Teachers carry more than most: marking, planners, laptops, lunch and everything else a school day demands. This collection gathers the leather bags our teaching customers choose most often, made by hand in our Liverpool workshop. It includes the 15-inch and 16.5-inch classic and briefcase satchels, the Portrait, Landscape and Portfolio Totes, and the 15-inch Music Bag, a natural choice for music teachers carrying sheet music and folders flat.

A leather teacher bag needs to be roomy, easy to open and tough enough for years of corridors, staff rooms and car boots. Our totes give quick, open access to books and exercise books, and can be made with longer handles to sit comfortably on the shoulder. Our leather satchels and briefcase satchels add a buckled flap and a front pocket for pens, keys and lanyards, and can be upgraded with a wider strap, a shoulder pad, slip pockets or hidden magnetic fasteners and push locks.

Every teacher bag is made to order by hand in any of our 44 leathers, and can be personalised with a monogram, which also makes it a thoughtful end-of-term or retirement gift from a class, a school or a grateful family. Each bag carries our maker's mark discreetly on the back and is backed by our five-year guarantee, with repairs available for as long as you keep it. The Hanshaw family has been making school satchels since 1966, so we know a thing or two about bags that live in classrooms.