Maintained schools: standards for school premises

Transparency data MAINTAINED SCHOOLS: STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL PREMISES Information about the standards for school premises for maintained schools, including consultation responses. Get emails

about this page DOCUMENTS STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL PREMISES: CONSULTATION RESPONSES PDF, 370 KB, 34 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible

format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please

tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. DETAILS Reducing the regulation and bureaucracy around school premises was recommended in the

independent Review of Education Capital carried out by Sebastian James. The Secretary of State indicated his intention to consult on this recommendation in July 2011 in the initial

government response to the review. In November 2011, the Department for Education launched a consultation on making identical the requirements for the maintained and independent sectors and

to reduce the number of regulations. This document sets out the responses to the consultation. Our intention was to deregulate and end the confusion and unnecessary bureaucracy surrounding

the current requirements. We also committed to simplifying the regulations and the supporting guidance. Schools will be required to meet fewer standards and it will be easier for them to

understand what they need to do. The school premises regulations for maintained schools have been revised and the changes came into force in October 2012. We made the same changes to Part 5

of the Independent School Standards, and these came into force on 1 January 2013. The published advice explains to schools and local authorities how they can meet the regulations. It also

provides signposts to other, more general building and premises related legislation and guidance of relevance to schools. UPDATES TO THIS PAGE Published 11 March 2014 SIGN UP FOR EMAILS OR

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