleanly long after a cheaper one would look tired. It is not the glass-hard enamel of the very heaviest-duty boards, but for ordinary everyday rooms it gives years of clean, reliable service.
The board is finished and supplied for a tidy, lasting install. The frame is anodised aluminium, treated to resist marks and corrosion, and the corner fixings are concealed under snap-on covers so no hardware shows once it is mounted. Supplied with the hidden fittings and a tray for pens already on the frame, it goes up in portrait or landscape and is ready to use straight away. Department for Education approval recognises it as fit for school use, a 5-year surface guarantee backs the coating, and a quick dry wipe daily with an occasional whiteboard cleaner keeps it in good order.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x magnetic coated steel whiteboard with anodised aluminium frame
- Concealed corner fixing kit with snap-on covers and an integrated pen tray
Fitting Out Several Rooms?
Schools, offices and healthcare sites often need boards in a range of sizes and surfaces across many rooms. Our team can match this board with larger ones or a tougher enamel surface across a site, advise what suits each room and coordinate one delivery so everything arrives together ready to mount.
Call us on 01279460460 or send us your room list and we will put a recommendation together.
The Displaysense WBSM1215 is a Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard, a mid-size wall-mounted board. Magnetic coated steel surface for dry-wipe writing and magnets, anti-scratch and anti-ghosting, ghosting-resistant. Surface dimensions 1500mm W x 1200mm H. Weight 11kg. Anodised aluminium frame with concealed fixings and snap-on covers, silver finish, integrated pen tray. Wall-mounted, mounts portrait or landscape. Department for Education approved, 5-year surface guarantee. Suited to classrooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, councils, offices and exhibition spaces. Also available as the larger WBSM1224 and as the same-size vitreous enamel WBVM1215. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Specifications
Full specifications for the WBSM1215 magnetic coated steel whiteboard. A mid-size wall-mounted board with a dry-wipe magnetic surface, an anti-scratch, anti-ghost coating, an anodised aluminium frame and concealed fixings. Approved for education use and backed by a 5-year surface guarantee.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Dimensions | 1500mm (W) x 1200mm (H) | A mid-size surface that suits a standard classroom, a meeting room or a typical office wall, giving real working space for a small group without ever dominating the room. |
| Surface Type | Magnetic coated steel | Mark up the board with dry-wipe pens while magnets hold charts, notices or printed handouts on the same surface, so a single board does two jobs at once. |
| Coating | Anti-scratch, anti-ghost | Stands up to both the surface scratching and the ink absorption that wear out a budget board over time, so the face stays clear under a normal wipe rather than greying over with use. |
| Frame | Anodised aluminium | A slim, treated aluminium frame that shrugs off knocks and corrosion well, keeping a clean and professional edge in a busy room for years. |
| Fixings | Concealed, snap-on covers | The corner fixings tuck beneath neat snap-on caps, leaving nothing on show so the board mounts as a clean, properly finished panel. |
| Weight | Approximately 11kg | Light enough for one person to position and mount on a sound wall on their own, yet solid and stable once fixed for a firm writing surface. |
| Finish Colour | Silver | A clean, neutral silver frame finish that suits office, clinical and school interiors alike and keeps written content easy to read clearly. |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted, fixings supplied | Arrives ready to fix to the wall with all the fittings included, so there is no separate bracket or mounting kit to buy and source elsewhere. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hang it wide or upright to suit the available wall, so a single board fits a far broader range of rooms than a fixed-layout board ever would. |
| Pen Tray | Integrated into the frame | Keeps a marker and an eraser right at the board itself, so in a busy shared room the writing kit stays put rather than wandering away. |
| Approval | Department for Education approved | Recognised as suitable for everyday school use, so it can be specified for classrooms and teaching spaces with full confidence. |
| Guarantee | 5-year surface guarantee | The writing surface is backed for a full five years, giving real long-term reassurance for a board in constant, regular everyday use. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
2 to 3 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders before 4pm typically ship the same day
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About This Magnetic Coated Steel Whiteboard
Q: What is the best mid-size magnetic whiteboard for a classroom or meeting room?
A: For a standard room that needs to write and pin, a mid-size coated steel board like the WBSM1215 is a practical choice. At 1500mm wide it suits an ordinary classroom or meeting room, takes dry-wipe pens, holds notices with magnets, and carries Department for Education approval with a 5-year surface guarantee.
Q: Is the surface magnetic and how does that work?
A: Yes. A layer of steel sits beneath the white dry-wipe coating, so magnets grip the surface. You write on the same face you pin to, holding a printed agenda, a chart or notes with magnets beside your handwriting. A single board then covers what usually takes both a whiteboard and a separate pinboard.
Q: Will the surface ghost or scratch with regular daily use?
A: No. Its hardened anti-scratch and anti-ghost finish shrugs off the wear and ink staining that age a budget board, so writing erases cleanly and the surface keeps reading clearly. The coating is backed by a 5-year guarantee, reflecting its durability in rooms used most days.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for schools and is it education approved?
A: Yes. It holds Department for Education approval, recognising it as fit for school use. The mid size suits a standard classroom, and the coated surface takes daily writing and erasing without dulling. Magnets keep worksheets and exemplar work on show beside the teaching.
Q: Is this whiteboard suitable for NHS and healthcare rooms?
A: Yes. In ward staff rooms and departments it handles shift rotas, scheduling and quick team updates day to day. The coated surface clears cleanly between uses, and the hidden-fixing finish gives the neat, flush look a clinical space needs alongside real durability.
Q: How is the board fixed, and can it mount either way up?
A: It comes with a concealed fixing kit and mounts in portrait or landscape. Snap-on caps cover the corner fittings, leaving the board looking like a clean panel once it is up. At around 11kg, one person can position and fix it on a sound wall without help.
Q: What size is this board and how heavy is it?
A: The surface is 1500mm wide by 1200mm high and the board weighs around 11kg. It is a mid-size format that gives a real working surface for a small group in a standard room, and the light weight makes it easy for one person to lift, position and fix to the wall.
Q: What is the difference between this and the WBVM1215 enamel board?
A: Both are 1500 by 1200mm magnetic wall boards. The WBSM1215 uses a coated steel surface that costs less and suits everyday rooms. The WBVM1215 uses a glass-hard vitreous enamel surface built for decades of the heaviest use. Choose coated steel for standard use, or enamel for the busiest rooms.
Q: Do I need a magnetic board, or would a plain whiteboard do?
A: It depends on whether you pin paper. If you hold handouts, charts or notices on the board, you need a magnetic surface like this. A plain non-magnetic board only lets you write, so anything printed needs tape or a separate pinboard. Most working rooms benefit from the magnetic surface.
Q: Can I use it with standard whiteboard pens and magnets?
A: Yes. It works with any standard dry-wipe whiteboard pens and erasers, and the magnetic surface holds standard whiteboard magnets for charts and notices. An integrated pen tray keeps a marker and eraser at the board. Always use dry-wipe, never permanent, markers to protect the anti-ghost coating.
Q: Is this whiteboard available with UK delivery and a guarantee?
A: Yes. The board ships with free UK mainland delivery and the surface carries a 5-year guarantee. Displaysense has supplied UK schools, offices and healthcare sites with display products since 1978, so you order from a UK display specialist. Bulk orders for several rooms can be arranged through our team.
Q: Is there a larger version of this whiteboard?
A: Yes. The WBSM1224 is a larger 2400 by 1200mm board with the same magnetic coated steel surface, frame and guarantee. Choose this mid-size 1500 by 1200mm board for a standard room, or the larger WBSM1224 for a lecture hall, training room or wide wall that needs more writing space.
Knowledge Hub
Guides for Choosing and Using Magnetic Whiteboards
A magnetic coated steel whiteboard works hardest when its size and surface are matched to the room and the way a team uses it. Knowing when a magnetic board earns its place, how to size a board to the wall and how to set a space up for clear collaboration all make a real difference. These guides cover choosing and getting the most from boards in schools and offices.
