What is "Schnellhefter" in English and why are they not used here?!

[ContinentalKat]

My kids have crappy folders with stringy bits instead of the metal ones, everything looks always messy and I would like to introduce our primary school to the "Schnellhefter", I just can't seem to find them over here.
Do they exist? What are they called?

My memory of them is they cut the paper and the papers fell out.
My kids don't use binders at all. DS will next year use ring binders in sixth form.
Projects are mounted in special books, art projects are transported in big art folios.
The English system is for schools to provide most stationary, which doesn't discriminate against impoverished families. I cannot imagine how my mother would have managed in a country such as Ireland for example.

ContinentalKat - in the UK, schools must provide stationery and must not, by law, expect parents to supply it. I know this is quite different to most other countries where school supplies (books and stationery) must be bought by parents.

My dds are at a junior school here in England and ar given those for their English and maths homework sheets, so it must be up to the school.

Agree with previous poster though - I didn't think they were all that when I was young in Germany, the holes would get cut and the paper would fall out, or the clear plastic would fall apart.