Area guidelines for mainstream schools

Building Bulletin 103

Department for Education, 2014
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Document Status

Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Series

Building Bulletin

Abstract

Establishes simple, non-statutory area guidelines for mainstream school buildings and sites covering the ages between 3-19. Provides recommendations for the net area: basic teaching, halls, dining and PE, learning resource areas, staff and administration and storage and non-net areas: toilets and personal care, kitchen facilities, circulation, plant and internal walls and supplementary areas. The site covers net areas for: soft outdoor PE, hard outdoor PE, soft informal and social areas, hard informal and social areas, habitat areas and non-net sites.

History

BB103. Supersedes the area guidelines in Building Bulletins 98 and 99 (BB98 and BB99), recommending reduced minimum internal and external areas. DfES BB 98 Briefing framework for secondary school projects 2004 and DfES BB 99 Briefing framework for primary school projects. 2nd edition 2007.

Subjects

  • Schools
  • Building types
  • Educational facilities

Publisher History

The Department for Education was formed on 12 May 2010 and is responsible for education and children's services. It was formerly known as the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

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