It happens every December.

School is about to finish. Christmas is approaching at alarming speed. And you suddenly realise you haven’t bought anything for the teacher.

If you’re searching for last-minute presents for teachers, the best answer is usually something small, useful and thoughtful. It doesn’t need to cost a fortune and, importantly, it doesn’t need to look as though it was grabbed from the nearest supermarket five minutes before the school gates closed.

A Colour Palette mug makes a lovely teacher Christmas gift because you can choose a design with a genuine connection.

Perhaps they teach in Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield or Newcastle. Maybe you know they’re a proud Glaswegian, love Edinburgh or disappear to Cornwall every school holiday.

Each Colour Palette turns those places into six colours and six stories.

And teachers do drink quite a lot of tea and coffee. We think we’re on fairly safe ground there.

Small Christmas gifts for teachers

If you’re buying for several teachers, teaching assistants or school staff, our Colour Palette coasters and fridge magnets make affordable little thank-you gifts.

For something larger, choose a porcelain mug or a piece of Colour Palette wall art.

There are dozens of locations available featuring favourite places across the country

Browse Colour Palette mugs, coasters, magnets and wall art and find a teacher gift with a little more thought behind it.

Then put the school Christmas concert, Christmas jumper day and the final day of term in your diary.

You’re welcome.