Department for Education/Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Publication date: 2007 Ranking: essential Building Bulletin 100: design for fire safety in schools In their words: “BB 100 is a design guide which shows clearly how the requirements for life safety, contained…
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Education, estates and equality
Equality and Human Rights Commission (and former Disability Rights Commission). Two documents are posted here. It is important to read the historic guide in the context of the current guidance in the 2014 EHRC document. Estates: The Disability Discrimination Act…
Children and inequality
Department of Education “They go the extra mile” Reducing inequality in schools Publication date: 2013 Ranking: essential This provides the government’s response to the second and third reports of the Children’s Commissioner’s Inquiry on exclusion. It highlights the likely poor…
Area guidelines for mainstream schools
Department of Education (DfE) and Education Funding Agency (EFA) Building Bulletin 103 Area Guidelines for mainstream schools Publication date: June 2014 Ranking: essential The document sets out simple, non-statutory area guidelines for mainstream school buildings (part A) and sites (part B)…
Designing for disabled children and children with special educational needs
Department for Children, School and Families Publication date: 2012 Ranking: useful This document sets out inclusive design principles on individual spaces with technical guidance on building construction, environmental services, furniture, equipment and ICT. It is not prescriptive, but provides a starting…
Designing for disabled children and children with special educational needs (BB102)
Dept. of Education Publication date: 2008 Ranking: Useful Advice and guidance on how to meet needs of disabled pupils. Building Bulletin 102 provided non-statutory design guidance on accommodation for children with SEN and disabilities for special school and mainstream school…
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Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Disability, Schools
School building design guidance
Department for Education (DfE) Publication date: various, from 2012 Ranking: essential You can find here links to all the Department’s current guidance on school design. Guidance on SEND provision can be found under the heading, “Area guidelines and net capacity.”…
Building Bulletin 93 Acoustic design of schools
Dept of Education Publication date: 1993 Ranking: Useful Building Bulletin 93 aimed to give supporting advice and recommendations for planning and design of schools for anyone involved in the design of new school buildings. How to view a copy Follow…
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